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

Birds of Mount Abu in October 2019.

9 October 2019.

The days have turned very pleasant. Night temperatures hover around 20 degrees. Looks like we are in for an early winter.

Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros 

Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros 

Blyth's Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus dumetorum

Bonelli's Eagle - Aquila fasciata

Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum

Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum

Basking

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

Harrier

It's probably either the Montagu's Harrier or the Pallid Harrier

Harrier

It's probably either the Montagu's Harrier or the Pallid Harrier

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach 

Booted eagle - Birds of Mount Abu JANUARY 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Booted eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus

17 January 2019.

Booted eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus (Dark morph)

Booted eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus (light morph)

Booted eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus 

The Raptors are here preying from the Abu sky,

The Booted Eagle with its flashy white headlights,

All the way from Europe loses his way to the 

The abode of the Gods. He comes in two hues. light morph from below,

And the dark morph, which usually winters in India.

The booted eagle is a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey with a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia. Here in Mount Abu, it's probably a vagrant or winter passage migrant. Not a commonly seen eagle here. To read more on this bird click:Here

Booted eagle over the years

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Photo Galleries Birds of Mount Abu Winter visitors landed on the 11 October 2017. mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Migratory Ducks our winter visitors are Here.

Every year I look forward to seeing these winter visitors. Several migratory birds go up to this small hill station in Rajasthan. Alpine Swift was here in the second week of September. Some birds at the location include raptors and species like the Long-Tailed Shrike, Sulphur-bellied warbler, Common Chiffchaff, and Common Rose-finch. I’m posting some birds mentioned to enjoy the pleasure of our feathered friend on this auspicious day.
I WISH ALL A PROSPEROUS AND STRESS-FREE DIWALI THIS YEAR FROM THE ABODE OF THE GODS. 

Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba   - In flight from below

Mixed Bag our winter visitors 

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros   - Male

Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata fasciata   - Adult in flight from below

Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 

Common Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius

Common Hoopoe Upupa epops

Common Rosefinch -  Carpodacus erythrinus Female

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus   - Female in flight from below

Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Jacobin cuckoo Clamator jacobinus

Long-Tailed Shrike -  Lanius schach

Mixed bag migratory ducks basking

Northern Pintail - Anas acuta on flight 

Northern Shoveler  -Anas clypeata basking

Northern Shoveler  -Anas clypeata Male

Red-throated Flycatcher or taiga flycatcher Ficedula albicill

Rufous treepie -   Dendrocitta vagabunda.

Sulphur-bellied Warbler - Phylloscopus griseolus

Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus   - Adult in flight from below

Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris   - Juvenile

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher - Cyornis tickelliae 

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher - Cyornis tickelliae 

Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis