Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Abu Road and Environs Birding February 2021 mountabubirds.blogspot.com.

Birding in the second week of Feb 2021. Abu Road Rajasthan IN.

Birding at Deora Dam (24.526081,72.6434882) 9 Feb 2021.

After our hectic trip to Jawai Dam, we decided the next day to visit a dam closer to home. This dam lies at the foothills of Mount Abu on the Revdar road. We got some birds, but most of the other birds were way too far away to get decent photographs. Appreciate the snaps snapped at the Deora Dam.

9 Feb 2021.

Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus

Black-headed Ibis - Threskiornis melanocephalus

Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus

Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago

Gray Heron - Ardea cinerea

Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca

Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius

Pied Kingfisher - Ceryle rudis

River Tern - Sterna aurantia

Sykes's Warbler - Iduna ram

Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

10 Feb 2021.

Did a brief spate of backyard birding. Tomorrow we plan to cover the area around Madhusudhan Temple. The flycatchers, warblers and the Oriel in this area enticed us, birders like the legendary cache of Mackenna's gold.

Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta

Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica

Sykes's Warbler - Iduna rama

11 Feb 2021.

Birding opposite the Madhusudhan Temple was fruitful: we found our Mackenna's gold. The Black-hooded Oriole. Appreciate this beauty and the other birds of this area.

Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus

Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher - Culicicapa ceylonensis

Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

White Wagtail - Motacilla albaz

Yellow-throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis

12 Feb 2021

We went all out from the 12 Feb to the 15 Few 2021 to do our share of Backyard birding.

My next post will be on our BACKYARD birding.

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Birds of Mount Abu MARCH 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding In March Mount Abu

24 March 2019.
Went to the duck pond to check out how many of our winter visitors were still there. The small water body was rapidly shrinking into a small pond. I had a chance to see a few ducks there and a BIG BONUS awaited me. I got to photograph a pair of Little Ringed Plovers. In all my years of birding at this place and in Abu, this is the first time this season that I got to photograph this species. I don't believe anyone has reported or photographed this species here before. Was hoping that the pair of Spot-billed ducks was still at the pond, but they had left.