Birding in [December 2022]Mount Abu.mountabubirds.blogspot.com

 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 - Gyps himalayensis

Himalayan Griffon - Gyps himalayensis slideshow.mp4

Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus

Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus 

Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca 

Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca 

Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Eurasian Griffon - Gyps fulvus 

Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Hume's Warbler - Phylloscopus humei

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

Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus

Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus

Red-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indicus 

Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri 

Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri 

Shikra - Accipiter badius

White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus 

White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus 

White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus 

White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis 

Birds of Mount Abu March 2018. mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding in the month of March Mount Abu.

Birding in the month of March in the hills of Abu is very pleasant as the temperature is ideal not too hot and pleasantly cool in the morning. For the best birding experience, go early in the morning on the peaceful jungle tracks instead of the busy city roads. Appreciate my collection of birds photographed in March 2018.

Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis 

Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi 

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros -Female

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros -Male

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros -Male

Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus vociferus 

Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus vociferus 

Black-winged stilt -  Himantopus himantopus

Black-winged stilt -  Himantopus himantopus

Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata fasciata   - Adult in flight 

Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata fasciata   - Adult in flight 

Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica caniceps 

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis coromandus

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis coromandus

Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus - in flight 

Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis   - Adult in flight 

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 

Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 

Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea  

Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis   - In flight 

Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis   - In flight 

House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus 

Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus cambaiensis   - Female 

Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus cambaiensis   - Male

Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus   - Adult 

Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus rufinus   - In flight 

Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus rufinus   - In flight 

Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach tricolor   - Adult

Northern Pintail Anas acuta   - Female in flight 

Northern Pintail Anas acuta   - Pair

Northern Pintail Anas acuta   - Female in flight 

Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus orientalis   - In flight

Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus orientalis   - In flight

Oriental White-eye -  Zosterops palpebrosus

Oriental White-eye -  Zosterops palpebrosus

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus   - Female

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus   - Female

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus   - Male

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus   - Male

Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus indicus   -  at nest

Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus indicus   -  at nest

Rose-ringed parakeet -  Psittacula krameri 

Rose-ringed parakeet -  Psittacula krameri 

Rose-ringed parakeet -  Psittacula krameri 

Shaheen Falcon - Falco peregrinus peregrinator  

Shikra Accipiter badius   - Female  

White Breasted Water Hen - Amaurornis phoenicurus  

White Throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis   courtship display  

White Throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis   courtship display  

White Throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis   courtship display  

White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis canescens   - Adult 

White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis canescens   - Adult 

Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense hypoleucum   - Adult