Sunday, October 30, 2022

Birds of Mount Abu [ October 2022 ] mountabubirds.blogspot.com

October birding [2022]Mount Abu.

Third week of October 2022.

Review of migratory birds, the third week of October 2022.

This month I observed that the number of eagles that normally visit this abode has been less in numbers. The warblers are still coming in. Hopefully, their count will go up. At the moment the greenish warblers, Hume’s warblers, Blyth’s Reed Warbler, and the Red-breasted flycatcher are here.

Bonelli's Eagle - Aquila fasciata

Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo

Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

Common Myna - Acridotheres tristis

Eurasian Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Winter visitor

Eurasian Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus
Winter visitor

Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea
Winter visitor

Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus
Winter visitor

Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus

Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides
Winter visitor

Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

House Sparrow - Passer domesticus

Hume's Warbler - Phylloscopus humei

Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Laughing Dove - Streptopelia senegalensis

Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca

Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus

Red-breasted Flycatcher - Ficedula parva

Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Tree Pipit - Anthus trivialis

White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus chick

White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus chick

White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis

Thursday, September 15, 2022

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

Birding in the first two weeks of September 2021 Mount Abu.

It was utterly drenching for the Abuites from the 1st of July until the end of August because of the monsoon. The weather department predicted one thing, but nature did another and there were overcast days and thunderstorms in August..

There has been a slight lull in tourist activity, but not for long. Weekends are boon days as thousands flock to this abode to enjoy the lush greenery and cool temperatures. Migrant birds have not yet appeared this year. Alpine Swifts, Barn swallows, Eurasian hobby, harriers, warblers, flycatchers, and ducks have yet to appear. Raptors and vultures who visit here have been absent.

Hopefully, I’ll record our winter visitors later in September. Enjoy my collection for the first week of September 2022.