Backyard and hillside birding in Mount Abu.

Come July and the expectancy of the arriving monsoons and birds such as the Pied Cuckoo (Harbingers of rain)the Indian Blackbird, the Indian Golden Oriole, the Brain-fever bird, and of course the Asian koel not forgetting the Indian Paradise flycatcher are some birds I look forward to. It’s the time of the with overcast skies and misty drizzle for many a day. I love photographing the Green Avadavat(Green Munia)at this time of the year I find them in large flocks also the other munis the Scaly-breasted Munia and the Indian Silverbill are plentiful. It’s the time of the year to observe birds and their behaviour, it’s fascinating to watch their mating antics, their territorial defence tactics, and their frenzy of building nests and feeding their young.

Green Avadavat - Sporaeginthus formosus

Green Avadavat (Munia() July 2021 Mt Abu.m4v

Brown-headed Barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus

Common Myna - Acridotheres tristis

Greater Coucal - Centropus sinensis

House Sparrow - Passer domesticus juvenile

Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Indian White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica

Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer

Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata

Shikra - Accipiter badius

Spot-breasted Fantail - Rhipidura albogularis

White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis Mobbed by fantail

White-throated Kingfisher mobbed by fantail

White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis Mobbed by fantail

Yellow-throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis

Birds of Mount Abu last week of June 2021.

I observed the local bird busily building nests when light conditions were okay and took snaps of the resident bird. I've put together a small collection of our native bird's pleasant viewing.

Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Brahminy Starling - Sturnia pagodarum

Dusky Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne concolor

House Sparrow - Passer domesticus

Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Indian White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus

Indian White-eye slide show

Indian Yellow Tit - Machlolophus aplonotus

Indian Yellow Tit slide show

Large-billed Crow - Corvus macrorhynchos

Little Swift - Apus affinis

Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis

Oriental Magpie-Robin slide show

Peregrine Falcon - (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus

Delighted to see Shaheen return, he's a rare visitor to Abu.

Peregrine Falcon - (Shaheen) Falco peregrinus

Pied Cuckoo - Clamator jacobinus

Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus

Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica

Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer
I did not expect to see this Bulbul around as a kitten had attacked it and in the scuffle, the bird lost its tail.