Sunday, August 15, 2021

Birds of Mount Abu August 2021.

 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
Brown-headed Barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus

Brown-headed Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus

Black-winged Kite
Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus

Black-rumped Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback - Dinopium benghalense

Common Tailorbird
Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius

Dusky Crag-Martin
Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor 

Green Avadavat
Green Avadavat - Sporaeginthus formosus 

Indian White-eye
Indian White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen)
Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus

Pied Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo - Clamator jacobinus

Pied Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo - Clamator jacobinus

Scaly-breasted Munia
Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata 

Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Spotted Dove
Spotted Dove - Streptopelia chinensis

Spotted Dove
Spotted Dove - Streptopelia chinensis

Sykes's Warbler
Sykes's Warbler - Iduna rama 

Sykes's Warbler
Sykes's Warbler - Iduna rama 

White-bellied Drongo
White-bellied Drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens

White-eyed Buzzard
White-eyed Buzzard - Butastur teesa

White-throated Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis

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

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





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