Birding during the Second Wave of COVID-19 In Raj IN.

Birds of Mount Abu, the third week of April 2021.

SOS and sterner measures sounded in India as the virus runs Amok. The administration in Rajasthan has called for assistance from the BSF and Army to address the serious spread of the coronavirus in border areas. Mount Abu at the moment is relatively calm. We have a small percentage of Covid positive cases, but nothing to panic about. Appreciate the birds captured during these trying times. This year I have observed that the Oriental honey Buzzard has increased in number, and large flocks of Common Rose-finch have also come up to Abu.

Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus

Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus My Abu April 21.m4v

Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus

Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus Mt Abu April 21.m4v

Black-rumped Flameback - Dinopium benghalense

Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca

Brown-headed Barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus

Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutoriu

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis.

House Sparrow - Passer domesticus

Indian White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus

Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus

Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus Shaheen

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica

Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer

Red-whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus

Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri

Shikra - Accipiter badius

Yellow-throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis

Birding during the Second Wave of COVID-19 In Raj IN.

Mount Abu birds the second week of April 2021.

In view of the COVID situation, and the 3-day curfews imposed this weekend from 17 Friday till Monday morning, have suspended all tourist and local movement. Hopefully, there is no second lockdown of the coronavirus running amok.

With the onset of summer, our native birds are underway with their breeding activities. The Indian Robins, Brown Rock Chat, Red-wattled Lapwing, and large-billed crows are all busy propagating their species. I’ve put together a collection of birds photographed in the second week of April.