So reached sewri at 4pm with my father.
Lowest tide was (6:30pm)
The water had receeded a lot and the area left and right of jetty was filled with flamingoes.
Juvenile and adult lesser flamingoes were seen nearby
Juvenile lesser flamingo
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvRXpBi2Ll0ZOgdghFrtOFMZfnu1bQPqNCJ67OK6Iiedov6YL6Aes8fYpppzZKCejp1aG3_WBzOCrae3KZSsjAxooapsruhBPGwK_WWeOwo098A_-ivEefPn9MvsFg9R3g60_/s800/DSC_0003.jpg)
Lesser Flamingo
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9OvZfMlezdxNDqKQzJ0tyyDuEr2EzrIXfMuS_hV3e0oKUO4837M8BJpdpdg_YeKSQXTBVQBwL4_84bY9ylOlXKvJnDP_pCARK5kYuk3d0bn7DvFemECkDOdZ0wtn5v-Rz9d-/s800/DSC_0037.jpg)
Went on the deck of the ship which was being repaired.
Flamingoes in flight
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRu98xlKtBhXS8NEcIAOaA6gqdrAyVvU7ivj-PZcSoTPfpJTD_y3X2AZ0vfn2tPIQLVbWxSpXd8oUw5-ggO3UGVEzYKJ1pQhhUkJ0XB4FeVkMecJ7GlLB2d4N81IrUE6D4qoa/s800/DSC_0037.jpg)
Western reef egret
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzKgjrM41r4kqUUDiGJLg_raHmf24Mk52IHtZKtQ7fl-IfptVrnkZDReMmtezPxKzhWNYe-z1PGsaSfGWCSdlmEPyugaC7xNbs4oAT-OSGjCL6D_E-7AK5z8lylTMzQDHdKJY/s400/DSC_0041.jpg)
But there were not many waders.
Saw some redshanks, common sandpiper, little ringed plover, few godwits and a flock of stints nearby.
Generally there huge flocks of godwits, stints and plovers.
But at a distance i could see many small waders beyond the flamingoes.
Also there was huge flock of gulls/terns at the Mahul end.
To the left of Mahul a land mass was visible extending towards Nhava.
Somehow had not noticed this before.
There was a huge flock of birds (flamingoes and gulls) on this land mass.
Flamingoes on land mass with the Tata jetty seen at back
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruxIyMSe0uk-haQnKX0awXFZTEWI0p9E1T6nLVOXwyYLozFnTydIi1qKbaB0H8nUQLzcGmhFDGXBjDy4Ysql73mlGLz_rt8iO5XjX6f88W7yJa1xvt5b_Shkx6MnIUSVFSR6j/s400/DSC_0031.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinALJPCm0zUeEcPW9wyhTYlegBxKTormrU5R0JIw_z-u7lNYLdwBXHlOjGtpt14XPD2tAHxEDMiYGlQ9rz6x1REc7jc4PEGGVsMRUozhamicj-rCTUOzxJ_-8cNa5YIczmV0U5/s400/DSC_0029.jpg)
Mahul side flamingoes
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVWushCD0JBDoWCws4HYn5zj8GJHE5ey95ufDgcIpzzLS1rOndxfa744PGLeOZm0AqtohMB34QEHurTxJtB8C6EYvwcIfQuc3bl9nYiMutzSthnFD9zf3hKWVHSjJSdD3SnC3/s400/DSC_0028.jpg)
I guess there were ateast 5000-10000 flamingoes.
Brahminy Kite
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUVgmCCm0RC05kpg6mrdta8c5YHWKzYD_Q_Q7ppKs7ZmdxjVxpXPuZI8yc677k_Zy-LznWx7c9KOjSApSrDwG0RK1zA0A_j6EreFyh8IysmrLe1loBSoTtGMrNwzm4cpMb2fT/s800/DSC_0031.jpg)
The prize of the day was the black capped kingfisher on the dry bush near the jetty. It also gave us a demo of its hunting skills :-)
Profile pic of black capped
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCj0cH-RtAPiu20kwIUhaxaKvOMcwSslPizB4ABkRWfIdp1D84jxPju0_V48VKrDgi1CXsFfpvl6KR8zq4cwosm3gj9sG3Psls4KbYr496hOwOstOmTCQxtj_ZzHx_h9tW16dv/s800/DSC_0051.jpg)
Back view of black capped kingfisher
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUbPWRBY9qv1JHk9VhU6OHNR65Q474bhLtg6x_jXMKXPbiZsRB3tXwc_TZUzOItolsJVX2WyRfzzu2JtwGEb8Mk1Nva8ZKACD815wC7YrqhSuUMaVORZqOKfMvJC7CmHBhg-P/s400/DSC_0043.jpg)
Blacked capped kingfisher hunting
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlxXxNZ22NX9XRtfqW7sbjAwSaJTdqqaxbj9SpST-nYnz3Th6Um6v3N1rW-iO46G2KGyu4v6yzbbr83geBXWHoBPiREFk-8Wq1_1uveenrcBUcPuTFDQo2hjqf-0OLcq-Ati_/s400/DSC_0058.jpg)
Return from hunt
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6d_bBnseTJcTeJm98cgJaJmoNyhgUoznySoRyLOwJpOxeGnCabiBoR131TApMjYMXPUll0i-uuUSMblp9w59kQWVGPBWkSajK-DK86fbPY6UQPzpzN_KQbtJJiRvyK2mpB4U/s400/DSC_0060.jpg)
Resting after the hunt
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkuzSDAPu15PjumnbFAT5X_R_0sQ8ehhMK4oxdc15FrBH78Zp8pv0KgiJ7n98N7rxAtyRiU_1E2nZ75R6XIm7-arW-y-e6gDODzfUTApYqNYLBaWuZpssf-io6kOPLMIre0cu/s400/DSC_0064.jpg)
Blacked capped kingfisher (Front)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQudMaV9KXv1l3KRJq55pE_YnxYmi8YsQUBLjiof_TDbL9Z-CeeljPIlDW1M4IH2jS8tdGRAZ3eo4h3SeqVGcMONBPbEy8EC0yA2UaqEZStTnBWILN8CjCtlzef0wfY3uvTRu/s400/DSC_0003.jpg)
In addition saw a small blue and white throated kingfisher nearby.
Other birds seen
Grey heron
Western reef egret
White Ibis
Brahminy Kite
Gull billed tern
Black/Brown headed gulls
Pond heron
1 comment:
Lovely
Post a Comment