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Sunday, November 14, 2021

Birding in November 2021 Mount Abu.mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Recording the Migratory birds in the Second week of November 2021.

Continued:

Now that the visitors to our oasis in the desert have petered off I will be covering the few water bodies that we have up here. Yesterday did a spot of birding at the Lower Kodra dam. Credit for the snaps taken goes to my niece Crescentia.

12 Nov 2021.

Pied Kingfisher - Ceryle rudis

Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo

Little Cormorant - Microcarbo niger

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta

Rock Pigeon - Columba livia

Woolly-necked Stork - Ciconia episcopus

Woolly-necked Stork - Ciconia episcopus

Disappointed at not seeing the pipits and the Red-breasted flycatcher that
frequent this area, also the absence of the spotted owl and the Indian Scimitar-Babbler.Hopefully,
soon, we will get to see much more of our winter migrants..
Keep tuned will try to post daily happy viewing.

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Birds of Mount Abu MAY 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birds of Mount Abu MAY 2019.

It's the nesting season for most of the birds. Early morning and late evening are the most suitable time for birding in Mount Abu. The blazing sun during the day in May is best avoided. Appreciate the collection of birds I've taken in May 2019.

1May 2019

Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis

Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum

(Passage migrant)

Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum

Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis - Female

2 May 2019

Blyth's reed warbler - Acrocephalus dumetorum

Long-legged buzzard - Buteo rufinus

3 May 2019

Blyth's reed warbler - Acrocephalus dumetorum

Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius

House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus - Female with chicks

Jungle Babbler - Turdoides striata

Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus

5 May 2019

Little Cormorant - Microcarbo niger

Pied Kingfisher - Ceryle rudis

7 May 2019

Indian Chat- Cercomela fusca

Indian Silverbill - Lonchura malabarica

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta

Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Photo Galleries Thol Bird Sanctuary revisited 14 March 2017 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Sunrise at Thol Birding Sanctuary.

"I looked at the placid Thol lake and spoke to it, "Speak to me of Nature" and the lake erupted with a hundred hues of colours. Damn, why hadn't I made a trip earlier? Instead of seeing hundreds, I would have got to see thousands.

I was to make a trip to mid-January to Thol soon after my birding trip with Eddie to Pareij wetlands, but my anxiety about walking the few kilometres needed to cover some area around the lake acted as a roadblock and I kept putting off my going and denying my passion from photographing the migratory birds that were there in the thousands. I have realized that on many an occasion because of my physical anxiety of not being able to walk the last mile, I have repeatedly put off going by anticipating the worst scenarios of putting others into inconveniences blaw, blaw... But in reality, I feared leaving my comfort zone.
I would probably not have made this trip but a student of mine had landed up and was keen to try out the new camera she had just bought, she being a keen birder I made a trip to Thol the closest destination from my place here in Chandkheda. I made the arrangements, and we reached the sanctuary at sunrise. Flocks of birds flew past with the rising sun. It represented an exhilarating moment for all of us to witness nature in its glorious surroundings.
Having walked for about 2 kilometres along the embankment at a snail's space. I experienced the strain on my arm and my fractured hip. I motioned to the others to pursue, and I made myself comfortable by sitting on a stump protruding by the side of the embankment. From there, I made my way down to the water's edge to photograph the birds that flew over or settled down to forage there. I have ranted enough. Enjoy the snaps that I took that day.