Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Migratory birds in December 2020 Mount Abu mountabubirds.blogspot.com.

A visit to (Duck Pond) a mini Bharatpur in Mount Abu. 

Let me take you on a brief trip, to a favourite haunt of mine which I have nicknamed  "The Duck Pond" It's a small water body near the Mahadeva Temple before Achalgarh.
It's an exceptional place where many migratory birds come to spend their winter. Where I'm concerned, it's a mini Bharatpur in Abu hope it stays THE WAY IT IS IN THE YEARS TO COME.
Every winter it houses many migratory bird-like Common Pochard, Eurasian Coot, Eurasian Moorhen, Gadwall, Green-winged teal, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, a few varieties of sandpipers, wagtails and cormorants. Appreciate my coverage of this unique place.

7 Dec 2020.
Green-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal   Anas crecca

Common Pochard
Common Pochard   Aythya ferina

Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Coot   Fulica atra

Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus

Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus

Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus

Gadwall
Gadwall  Mareca strepera 

Gadwall
Gadwall  Mareca strepera 

Green-winged Teal   Anas crecca
Green-winged Teal   Anas crecca

Green-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal   Anas crecca


Green-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal   Anas crecca

Green-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal   Anas crecca

Little Grebe
Little Grebe   Tachybaptus ruficollis

Little Grebe
Little Grebe   Tachybaptus ruficollis

Little Grebe
Little Grebe   Tachybaptus ruficollis

Northern Pintail
Northern Pintail - Anas acuta 

Northern Pintail
Northern Pintail - Anas acuta 

White-browed Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail  Motacilla maderaspatensis

White-browed Wagtail
White-browed Wagtail  Motacilla maderaspatensis

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat  Oenanthe fusca 

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Greenish Warbler
Greenish Warbler   Phylloscopus trochiloides

Laughing Dove
Laughing Dove  Streptopelia senegalensis


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