Thursday, February 17, 2022

Mount Abu Birding ( February 2022) mountabubirds.blogspot.com.

Birding in Mount Abu Sanctuary the first week of Feb 2022.

Continued:

5 to 7 Feb 2022.

Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus

Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum

Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

Hume's Warbler - Phylloscopus humei

Indian Robin - Copsychus fulicatus

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica

Red-whiskered Bulbul - Pycnonotus jocosus

Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri

Shikra - Accipiter badius

White-bellied Drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens

Yellow-throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Mount Abu Birding (February 2022 )mountabubirds.blogspot.com.

Birding in Mount Abu Sanctuary first week of Feb 2022.

Today I’m posting some pictures taken of our winter migrants at our few meagre water bodies around Mount Abu. These are our regular visitors Gadwall, Green-winged. Teal, Northern Pintail, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Coot, Eurasian Moorhen. These draw raptors like the buzzards, Black Eagle, Steppe Eagle, and Peregrine Falcon.

4 February 2022.

Common Pochard - Aythya ferina

Eurasian Coot - Fulica atra

Northern Pintail - Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca

Eurasian Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus

Gadwall - Mareca strepera

Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis

Steppe Eagle - Aquila nipalensis

Green-winged Teal Winter visitors Mount Abu.m4v

Watch the Above slide show of the Green-winged Teal in Fullscreen to see their beauty.

I'm posting a YouTube video of the Mating of the "Majestic Falco" The Shaheen Falcon Mount Abu.

The first-ever mating sequence is Recorded here at this small hill station in Rajasthan, India.

Sunday, February 6, 2022

Mount Abu Birding (February 2022) mountabubirds.blogspot.com.

Birding in Mount Abu Sanctuary first week of Feb 2022.

They have freed Mount Abu of the weekend lockdown and night curfew. When in Abu, masks are mandatory, so please wear them while roaming around.

During this first week of February, birding has been excellent. Enjoy these images.

Black Stork - Ciconia nigra
Not so common winter visitor

Black Stork - Ciconia nigra

Gray Heron - Ardea cinerea
Considered Vagrant

Gray Heron - Ardea cinerea
I have observed this species over the years at the Nakki lake.

Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus
Winter visitor

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus
Common resident

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus

Peregrine Falcon (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus
The Shaheen is known to breed at Mount Abu.

I've been recording this falcon for years. My constant vigil of this rare residential species has been keen. This year I have photographers three to four mating sessions over a period.