Birds in the first 2 weeks of August 2021. Mt Abu.

The month of July had its shares of overcast skies. Had a few showers at intervals but not much rain, only 2.4 inches. Total rainfall this year so far is 18.8 inches. The first 2 weeks of August have been dull with overcast skies and misty conditions. So far, the rain gods have not smiled on its abode. Guess the gods are busy monitoring the havoc the pandemic has caused so far. Humanity has never lived in is so much fear and apprehension as they have for the last 2 years. Abuites are anxious as the onset of our monsoons are yet to make its actual appearance. . Hopefully, we get our quota of rainfall.

Birds recorded by me in the first 2 weeks of August are Indian Yellow Tit, Pied Cuckoo, Green Avadavat, Spot-breasted Fantail, Brahminy Starling, White-breasted Waterhen, Indian Robin, Indian Silverbill, Common Hawk Cuckoo, Oriental Magpie Robin, Red-vented Bulbul, Black-winged kite and Sykes’s Warbler

Brown-headed Barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus

Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus

Black-rumped Flameback - Dinopium benghalense

Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Green Avadavat - Sporaeginthus formosus

Indian White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus

Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus

Pied Cuckoo - Clamator jacobinus

Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata

Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Spotted Dove - Streptopelia chinensis

Sykes's Warbler - Iduna rama

White-bellied Drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens

White-eyed Buzzard - Butastur teesa

White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis

Circle round the sun
7 August 2021.
What's the prediction?

Look forward to the birds in the second week of August 2021.

Birds snapped last week of July 2021.

Posting some snaps taken from 18 July to the end of July 2021. From the sweltering heat of Abu Road, last week to overcast skies in Abu birding has had its own charm. It’s the time of the Munias, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Scaly-breasted Munia, Green Munia, Indian Silverbill, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen), Indian Yellow Tit, also the Pied Cuckoo and the Indian Blackbird are seen in Abu. Appreciate the collection and my observation of Mount Abu’s feathered friends.

"Green Avadavat,resident,sitting in my garden."

Green Avadavat - Sporaeginthus formosus

People locally know the Green Avadavat as "Haria" and also call it the Green Munia. The IUCH has classified this species as VULNERABLE. This petite bird with red eyes, a red beak green and yellow barred flanks of white and black make it a target for poachers.

The Green Avadavat (Munia)is the official mascot of Rajasthan's Mount Abu Sanctuary. To Southern Rajasthan, Central U.P, M.P, this bird is endemic, and some parts of Bihar and West Bengal. Today, people can easily spot this bird in Mount Abu, and birders from all over the world visit this place to capture images of this rare species.

Green Avadavat (Munia) Mount Abu July 2021.m4v

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