Sunday, January 9, 2022

Birding in January 2022.Mount Abu.mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birds on Mount Abu in January 2022.

It was a pleasant day yesterday, with clear skies and just the right temperature. The warblers, wagtails, flycatchers, and drongos were in for a treat. There were occasional appearances of the raptors. Yesterday I observed the Common Buzzard and the Long-legged Buzzard. The swift-moving Shikra and Black-winged kites have been mobbing our winter visitors recently. Appreciate the photos taken in the second week of January.

8 January 2022.

Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus

Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo

Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius

Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Hume's Warbler - Phylloscopus hume

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

White-bellied Drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens

White-eared Bulbul - Pycnonotus leucotis

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Mount Abu Birds in January 2021.mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Mount Abu Birds in the third week of January 2021.

Continued

20 January 2021.

Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus

Black Stork Ciconia nigra

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus

Indian Yellow Tit Machlolophus aplonotus

Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis

Shikra Accipiter badius

Shikra Accipiter badius mobbing Buzzard

21 January 2021,

Thursday the ideal day to pay our favourite "Duck Pond" a visit. We avoid the weekends Friday to Sunday as hordes of tourists ply down the narrow road and it's frustrating making our way to our destination. It surprised us to see that most of the migratory ducks had moved on to some other water body, observed the not so many birds, and did some birding for other migratory birds. Met a young budding birder Hom Patel from Gujarat busy clicking away delightfully at the few ducks that were within shooting distance. Appreciate our observations and the bird pictures of Mount Abu.