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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Birding in December 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

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.

Thol Lake Sanctuary a birders delight.

Pareij wetlands an amazing birding destination Gujarat.

Banni Grassland Kutch Gujarat

Blackbuck National Park Velavadar Gujarat

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

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

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 - Buteo rufinus

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

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

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Photo Galleries Pareij wetlands an amazing birding destination Gujarat. mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Pareij Wetlands is an amazing birding destination in Gujarat. Facebook birders a must destination.

I had been planning for a long time to visit Gujarat to do some serious birding. Having been to Bunni, the grasslands in Kutch, the various water bodies along the national highways, Gir Forest and Thol, the famous migratory bird sanctuary I felt I needed to explore other potential areas.

Eddie, a schoolmate who had dropped into Abu for a brief visit, suggested we go birding in the Kheda wetlands of Gujarat, an area 60 km out of Ahmedabad. I jumped at the offer, better to be a part of Gujarat at this time of the year rather than spending a long time in Abu freezing my butt off with the cold wave covering this part of the world. The trip to the Pareij wetlands was a way out trip to read more about the trip. Click the link. Pareij-wetlands-amazing-birding.

To save time and get the best out of our day trip, we hired a local guide Vishal who knows this area extremely well. To contact him, scroll to the end of the page.

I'm posting the birds that I clicked on my trip, hope you enjoy them I certainly enjoyed my trip by clicking these extraordinary birds found here.

The area we visited is big, and to cover most of it would take a few days.