Did a tourist trip to Dapoli on weekend of 16th October. The location of hotel was wonderful. Front view from balcony was the sea and back side was a hillock with nice vegetation.
Got following from mainly the hotel back window and balcony
- White bellied sea eagle
A juvenile and an adult but unfortunately no pic. Both of them came in from
the sea and crossed over the hillock to the other side.
- Brahminy kite
Many were flying along the sea shore adults and juveniles
- Changeable Hawk Eagle flying overhead
- White browed bulbul
Just a pair was calling from bushes and was rarely coming out as usual.
- Paradise flycatcher sub adult male
- Eurasian Hoopoe
- Red rumped swallows
Flying around the hotel and perching on wires of a half constructed roof of another hotel
- Little Swift
Flying around the hotel along with red rumped swallows but mainly seen in morning and evenings. They must be roosting in the abandoned hotel nearby.
- Jungle babblers
Coming to feed on restaurant waste deposited on the backside of the hotel
- Grey breasted prinia
Calling and seen on wire in the open plot on one side
- Shikra
Seen in a coconut plantation nearby during morning walk
- Indian grey hornbill
Seen going into the same plantation coming from the trees on the hillock
- Malabar pied hornbill
Seen only one individual on the last day from the balcony
- Ashy drongo
Many of them creating a lot of noise
- Green beeeater
Feeding on insects and perching on wires around
- Spotted Dove
Seen on the open field in the plot and on wires
- Purple Sunbird
- Purple rumped Sunbird
- Scaly breasted munia
- Magpie Robin
- Indian Robin
- Red Whiskered Bulbul
- Long Tailed Shrike
- Red Vented Bulbul
- Lesser Sandplover
Atleast 15-20 of them on the rocks near the seashore visible from the room
- Common Sandpiper
On the rocks near the seashore
- Lesser whistling ducks
Saw a flock of 15-20 of them flying low over the sea water in the evening
- Brown headed gull
A flock of 5-10 birds seen flying over the sea
- Blue Rock thrush
This was regularly seen on the rock near the seashore and once came on the pole near the hotel
- White throated kingfisher
Commonly seen in and around the hotel. One also feeding on a mantis
Other than this had a wonderful sighting 5-6 yellow footed green pigeons sitting on wire just before sunset near Anjarle
Visited Koleshwar at kolthare where got following interesting sightings
- Common Iora
- Greenish warbler
- Grey Breasted Prinia
- Crested tree Swift
- Indian grey hornbill
- Black capped kingfisher
- Jerdons leaf bird male and female
Other interesting things seen
Lot of Touch-Me-Not (लाजाळू) plants flowering
At many places Glory lily flowering and at one spot found a bud, just blooming, fully bloomed flower and a pollinated flower.
In insects got
- Marsh Glider
- Owlfly - first time got to see it so close but unfortunately one of its wing was damaged
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First time saw dolphins really jumping out of the water and that too from the comfort of hotel balcony
