Saturday, March 27, 2021

Abu Road and Environs Birding February 2021 mountabubirds.blogspot.com.

 Birding in the third week of Feb 2021. Abu Road Rajasthan IN.

Having started birding at the fag end of January and through most of Feb here in Abu Road, it thrilled me to have bagged so many species in this brief space of time. I will look forward to more birding in this area in the future. While wrapping up my birding tour of Abu Road, I would request to please ensure that you adhere to COVID-19-related instructions by central and local authorities. From my observation, while birding through Abu Road and especially the villages, I noticed their life continue as if there is no PANDEMIC. Appreciate the photographs taken in our last few days down here in the plains,
brief space

16 Feb 2021,

The sun on 16 Feb 2021
The sun on 16 Feb 2021

Alexandrine Parakeet
Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria eupatria

Bay-backed Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus

Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus

Shikra
Shikra - Accipiter badius


17 Feb 2021.
Knob-billed Duck
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos

Large Gray Babbler
Large Gray Babbler - Turdoides malcolmi 

Paddyfield Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler - Acrocephalus agricola

Paddyfield Warbler -
Paddyfield Warbler - Acrocephalus agricola

Sykes's Warbler
Sykes's Warbler - Iduna rama

Sykes's Warbler
Sykes's Warbler - Iduna rama

White Wagtail
White Wagtail - Motacilla albaz

White Wagtail
White Wagtail - Motacilla albaz



18 Feb 2021.

Bay-backed Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus

Bay-backed Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus

Common Myna
Common Myna - Acridotheres tristis

Greater Coucal
Greater Coucal - Centropus sinensis

House Sparrow
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus

White Wagtail
White Wagtail - Motacilla albaz

White Wagtail
White Wagtail - Motacilla albaz

Wire-tailed Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii filifera

Wire-tailed Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii filifera

19 Feb 2921.

Bay-backed Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus

Dusky Crag-Martin
Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Indian Silverbill
Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica 

White-eared Bulbul
White-eared Bulbul - Pycnonotus leucotis 

White-eared Bulbul
White-eared Bulbul - Pycnonotus leucotis 

20 Feb 2021.

Bluethroat
Bluethroat - Lus  cinia svecica

Bluethroat
Bluethroat - Lus  cinia svecica

Common Chiffchaff
Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

Common Chiffchaff
Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

Common Woodshrike
Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus

Common Woodshrike
Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus

Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus

Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus

Indian Silverbill
Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Lesser Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca 

Little Grebe
Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis

Plum-headed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet - Psittacula cyanocephala

Rose-ringed Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula kramer

Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle - Circaetus gallicus

Siberian Stonechat
Siberian Stonechat - Saxicola maurus

Siberian Stonechat
Siberian Stonechat - Saxicola maurus

Taiga Flycatcher -
Taiga Flycatcher - Ficedula albicilla

Variable Wheatear
Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata

White Wagtail
White Wagtail - Motacilla albaz

White-throated Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis 

Wood Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola 

Wood Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola 

21 Feb 2021.
Common Tailorbird
Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius

Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus 

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Greater Coucal
Greater Coucal - Centropus sinensis

Indian Silverbill
Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Lesser Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca

Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica

Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica

White Wagtail
White Wagtail - Motacilla albaz

White-eared Bulbul
White-eared Bulbul - Pycnonotus leucotis

Hope those of you who have watched the collection of birds from Abu Road enjoyed them as much as we enjoyed snapping them. Well, from tomorrow I will be in Abu, keep watching, will post more on Abu Birds before I wind off. Let me wish you all

Happy Holi from Mt Abu

PLEASE NOTE a “Night Curfew” is in place from 10pm to 6 am. Do not venture out unless it’s an emergency. You will end up in the slammer for 10 hours.

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