Friday, November 18, 2022

Birding in November 2022 Mount Abu.mountabubirds.blogspot.com

 Recording the Migratory birds in the First week of November 2022.

The first week of November has flown by. There were thousands of tourists here for Diwali in October. The viral infection in our Abode had infected me, so I did not venture out. With joint pains and a sore throat with a persistent cough, it was a trying time. I birded around my area for short periods of time. The Eurasian Sparrow-hawk, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Eurasian Crag-Martin, Greenish Warbler, Hume's Warbler, Common Buzzard, and Gray Wagtail can all be seen among the winter visitors and migrant birds.
 Despite snapping and recording a few raptors, their numbers seem low. Here is a compilation of my observations. Mount Abu's birds will delight you.  
1 Nov 2022.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus: Winter visitor. I have observed this species over the years and have seen that they are not as common as the other migratory birds.

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Black-rumped Flameback
Black-rumped Flameback - Dinopium benghalense Resident

House Sparrow
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus

2 Nov 2022.
Eurasian Crag-Martin
Eurasian Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris “Not uncommon” in the winter

Eurasian Crag-Martin
Eurasian Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Greenish Warbler
Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

Common winter/passage migrant. Arrives as early as the first week of August. 

Greenish Warbler
Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides


White-throated Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis

Yellow-throated Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis 

Yellow-throated Sparrow Resident. Not uncommon. In November numbers increased. Breeds in April / May. Butler (1875) found it “very abundant at Mount Aboo” and breeding in April.

3 Nov 2022.
Black Redstart - common
Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros common Winter visitor

Gray Wagtail - winter visitor.
Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea winter visitor

Greater Coucal -Resident
Greater Coucal - Centropus sinensis Resident 

Greenish Warbler
Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

Greenish Warbler
Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

Greenish Warbler
Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

Indian Yellow Tit - Resident
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus  Resident

Oriental Magpie-Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Taiga Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher - Ficedula albicilla

White-throated Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis

White-throated Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis

Yellow-throated Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis 

Yellow-throated Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis 

4 Nov. 2022,
Ashy Prinia -having a dew bath
Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialist early morning dew bath

Black Redstart - winter visitor common
Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros  winter visitor common

Common House-Martin - winter visitor?
Common House-Martin - Delichon urbicum winter visitor?

Common House-Martin
Common House-Martin - Delichon urbicum

Eurasian Crag-Martin - Not uncommon in the cold weather
Not uncommon in the cold weather  winter visitor

Gray Wagtail - winter visitor
Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea winter visitor found at most water bodies

Greenish Warbler -   Common winter / passage migrant
Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides  Common winter/passage migrant

Greenish Warbler
Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides  

Lesser Whitethroat - winter visitor
Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca winter visitor

Lesser Whitethroat - winter visitor
Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca

Purple Sunbird
Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus 

Spotted Dove - Resident
Spotted Dove - Streptopelia chinensis Resident

5 Nov 2022.
Eurasian Crag-Martin
Eurasian Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach 

6 Nov 2022.



Black-rumped Flameback - Dinopium benghalense Google Slides

Eurasian Crag-Martin
Eurasian Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Eurasian Crag-Martin
Eurasian Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris


House Sparrow
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus

Black Redstart
Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

7 Nov 2022.

Brahminy Starling
Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum 

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Greenish Warbler
Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

House Sparrow
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus




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