Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Birding in [ September 2021 ] Mount Abu mountabubirds.blogspot.com

 Raptors, vultures, migratory ducks and warblers have arrived in Mount Abu.

Today, the third week of September had rolled by. Overcast skies and thunderstorms were the order of the week. It’s still continuing, and the meteorologist has predicted it will continue into the first week of October. The photographs I’m posting of the week will be dull and drab because of the weather. Click on any photograph to see the expanded view. Happy viewing.


Spotted Dove
Spotted Dove - Streptopelia chinensis 

Spotted Dove
Spotted Dove - Streptopelia chinensis 0F4A5141-COLLAGE.jpeg

Click on the link to see the animation.

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

Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen)
Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus 0F4A5008-COLLAGE.jpeg

Click on the link to see the animation.

Gray Wagtail
Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Gray Wagtail
Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea 0F4A5096-COLLAGE.jpeg

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis 

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis 0F4A5035-COLLAGE.jpeg


Coppersmith Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet - Psilopogon haemacephalus 

Coppersmith Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet - Psilopogon haemacephalus  0F4A5596-COLLAGE.jpeg

Common Tailorbird
Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius 

Dusky Crag-Martin
Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Dusky Crag-Martin
Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Hoopoe - Upupa epops  

Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus  

Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus  

Indian Silverbill
Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Indian White-eye
Indian White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Laughing Dove
Laughing Dove - Streptopelia senegalensis

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus 

Pallid Harrier
Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus

Pied Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo - Clamator jacobinus

Pied Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo - Clamator jacobinus

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus 

Red-vented Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer 

Red-vented Bulbul   Juvenile
Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer  juvenile

Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus

Rufous Treepie
Rufous Treepie - Dendrocitta vagabunda

Scaly-breasted Munia
Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata 

Scaly-breasted Munia
Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata 

Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

White-breasted Waterhen
White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus 


Saturday, September 18, 2021

Birding in [ September 2021] Mount Abu mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Raptors, vultures, migratory ducks and warblers have arrived on Mount Abu.

We are into our second week of September 2021. Have had a few thunderstorms with some rain so far the met department has recorded about 2 inches for the 2 weeks that have flown by. A few of our migratory raptors have already arrived, some ducks and other water birds. I’m waiting patiently for the Alpine swift and the warblers that are yet to come. Enjoy the selection of the few birds that I have posted. Some photographs will be rather dull and grainy. I can’t help it it’s the monsoon. Season, overcast and misty conditions are the birders’ constant companions of the year. Click on any photograph to see the expanded view. Happy viewing.


Scaly-breasted Munia
Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata

Scaly-breasted Munia SEPT 2021Mount Abu.m4v

 Brown Rock Chat
Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca

Dusky Crag-Martin
Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea
Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Gray Wagtail
Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Gray Wagtail
Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Indian Robin
Indian Robin - Copsychus fulicatus

Indian Silverbill
Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica 

Indian Silverbill
Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica 

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis 

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis 

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis 

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach 

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach 

Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus

Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Brown-headed Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus 

Black-winged Kite
Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus 

Indian Vulture
Indian Vulture - Gyps indicus 

Jungle Babbler
Jungle Babbler - Turdoides striata

Laughing Dove
Laughing Dove - Streptopelia senegalensis

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus

Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen)
Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus
Shikra
Shikra - Accipiter badiu

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







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