Birding In the Last Week of March Mount Abu
This year Holi which fell on the 20 March 2019, ushered in the Spring. Spring be hanged it feels like Summer has been ushered in. The days have turned very warm these last few day daytimes temperature going up to 35 degrees C. Birding from now on is pleasant early morning and late evening. Appreciate my small collection of birdshot in the last week of March.
25 March 2019.
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - Female
Booted eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo
Hoopoe Upupa epops
Hoopoe Upupa epops
Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos intermedius
( Don't miss the plastic wrapper being used for nest )
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus
Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus
Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus
Old world vulture
26 March 2019
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Gymnoris xanthocollis
Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus - Female
Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus - Female
House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus - Juvenile
Indian Silverbill - Lonchura malabarica
Indian Silverbill - Lonchura malabarica
Indian Silverbill - Lonchura malabarica
Shikra Accipiter badius
Shikra Accipiter badius
27 March 2019.
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - Female
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Gymnoris xanthocollis
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Gymnoris xanthocollis
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Gymnoris xanthocollis
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
White-spotted fantail Rhipidura albogularis
29 March 2019
Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis
Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis
Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis
Booted eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus
Brown Headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica
Brown Headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica
Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus - Male
Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus - Female
30 March 2019.
Black stork - Ciconia nigra
Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus
Shikra Accipiter badius
31 March 2019.
The water body that is frequented by the migratory ducks is fondly called our duck pond here in Abu. It's a relatively small water body and by the end of March it dries up. This was my last visit to it for the stragglers that might be there. There were a handful of Common Teals, some sandpipers, Black-winged Stilts and Red-wattled lapwings.
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - Female
Common Teal - Anas crecca
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea
Thick-billed Flowerpecker - Dicaeum agile
Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus episcopus - pair
