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Birding in April 2022 Mount Abu mountabubirds.blogspot.com

 Birding last week of April 2022.Mount Abu.

Abu has experienced bouts of forest fires over the last decade or so during high summer. This year, we have already seen several large fires burn down sizeable areas of our jungle. The last week of April is quite early for these large, spontaneous fires to occur. When these fires started, about 20 to 30 large raptors took to the sky and circled the area. Wildfire caused many species, including spotted owls, woodpeckers, and others, to leave their nests and babies. It's frustrating that every year, our precious forest loses both its flora and fauna to the Willies of Hades.

Appreciate or comment on my collection of birds photographed in the last week of April 2022  

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus 

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus 

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus 

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus 

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus 

The different types of morphs of this species have been fascinating.

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Shikra
Shikra - Accipiter badius  

Shikra
Shikra - Accipiter badius  

23 April 2022

Blyth's Reed Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus dumetorum 

Blyth's Reed Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus dumetorum 

Green Avadavat
Green Avadavat - Sporaeginthus formosus

Green Avadavat
Green Avadavat - Sporaeginthus formosus

Green Avadavat
Green Avadavat - Sporaeginthus formosus

Green Bee-eater
Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis

Green Bee-eater
Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis

Indian Blackbird
Indian Blackbird - Turdus simillimus

Indian Blackbird
Indian Blackbird - Turdus simillimus

Indian Silverbill
Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica 

Indian White-eye
Indian White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus

Indian White-eye
Indian White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus

Indian White-eye
Indian White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus

24 April 2022

Blyth's Reed Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus dumetorum

Common Rosefinch
Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus 

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Red-vented Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer 
Plastic is the bird's new nesting material.

25 April 2022

Green Bee-eater
Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis 

Spot-breasted Fantail
Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

26 April 2022.

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Red-wattled Lapwing Territorial dispute
Red-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indicus
Territorial dispute 

Red-wattled Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indicus

Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus 

27 April 2022

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Indian Yellow Tit
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus

28 APRIL 2022

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Large-billed Crow
Large-billed Crow - Corvus macrorhynchos

29 April  2022

Blyth's Reed Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus dumetorum

Blyth's Reed Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus dumetorum

Green Bee-eater
Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis

Green Bee-eater
Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis

Green Bee-eater
Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Shikra
Shikra - Accipiter badius.

30 April 2022

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus

Red-vented Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer

Red-vented Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer





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