Sunday 26 February 2012

Vetal Tekdi and Kothrud, 26.02.2012

This time I didn't have a car, so it was another weekend of city birds. . .

Place : Kothrud area, Vetal Tekdi, Chatushringi Hill

Access : Start trekking upwards from Vetal Tekdi, cross right across the hill complex to Chatushringi hill.

Birds Spotted :

Spot-Billed Duck
1. Indian Grey Hornbill - 3
2. Pied Bushchat - 4
3. Jungle Babbler - 4
4. Large Grey Babbler - 2
5. Spot-Billed Duck - 23
6. Little Grebe - 4
7. Common Moorhen - 3
8. Little Cormorant - 4
9. Greater Coucal - 1
10. Spotted Dove - 1
11. Blue Rock Dove - 15
12. Little Brown Dove - 5
13. House Crow - 2
14. Large-Billed Crow - 3
15. Common Myna - 8
Little Cormorant
16. Jungle Myna - 2
17. Ashy Wren-Warbler - 2
18. Plain Prinia - 3
19. Common Tailorbird - 1
20. Purple Sunbird - 2
21. Purple-Rumped Sunbird - 1
22. White-Breasted Kingfisher - 4
23. Ashy-Crowned Finch Lark - 1
24. Red-Wattled Lapwing - 4
25. Litlle Egret - 4
26. Cattle Egret - 1
27. Small Minivet - 2
28. Little Green Bee-Eater - 4
29. Black Drongo - 5
30. Crimson-Breasted Barbet - 8
31. Shikra - 2
Red-Wattled Lapwing
32. Black Kite - 9
33. House Sparrow - 3
34. Red-Whiskered Bulbul - 3
35. Red-Vented Bulbul - 5
36. Indian Peafowl - 9
37. Puff-Throated Babbler - 1
38. Yellow-Eyed Babbler - 1
39. Oriental Honey Buzzard - 2
40. Asian Paradise Flycatcher - 2
41. Indian Robin - 6
42. Paddyfield Pipit - 6
43. Oriental Magpie Robin - 2


Asian Paradise Flycatcher


Pied Bushchat - Male


Pied Bushchat - Female


Small Minivet


Laughing Dove



Shikra

White-Breasted Kingfisher


Indian Grey Hornbills


Indian Grey Hornbill


Coppersmith (Crimson-Breasted) Barbet


Coppersmith (Crimson-Breasted) Barbet


Coppersmith (Crimson-Breasted) Barbet
It was trip dedicated to the Small Minivet, and I was truly rewarded :)

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