Birding in December 2019
It's the last month of the year 2019. Our winters have set in day temperatures hover between 15 and 20 degrees night temperatures fall below 10 degrees as December moves towards Christmas Abu can expect its frost and temperatures falling as low as -3 degrees. Birding during winters is exciting throughout the winter months. Abu gets a few migratory waterbirds such as Common Pochard, Eurasian Coot, Eurasian Moorhen, Gadwall, Green-winged teal, Northern pintail, Northern Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, a few varieties of sandpipers, wagtails and cormorants also photographed here. It's the time of year to photograph a variety of warblers, flycatchers and raptors.
I love to do a spot of birding in Gujarat a visit is a must for die-hard birders. To view the places I have visited over the years, click the links below.
1 December 2019.
Appreciate my birding in the abode of gods 'Mount Abu"
Bonelli's Eagle - Aquila fasciata
(Winter visitor )
Bonelli's Eagle - Aquila fasciata
Bonelli's Eagle - Aquila fasciata
Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita
(Winter visitor )
Hume's Warbler - Phylloscopus humei
(Winter visitor )
Hume's Warbler - Phylloscopus humei
Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus
Jungle Babbler - Turdoides striata
Jungle Babbler - Turdoides striata
Long-legged Buzzard mobbed by Shikra
It was interesting to see the territorial dispute between the Shikras and the Long-legged Buzzard.
{Yesterday I had witnessed a pair of large-billed crows mobbing the same Buzzard}
The Shikras kept mobbing the Buzzard till they drove him out from their area.
Long-legged Buzzard mobbed by Shikra
Long-legged Buzzard mobbed by Shikra
Long-legged Buzzard mobbed by Shikra
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus
Long-legged Buzzard mobbed by Shikra
Long-legged Buzzard mobbed by Shikra
Long-tailed Buzzard nicked by shikra
Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer
Shikra - Accipiter badius
2 December 2019
The Ashy Drongo, the Black drongo and plenty of White-bellied drongos can be seen at this time of the year. The Ashy Drongo and Blck drongo are local winter visitors.
Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus
Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus
Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus
Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus
Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus
Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum
Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus
Rufous Treepie - Dendrocitta vagabunda
Shikra - Accipiter badius
