Birding in [ September 2022 ]Mount Abu mountabubirds.blogspot.com

 Birding in the first two weeks of September 2021 Mount Abu.

It was utterly drenching for the Abuites from the 1st of July until the end of August because of the monsoon. The weather department predicted one thing, but nature did another and there were overcast days and thunderstorms in August..

There has been a slight lull in tourist activity, but not for long. Weekends are boon days as thousands flock to this abode to enjoy the lush greenery and cool temperatures. Migrant birds have not yet appeared this year. Alpine Swifts, Barn swallows, Eurasian hobby, harriers, warblers, flycatchers, and ducks have yet to appear. Raptors and vultures who visit here have been absent.

Hopefully, I’ll record our winter visitors later in September. Enjoy my collection for the first week of September 2022.

Pied Cuckoo - Clamator jacobinus

Pied Cuckoo - Clamator jacobinus Google Slides

Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus Google Slides

Bonelli's Eagle mobbed Black-winged Kite  Mt Abu Sept 2022.m4v

Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius

Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea First for this season

Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus 

Laughing Dove - Streptopelia senegalensis  

Little Swift - Apus affinis.

Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis 

Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis 

Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica

Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica

Rock Pigeon - Columba livia

Rufous Treepie - Dendrocitta vagabunda

Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

Spotted Dove - Streptopelia chinensis

ID requested

ID requested another angle

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

Mount Abu Birds in October 2019.

10 and 11  October 2019.

The weather finally cleared up with a whisker of clouds off and on. The raptors are arriving, warblers are already here, and so are the flycatchers. Night temperatures border around 15 degrees F.

Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea 

Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros 

Bonelli's Eagle - Aquila fasciata 

Bonelli's Eagle - Aquila fasciata 

Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum

Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Eurasian Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Eurasian Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Accipiter sp.

Not positive of the ID

Martin sp 

Not positive of the ID

Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata  

Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis 

Grey-headed Flycatcher Birds of Mount Abu JANUARY 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Grey-headed Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis

28 January 2019.

Flycatchers, flycatchers have come to the Abode.

With their constant sallies from branch to branch,

Most are winter visitors from far-off lands,

Their beautiful colours of sets with their sweet tweets

Are an exceptional treat for photographers and painters.

Grey-headed Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis

The Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher, with its Ashy head.

The light grey throat, enhanced by its bright yellow plumage,

It's yellow-green back, with yellow in browner  wings and tail

Is a solitary hunter, feeding of aerial insects with its incessant sallies.

The Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher, slide show

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The Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher is not a commonly seen species here in Mount Abu. I first photographed this bird in January and then later in February 2012. Butler. E. A . an. Ornithologist (1875) not included this species

To know more on the Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Click: Here