Birding in December 2022

The second week of Dec 2022.

The winter this year is going to be cold as the monsoon season departed much later than usual. Our night temperatures hover below 10 degrees. The lowest recorded so far has been 0 degrees. Appreciate my endeavour of recording the birds of Mount Abu.

"Himalayan Griffon - winter visitor, circling above, Mount Abu."

Himalayan Griffon - Gyps himalayensis

Himalayan Griffon - Gyps himalayensis slideshow.mp4

"Ashy Drongo - winter visitor, perched on a branch."

Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus

Black Redstart - winter visitor, common sitting on a branch."

Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus

Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca

Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Eurasian Griffon - Gyps fulvus

Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Hume's Warbler - Phylloscopus humei

Indian Robin - Copsychus fulicatus

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca.

Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus

Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus

Red-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indicus

Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri

Shikra - Accipiter badius

White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus

White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis

Birding in December 2022

The first week of Dec 2022.

In our winters, daytime temperatures hover between 15 and 20 degrees. In December, nighttime temperatures drop below 10 degrees. Frozen conditions and temperatures down to -4 degrees are likely to occur in Abu. Birding during winter is stimulating throughout the cold seasons. Abu gets a few transient waterbirds such as the Common Pochard, Eurasian Coot, Eurasian Moorhen, Gadwall, Green-winged teal, Northern pintail, Northern Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe. A few variations of sandpipers, wagtails and cormorants are also photographed here. It’s the season of the year to capture an assortment of warblers, flycatchers and raptors.