Birds of Mount Abu APRIL 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding in April 2019. The mercury is rising at Mt Abu.

12 April 2019.

Red-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indicus

Red-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indicus

Red-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indicus TRYING TO ATTACK DAMAN

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'Survival of the fittest'

Green Avadavat - Amandava Formosa 

Green Avadavat - Amandava Formosa

13 April 2019.

Brahminy Myna - Sturnia pagodarum

Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus

Right up to the seventies, these vultures were a common sight and were in considerable numbers. They also nested behind St. Mary's High School. in a hillock called Sponge.  To spot one nowadays is such a pleasure. They, like the Indian vulture, have almost faded from this area.

Long-legged buzzard - Buteo rufinus 

( Winter visitor )

Long-legged buzzard - Buteo rufinus 

Long-legged buzzard - Buteo rufinus 

Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus

Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis

White-Breasted Water Hen - Amaurornis phoenicurus

White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis

14 April 2019.

Black stork - Ciconia  nigra  

( Winter visitor )

Eurasian Craig Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris   - In flight

Indian Robin - Saxicoloides fulicatus - Male

Indian Robin - Saxicoloides fulicatus - Female

Indian Silverbill  - Lonchura malabarica

18 April 2019.

Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis

Common Rosefinch -  Carpodacus erythrinus - Female

Common Rosefinch -  Carpodacus erythrinus - Male

Common Rosefinch -  Carpodacus erythrinus -Pair

House sparrow - Passer domesticus - Female

House sparrow - Passer domesticus - Male

Red Whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus 

( Mount Abu is the type–locality for this taxon )

Red Whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus 

Red Whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus 

Red Whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus 

Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis

May the morning of Easter
Bring to your garden a beautiful coloured birds,
May Easter
Fill your hearts with peace and joy,
Happy Easter! From the Abode of Gods.

White-spotted fantail Birds of Mount Abu JANUARY 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

White-spotted fantail Rhipidura albogularis

31 January 2019.

White-spotted fantail Rhipidura albogularis

White-spotted fantail Rhipidura albogularis

White-spotted fantail Rhipidura albogularis

Mount Abu's fascinating dancer: The White-spotted fantail,

This little small daredevil, with its white spots on its breast,

Dances away and fanning the insects in its wake, its aerial sallies

Not be match for the for the tiny insects that are gobbled up in every launch that it makes.

The birder with his camera has to keep pace, to get that prized picture 

Of this species, with the white brow, and slim white collar and fan like tail.

White-spotted fantail Over the years

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The White-spotted fantail is a residential bird of Abu. It's very commonly seen here. In the nesting period, it's one of the most fearsome daredevils I've seen. It chases any bird even the fearsome Shikra if it enters its realm.

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