Friday, July 30, 2021

Birds of Mount Abu July 2021 mountabubirds.blogspot.com.

 Birds of rural Abu Road.

In the second week of July 2021, I did about a week of birding on Abu Road. The few days I was there it was hot did some backyard birding morning and evening. Appreciate the selection I have put together of the birds photographed at Abu Road. continued from the previous post. 

13 July 2021.
Sunrise rural Abu Road
Sunrise Rural Abu Road 


Black-headed Ibis
Black-headed Ibis - Threskiornis melanocephalus

Black-headed Ibis -
Black-headed Ibis - Threskiornis melanocephalus

Ashy Drongo
Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus 

Ashy Prinia
Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis

Barred Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator

Baya Weaver
Baya Weaver - Ploceus philippinu

Brown Rock Chat -
Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca

Cattle Egret
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis

Indian Silverbill
Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Plain Prinia
Plain Prinia - Prinia inornata 

Shikra - mobbed by drongo
Shikra - Accipiter badius  mobbed by drongo 

Shikra - mobbed by drongo
Shikra - Accipiter badius  mobbed by drongo 

Spotted Owlet
Spotted Owlet - Athene brama 

Yellow-eyed Babbler
Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense

Zitting Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

14 July 2021

Ashy Prinia
Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis

Asian Koel
Asian Koel - Eudynamys scolopaceus 

Green Bee-eater
Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis

House Crow
House Crow Corvus splendens

Preparing for the olympics 

Knob-billed Duck
Knob-billed Duck - Sarkidiornis melanotos

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Yellow-eyed Babbler
Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense

Yellow-eyed Babbler
Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense
 

Black-winged Kite
Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus

15 July 2021.

Ashy Black drongo
Ashy Black drongo

Ashy Black drongo
Ashy Black drongo

Spotted Owlet -
Spotted Owlet - Athene brama

Spotted Owlet - Athene brama
Spotted Owlet - Athene brama

Yellow-eyed Babbler
Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense

Yellow-eyed Babbler
Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense

Yellow-throated Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis 

16 July 2021.
Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca

Dusky Crag-Martin -
Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Indian Silverbill
Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica 


Indian Silverbill
Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica 

Lesser Whistling Duck
Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica

Lesser Whistling Duck
Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica

Lesser Whistling Duck
Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica

Spotted Owlet
Spotted Owlet - Athene brama


Spotted Owlet - Athene brama July 2021 Abu Road.m4v


17 July 2021.
Asian Koel
Asian Koel - Eudynamys scolopaceus

Common Hawk-Cuckoo -
Common Hawk-Cuckoo - Hierococcyx varius

Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo - Hierococcyx varius

Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo - Hierococcyx varius

Eurasian Collared Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 

Little Swift
Little Swift - Apus affinis

Little Swift
Little Swift - Apus affinis

I returned to Abu on 17 July 21., after doing a spot of birding in the morning down at Abu Road. Enjoy the slide show of the Purple Sunbird I took on my return.




Purple Sunbird Territorial display and dispute July 2021 Mt Abu.m4v

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus






 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Birds of Mount Abu July 2021 mountabubirds.blogspot.com.

 Birds of rural Abu Road 


In the second week of July 2021, I did about a week's birding on Abu Road. The few days I was there it was hot did some backyard birding morning and evening. Appreciate the selection I have put together of the birds photographed at Abu Road.

9 July 2021. 

Common Myna
Common Myna - Acridotheres tristis 

Common Myna
Common Myna - Acridotheres tristis 

Indian Pond-Heron
Indian Pond-Heron - Ardeola grayii 

Little Swift
Little Swift - Apus affinis


11 July 2021.
Ashy Prinia
Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis

Brahminy Starling
Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum

Cattle Egret
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis 

Cattle Egret
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis 

Coppersmith Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet - Psilopogon haemacephalus

Coppersmith Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet - Psilopogon haemacephalus

House Sparrow
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus 

Yellow-eyed Babbler
Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense

12 July 2021. 

Asian Openbill
Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans

Barred Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator

Barred Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator

Black Drongo
Black Drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus 

Black Drongo
Black Drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus 

Black Drongo
Black Drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus 

Brahminy Starling
Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum 

Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca

Common Iora
Common Iora - Aegithina tiphia 

Common Iora
Common Iora - Aegithina tiphia 

Gray-breasted Prinia
Gray-breasted Prinia - Prinia hodgsonii

Green Bee-eater
Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis 

Green Bee-eater
Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis 

Indian Robin
Indian Robin - Copsychus fulicatus

Indian Silverbill
Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Laughing Dove
Laughing Dove - Streptopelia senegalensis

River Tern
River Tern - Sterna aurantia

River Tern
River Tern - Sterna aurantia

Rose-ringed Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri 

Rose-ringed Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri 

Yellow-eyed Babbler
Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense

Yellow-eyed Babbler
Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense

Zitting Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 

Zitting Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 

Zitting Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 

Keep in touch will be posting soon on Abu Road bird.


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