Migratory birds I observed in the first week of October 2021.
The raging pandemic appears to be contained. Tourists to Abu have come in hoards at weekends are overcrowded and vehicular movement poses a massive problem during these days. Birding has been not too bad considering quite a few days of overcast skies. Migratory birds are here. Hopefully, by the end of the month, most of our warblers will be present.
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| Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus |
1 Oct 2021.
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| Shikra - Accipiter badius |
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| Shikra - Accipiter badius |
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| Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca |
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| Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica |
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| Little Swift - Apus affinis |
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri |
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| White-bellied Drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens |
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| White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis |
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| Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus |
2 Oct 2021,
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| Common House-Martin - Delichon urbicum 0F4A9009-COLLAGE.jpeg |
RARE for this location and seems out of range I have recorded this species before.
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| Greater Coucal - Centropus sinensis |
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| Greater Coucal - Centropus sinensis |
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| Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabari |
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| Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis |
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| Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer |
3 Oct 2021.
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| Black-rumped Flameback - Dinopium benghalense |
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| Black-rumped Flameback - Dinopium benghalense |
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| Black-rumped Flameback - Dinopium benghalense |
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| Coppersmith Barbet - Psilopogon haemacephalus |
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| Coppersmith Barbet - Psilopogon haemacephalus |
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| Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor 0F4A9622-COLLAGE.jpeg |
Every day I have been observing these Martin's in the beginning I thought they were showing signs of territorial display but I realized it was more of parental feeding young or could it be a display of courtship like that of the Falcon feeding its mate mid-air.
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| Eurasian Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus |
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| Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach |
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| Rufous Treepie - Dendrocitta vagabunda |
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| White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis |
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| White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis |
5 Oct 2021.
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| Common House-Martin - Delichon urbicum |
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| Common House-Martin - Delichon urbicum RARE for this location and seems out of range I have recorded this species before. |
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| Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor |
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| Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor |
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| Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus |
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| Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea |
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| Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea |
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| Little Swift - Apus affinis |
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| Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis |
6 Oct 2021.
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| Bonelli's Eagle - Aquila fasciata |
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| Bonelli's Eagle - Aquila fasciata |
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| Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Nisaetus cirrhatus |
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| Common House-Martin - Delichon urbicum |
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| Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolo |
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| Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolo |
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| Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata |
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| Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata |
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| Steppe Eagle - Aquila nipalensis These were a common sight while the dumps functioned . Now that the dumps have shifted to the base of the hill visits by these and quite a few other eagles have become rare. |
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| Steppe Eagle - Aquila nipalensis |
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| White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis |
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| White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis |
7 Oct 2021.
Few migratory ducks had landed here in the first week of September, a sign of early winters here in the Abode. The Grey Wagtail is also one of our first migrants to make it up the hill. I recorded the wagtail on 3 August 2021.
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| Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus |
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| Eurasian Hobby - Falco subbuteo |
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| Eurasian Hobby - Falco subbuteo |
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| Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea |
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| Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea |
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| Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca |
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| Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca |
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| Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca |
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| Little Cormorant - Microcarbo niger |
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| Northern Pintail - Anas acuta |
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| Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata |
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| Woolly-necked Stork - Ciconia episcopus |
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