MOUNT ABU BIRDS MY PERSONAL COLLECTION: Brahminy Starling

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Birds of Mount Abu Birds in August 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding in August 2019. Mount Abu

The first rainbow for this year 2019

The overcast sky and hazy weather on Mount Abu in August are undoubtedly depressing for birders at this time of year. The gloomy weather is great for the offspring of a variety of animals since it gives an abundance of food. Red Spurfowl, Red-wattled Lapwing, Ashy Prinia, Green Avadavat, Spot-breasted Fantail, Brahminy Starling, and White-breasted Waterhen, as well as immature birds, abound.

Poor light shooting circumstances test the die-hard birder for most of August...Fine rain and hazy circumstances wet and slippery forest walkways challenge birders' shooting skills. During this time, I went birding and displayed my tiny bird collection.

Birds in the first week of August 2019.

Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum

House Sparrow - Passer domesticus

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri

Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus

Birding in the second week of August 2019

Indian Chat - Cercomela fuscaIndian

Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Shikra - Accipiter badius

Spotted Dove - Streptopelia chinensis

Birding in the third week of August 2019.

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Large-billed Crow - Corvus macrorhynchos

Little Swift Apus affinis affinis

Red-whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus

Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Birding in the last week of August 2019

Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum Sub-adult

Eurasian Marsh-Harrier - Circus aeruginosus

( A lifer for me my first recorded Eurasian Marsh-Harrier in our area)

Eurasian Marsh-Harrier - Circus aeruginosus

Green Avadavat - Sporaeginthus formosus

( Noticed a metal ring around the leg. Rajat Bhargava, BNHS tagged a few birds. here in Abu)

Green Avadavat - Sporaeginthus formosus

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Birds of Mount Abu Birds in July 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding in July 2019. Mount Abu

From overcast skies, green valleys and dales to Abu’s magnificent jungle trails make a perfect getaway from the scorching summer of the plains. Birding at this time of the year is not as spectacular as in winter but it offers you a fair share of the local birds. Grey jungle fowls, Red spurfowl and Green Avadavat are some birds to include in your collection. Appreciate my collection of photographs taken during July.

1 July 2019.