Karnala and Uran Dec 2007

At 7:45 started from Karnala main gate.

Walking ahead the first right is the Hariyal trail.
At the corner on the turn on the Hariyal trail in the right side bushes we noticed a lot of activitiy.
There was an Ashy drongo and a few Brown cheeked fulvetta or the Quacker Babblers.
Few purple sunbirds were flying around.

Going ahead in the open area on the tree there were
4-5 pompadour green pigeons males and females basking in the sun.

Males have a maroon on the
wings while these are missing on the female.

Pompadour Green Pigeon (Female)

Pompodour Green Pigeon (Male)

While observing the green pigeons a smaller birds came and sat on the tree in front of it.
It was the beautiful and colorful small minivet male with the female.

Small Minivet

Also there were many chestnut shouldered petronias or the yellow throated sparrows.

Chestnut shouldered Petronia

While observing the small minivet and green pigeons in the thick follage behind us someone observed the vey beautiful
male white morph of the paradise flycatcher and while watching it there came the black hooded oriole.

Asian Paradise flycatcher (Record shot)

A little ahead a common woodshrike came and sat in a small leafless bush in the front. It looked as if it was trying to collect dry leaves.

Common Woodshrike


A little ahead on a tree there were 2 Gold fronted chloropsis and common woodshrikes.

Gold fronted Chloropsis

2 raptors were observed flying high and little away.
Then they came near and were identified as the Oriental Honey Buzzard.

Oriental Honey Buzzard

We heard a drongo like call but it turned out to be a Shikra.

Shikra

Also saw a glimpse of the Tree pie, Eurasian black bird and mostly a Cuckoo shrike.

There were a fewer flowers now in the forest ground but these are a few i got.
(It would be great if someone could id them)

Flowers

There were also Giant wood spiders all over the place.

Giant wood spider

From there we went ahead to Uran as Adesh had reported that both Lesser and Greater Flamingoes have arrived and the brahminy shelducks. We could see them as well as the other waders were
Grey heron
Purple heron
Lesser sand plovers
Little stints
Common snipes
Lapwings
Norther shoveller
Garganey

Flamingo scape

Uran Sept 2007

Uran Landscape






Wader scape






Whiskered Tern
4 consecutive shots (right to left) merged



Black winged Stilt and Glossy Ibis





Godwit, Ruff and Egret



Little Egret



Pheasant tailed Jacana



Julius and Ritesh Iding a flower



Barn Swallow



Black winged Stilt



Glossy Ibis

Talawe Sept 2007

Talawe habitat



Talawe has a very diverse habitat giving rise to a chance to see a diverse bird life.
It has Grasslands with puddles in between and a nice tree line , as can be seen in the pic , at the back. Behind the trees is the creek with marshes around.
Thus making it a place to see a huge variety of birds from munias,larks,prinias to Golden oriole, drongos, to white cheeked bulbuls, clamarous reed warbler to all kinds of waders.

Plain prinia



Prinia in flight



Dragon fly (don't know the exact species)



Common redshank



Long tailed shrike



Little Heron



4 munias can be seen here Silverbill, Red , Scaly breasted and Blackheaded.
Had luck to spot 3 of them. One photo shows red and scaly on the same grass blade.
In fact all 3 were together.

Silverbill















Spotted Redshank (?) (the legs were bright orange and a long beak but am not sure of id)



Little ringed Plover





Night heron Juvenile
(Thanks for correction: Sahas and Adesh)





Laughing Dove



Bird list
1) Plain prinia
2) Ashy prinia
3) Red munia
4) Scally breasted munia
5) Silverbill
6) Red wattled lapwing
7) Little cormorant
8) Small blue kingfisher
9) White breasted kingfisher
10) Gull billed tern
11) Little heron
12) Pond heron
13) Little egret
14) Commond redshank
15) Spotted redshank
16) Little or kentish plover
17) Lauging dove
18) Golden oriole
19) Pied starling
20) Zitting cisticola
21) Slaty breasted rail
22)Brahminy kite