Friday, July 30, 2021

Birds of Mount Abu July 2021 mountabubirds.blogspot.com.

Birds of rural Abu Road.

In the second week of July 2021, I did about a week of birding on Abu Road. The few days I was there it was hot did some backyard birding morning and evening. Appreciate the selection I have put together of the birds photographed at Abu Road. continued from the previous post.

13 July 2021.

Sunrise Rural Abu Road

Black-headed Ibis - Threskiornis melanocephalus

Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus

Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis

Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator

Baya Weaver - Ploceus philippinu

Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca

Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis

Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Plain Prinia - Prinia inornata

Shikra - Accipiter badius mobbed by drongo

Spotted Owlet - Athene brama

Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense

Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

14 July 2021

Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis

Asian Koel - Eudynamys scolopaceus

Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis

House Crow Corvus splendens

Preparing for the olympics

Knob-billed Duck - Sarkidiornis melanotos

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense

Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus

15 July 2021.

Ashy Black drongo

Spotted Owlet - Athene brama

Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense

Yellow-throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis

16 July 2021.

Brown Rock Chat - Oenanthe fusca

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica

Spotted Owlet - Athene brama

Spotted Owlet - Athene brama July 2021 Abu Road.m4v

17 July 2021.

Asian Koel - Eudynamys scolopaceus

Common Hawk-Cuckoo - Hierococcyx varius

Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto

Little Swift - Apus affinis

Little Swift - Apus affinis

I returned to Abu on 17 July 21., after doing a spot of birding in the morning down at Abu Road. Enjoy the slide show of the Purple Sunbird I took on my return.

Purple Sunbird Territorial display and dispute July 2021 Mt Abu.m4v

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Birds of Mount Abu Birds in [ September 2019 ] mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding in September 2019. Mount Abu.

I look forward to September because it's when the birds return after the monsoon season. The alpine swift barn swallow, Eurasian hobby, Harriers and a host of other raptors. I look forward to seeing the warblers and flycatchers. The greenish warbler is usually the first to make its appearance here in Abu. I was lucky to spot these species by the third week of September: Alpine Swift, Pied Cuckoo, Common Hawk-Cuckoo, Eurasian Marsh-Harrier, Pallid Harrier, Greenish Warbler, Gray Wagtail, and Barn Swallows (a new one for me!).