Sunday, January 24, 2021

Mount Abu Birds in January 2021.mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Mount Abu Birds in the third week of January 2021. 


Continued 
20 January 2021.

Indian Robin
Indian Robin   Copsychus fulicatus

Black Stork
Black Stork   Ciconia nigra

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Indian Robin
Indian Robin   Copsychus fulicatus 

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   Machlolophus aplonotus

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   Machlolophus aplonotus

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   Machlolophus aplonotus

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach 

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin   Copsychus saularis

Shikra
Shikra Accipiter badius 

Shikra   mobbing Buzzard
Shikra Accipiter badius  mobbing Buzzard

Shikra mobbing Buzzard
Shikra Accipiter badius mobbing Buzzard

21 January 2021,
Thursday the ideal day to pay our favourite "Duck Pond" a visit. We avoid the weekends Friday to Sunday as hordes of tourists ply down the narrow road and it's frustrating making our way to our destination. It surprised us to see that most of the migratory ducks had moved on to some other water body, observed the not so many birds, and did some birding for other migratory birds. Met a young budding birder Hom Patel from Gujarat busy clicking away delightfully at the few ducks that were within shooting distance. Appreciate our observations and the bird pictures of Mount Abu.


Bluethroat
Bluethroat -  Luscinia svecica


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Bluethroat - Luscinia svecica Mount Abu Jan

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat  Oenanthe fusca

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat  Oenanthe fusca

Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus

Gadwall
Gadwall  Mareca strepera 

Green Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper   Tringa ochropus

Green-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal   Anas crecca 

Green-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal   Anas crecca 

Little Grebe
Little Grebe   Tachybaptus ruficollis

Indian Roller
Indian Roller   Coracias benghalensis

Indian Roller
Indian Roller   Coracias benghalensis

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard  Pernis ptilorhynchus

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard  Pernis ptilorhynchus

Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow   Cecropis daurica 

Shikra
Shikra Accipiter badius

Shikra
Shikra Accipiter badius

White-breasted Waterhen
White-breasted Waterhen   Amaurornis phoenicurus

White-breasted Waterhen
White-breasted Waterhen   Amaurornis phoenicurus

White-eared Bulbul
White-eared Bulbul   Pycnonotus leucotis

White-eared Bulbul
White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis

House Sparrow
House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Woolly-necked Stork
Woolly-necked Stork  Ciconia episcopus


Saturday, January 23, 2021

Mount Abu Birds in January 2021.mountabubirds.blogspot.com

 Mount Abu Birds in the third week of January 2021.

The third week of January has flown by it's been a real pleasant week for us Abuites as the days have been gloriously warm and the sun just right. Night temperatures have hovered between 2 and 10 degrees. I had done my daily stint of bird watching also made a trip or two to our local water bodies to cover our winter visitors. The Black Redstart, Bluethroat, Blue Rock-Thrush, Red-breasted Flycatcher, and the Black stork are some of our migrants I've clicked. I am yet to spot the pipits and Eurasian Kestrel. Looking forward to your comments and suggestions on how to make your viewing of our Abu birds a more pleasant experience. Happy viewing.

15 January 2021.

Black-winged Kite
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus

Black-winged Kite
Black-winged Kite   Elanus caeruleus

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk   Accipiter nisus

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   Machlolophus aplonotus

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

Rose-ringed Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet   Psittacula krameri

Yellow-throated Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow   Gymnoris xanthocollis

16 January 2021,

Black-winged Kite
Black-winged Kite   Elanus caeruleus

Black-winged Kite
Black-winged Kite   Elanus caeruleus

Brahminy Starling
Brahminy Starling   Sturnia pagodarum 

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo 

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   Machlolophus aplonotus

Rufous Treepie  Dendrocitta vagabunda
Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda

Yellow-throated Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow   Gymnoris xanthocollis

17 January 2021.

Gray Wagtail
Gray Wagtail   Motacilla cinerea 

Hume's Warbler
Hume's Warbler   Phylloscopus humei

Indian Robin
Indian Robin   Copsychus fulicatus

Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Sulphur-bellied Warbler   Phylloscopus griseolus 

18 January 2021.

Black-rumped Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback   Dinopium benghalense



Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard  Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Greater Coucal
Greater Coucal   Centropus sinensis

Green Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper   Tringa ochropus

Greenish Warbler
Greenish Warbler   Phylloscopus trochiloides

Greenish Warbler
Greenish Warbler   Phylloscopus trochiloides

Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow   Cecropis daurica

Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail  Rhipidura albogularis

19 January 2021.

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk   Accipiter nisus 

Brahminy Starling
Brahminy Starling   Sturnia pagodarum

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat  Oenanthe fusca

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Common Chiffchaff
Common Chiffchaff   Phylloscopus collybita

Common Chiffchaff
Common Chiffchaff   Phylloscopus collybita

Eurasian Crag-Martin
Eurasian Crag-Martin  Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   Machlolophus aplonotus

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit   Machlolophus aplonotus

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird   Cinnyris asiaticus

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird   Cinnyris asiaticus

Rufous Treepie
Rufous Treepie  Dendrocitta vagabunda



Will post the snaps tomorrow of the 20 and 21 January 2021.


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