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






 

2 comments:

  1. That's quite a collection. Very nice. Where in ABR are there so many birds!

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    1. The area around New Town and some places along the Revdar Road.To see more ABR birds go to this link https://mountabubirds.blogspot.com/2021/03/abu-road-and-environs-birding-february_27.html

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