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.
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| Sunrise Rural Abu Road |
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| Black-headed Ibis - Threskiornis melanocephalus |
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| Black-headed Ibis - Threskiornis melanocephalus |
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| Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus |
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| Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis |
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| Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator |
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| Baya Weaver - Ploceus philippinu |
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| Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca |
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| Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis |
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| Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica |
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| Plain Prinia - Prinia inornata |
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| Shikra - Accipiter badius mobbed by drongo |
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| Shikra - Accipiter badius mobbed by drongo |
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| Spotted Owlet - Athene brama |
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| Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense |
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| Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis |
14 July 2021
Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis
Asian Koel - Eudynamys scolopaceus
Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis
House Crow Corvus splendens
Preparing for the olympics
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| Knob-billed Duck - Sarkidiornis melanotos |
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| Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus |
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| Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense |
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| Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense |
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| Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus |
15 July 2021.
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| Ashy Black drongo |
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| Ashy Black drongo |
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| Spotted Owlet - Athene brama |
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| Spotted Owlet - Athene brama |
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| Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense |
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| Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense |
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| Yellow-throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis |
16 July 2021.
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| Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca |
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| Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor |
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| Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica |
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| Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica |
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| Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica |
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| Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica |
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| Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica |
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| Spotted Owlet - Athene brama |
Spotted Owlet - Athene brama July 2021 Abu Road.m4v
17 July 2021.
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| Asian Koel - Eudynamys scolopaceus |
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| Common Hawk-Cuckoo - Hierococcyx varius |
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| Common Hawk-Cuckoo - Hierococcyx varius |
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| Common Hawk-Cuckoo - Hierococcyx varius |
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| Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto |
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| Little Swift - Apus affinis |
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| 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. |
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| Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus |
