Photo Gallery Jawai Dam and Mori Bera mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Jawai Dam and Mori Bera 

I paid a visit to Bera recently to visit an ole Buddy of mine after a lapse of almost three years. The trip and his company were thrilling. As pledged, he showed me a female leopard and her two cubs. Later we drove to the Jawai Dam, where I did a spot of birding. Here are the pictures I promised to post. Appreciate the feathered friends that have flown thousands of KM to visit our water bodies.

Jawai Dam Rajasthan.

Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans

Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus

Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus 

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus   - Non-breeding

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis coromandus   - Non-breeding

Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea   - Female

Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea   - Male

Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea   - Pair

Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea   - Taking off

White Wagtail Motacilla alba 

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

To view more birds of Bera click the link at the bottom 

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Photo Gallery Mori Bera

Photo Gallery Blackbuck National Park Velavadar Gujarat mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Blackbuck National Park Velavadar Gujarat

These are the pictures I took of birds in this unique and secluded National Park. To read more about this park click on the link:- Black-buck National Park

Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus  Taking off

Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala   - Adult in flight 

Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia intermedia

Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis schistacea   - Dark morph

White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa

Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 

European Roller Coracias garrulus 

Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura phoenicura 

Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus phoenicuroides  

Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 

Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura phoenicura 

Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus   - Male

Common Babbler Turdoides caudata caudata 

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 

Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus   - In flight from below

Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala

Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus   - Adult

Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 

Other parts of India.

Photo Galleries Birds around the house 30 April 2014. mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Birding in  April 2014.

This year, the beginning of April was a veritable paradise, with pleasant days and cool nights. We Abuites are surprised that the climate changed so swiftly and drastically by the fag end of April. The days have turned hot with the temperature hovering close to 40 °C, even the night has turned warm, and fans and coolers have to turn on.
I have managed a small collection of birds for the month of April. Hope you enjoy them. Happy Viewing.

Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala 

Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis parroti

House Sparrow juvelline

House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus   - Male feeding chick

House Sparrow Passer domesticus indicus   - Male 

Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus cambaiensis   

Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis cambayensis   - In flight

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus   - Late evening  flight

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus calidus   - Adult with prey late evening

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus Male

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus_ Female

Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica   - In flight

Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica   - In flight

Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer bengalensis   - In flight

Rock Pigeon in flight

Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri borealis   - Courtship feeding 

Shikra Accipiter badius   - Adult in flight from 

Shikra Accipiter badius   - Adult in flight from 

Shikra Accipiter badius   - Adult in flight from