Birds on Mount Abu in January 2022.
Continued.
20 January 2022.
Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea |
Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea |
Hume's Warbler - Phylloscopus humei |
Hume's Warbler - Phylloscopus humei |
Indian White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus |
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus |
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus |
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis |
Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus |
Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus |
Shikra - Accipiter badius |
White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis |
Yellow-throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis |
21 January 2022.
Bonelli's Eagle - Aquila fasciata |
Bonelli's Eagle mobbed by Large-billed Crows Jan 2022 Mt Abu.m4v
Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum |
Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus |
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis |
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis |
Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus |
Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus |
In the early evening on the 21st, we drove to (our Duck pond) to determine if any more winter guests had turned up. It surprised me to see three Indian Spot-billed Ducks. This was our second sighting of these birds in Abu. The numbers of the Gadwall, Tufted Ducks and Northern Pintails had increased considerably as well. We observed and photographed the birds for an hour, then left as clouds gathered in the sky. Several pictures I took that day are posted below. It is a blessing to have them visit our rare hill station in Rajasthan.
Common Pochard - Aythya ferina |
Eurasian Coot - Fulica atra |
Gadwall - Mareca strepera |
Gadwall - Mareca strepera |
Gadwall - Mareca strepera |
Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus |
Indian Spot-billed Duck - Anas poecilorhyncha |
Indian Spot-billed Duck - Anas poecilorhyncha |
Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis |
Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis |
Northern Pintail - Anas acuta |
Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata |
Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula |
Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus |
Ducks sp Mixed bag |
Ducks sp Mixed bag Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, Little Grebe, Northern Pintail, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard |