Raptors, vultures, migratory ducks and warblers have arrived in Mount Abu.
The last week of September 2021 saw some specular thunderstorms accompanied by heavy spates of rainfall. Looks like a prelude to climate change. The last week was more of a monsoon scenario, whereas, at this time of the year, the monsoon usually peter off. Our post-monsoon winter migrants have arrived. A few hobbies, Sparrow hawks, Harriers, Buzzards and water birds. I’m on the lookout for the warblers and flycatchers, as I have collected not much data for these small migrant species. Appreciate the collection I have presented. Click on any photograph to see the expanded view. Happy viewing.
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| Common Hawk-Cuckoo - Hierococcyx varius |
Common Hawk-Cuckoo Juvenile Mt Abu Sep 2021.m4v
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| Alpine Swift - Apus melba |
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| Alpine Swift - Apus melba |
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| Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus |
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| Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus |
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| Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus |
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| Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus |
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| Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus |
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| Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo |
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| Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolo |
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| Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolo |
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| Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolo |
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| Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolo Fascinating to see adults seemingly feeding young ones mid-air. |
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| Eurasian Hobby - Falco subbuteo |
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| Eurasian Hobby - Falco subbuteo |
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| Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus |
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| Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus |
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| Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea |
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| Greater Coucal - Centropus sinensis |
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| Indian Robin - Copsychus fulicatus |
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| Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus |
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| Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca |
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| Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis |
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| Little Swift - Apus affinis |
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| Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach |
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| Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach |
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| Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis |
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| Red-whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus |
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| Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata |
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| Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata |
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| White-bellied Drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens |
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| White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis |
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| White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis |
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| Black-rumped Flameback - Dinopium benghalense |
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| Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus |
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| Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus |
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| Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus |
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| Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus |
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| Short-toed Snake-Eagle - Circaetus gallicus |
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| White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus |
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