Birds in the Second and third week of August 2021. Mt Abu.

The month of August was a bleak month. The rain gods did not return from their vacation. There was no noticeable rainfall during this period. The few showers that we had in July were responsible for the lush green mantle that adorned the hillsides.

I've put together some snaps taken during this period. Enjoy my selection and do appreciate it by comments below, also if you have suggestions to offer please do so.

Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata

Green Avadavat - Sporaeginthus formosus

Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca

Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius

Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Sykes's Warbler - Iduna rama

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher - Cyornis tickelliae

Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus

Brown-headed Barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus

Pied Cuckoo - Clamator jacobinus

Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafe

Shikra - Accipiter badius

White-bellied Drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens

Birds in the first 2 weeks of August 2021. Mt Abu.

The month of July had its shares of overcast skies. Had a few showers at intervals but not much rain, only 2.4 inches. Total rainfall this year so far is 18.8 inches. The first 2 weeks of August have been dull with overcast skies and misty conditions. So far, the rain gods have not smiled on its abode. Guess the gods are busy monitoring the havoc the pandemic has caused so far. Humanity has never lived in is so much fear and apprehension as they have for the last 2 years. Abuites are anxious as the onset of our monsoons are yet to make its actual appearance. . Hopefully, we get our quota of rainfall.

Birds recorded by me in the first 2 weeks of August are Indian Yellow Tit, Pied Cuckoo, Green Avadavat, Spot-breasted Fantail, Brahminy Starling, White-breasted Waterhen, Indian Robin, Indian Silverbill, Common Hawk Cuckoo, Oriental Magpie Robin, Red-vented Bulbul, Black-winged kite and Sykes’s Warbler