Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Mount Abu Birding (February 2022 )mountabubirds.blogspot.com.

Birding in Mount Abu Sanctuary first week of Feb 2022.

Today I’m posting some pictures taken of our winter migrants at our few meagre water bodies around Mount Abu. These are our regular visitors Gadwall, Green-winged. Teal, Northern Pintail, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Coot, Eurasian Moorhen. These draw raptors like the buzzards, Black Eagle, Steppe Eagle, and Peregrine Falcon. 
4 February 2022.
Common Pochard
Common Pochard - Aythya ferina

Common Pochard
Common Pochard - Aythya ferina

Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Coot - Fulica atra

Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Coot - Fulica atra

Northern Pintail
Northern Pintail - Anas acuta

Northern Pintail
Northern Pintail - Anas acuta

Northern Pintail
Northern Pintail - Anas acuta

Northern Pintail
Northern Pintail - Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca  

Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus

Gadwall
Gadwall - Mareca strepera 

Little Grebe
Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis

Steppe Eagle
Steppe Eagle - Aquila nipalensis 



Green-winged Teal  Winter visitors Mount Abu.m4v

Watch the Above slide show of the Green-winged Teal in Fullscreen to see their beauty. 

I'm posting a YouTube video of the Mating of the "Majestic Falco" The Shaheen Falcon Mount Abu.
The first-ever mating sequence is Recorded here at this small hill station in Rajasthan, India.
   

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