Showing posts with label Birdlife. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birdlife. Show all posts

Monday, July 14, 2008

Variety of Birdlife in the sanctuary

Adjutant stork near a waterhole
Brown fish owl with its Baby owl below. You will need to click to enlarge the pix of the baby owl. It can be seen charmingly perched between the V- of the trunks & merging with the bark. Pic cropped & edited for viewing.
Grey Hornbill



A Crested serpent Eagle calls out to his mate below. She is happy to answer the call giving us a resounding chorus














The Red Jungle fowl (male) is the original ancestor of our domestic fowl all over the world

a peacock is always a beautiful sight to behold in the Indian wilderness




a common but beautiful bird, the Indian roller kept us good company during our safaris. watch the action!

Friday, June 13, 2008

Birds seen during visit

White-necked stork, Adjutant Stork, Yellow wattled lapwing, Red-wattled lapwing, Pond heron, Little cormorant, small egret, Cattle egret.
Crested Serpent eagle, Changeable Hawk-eagle, Red-headed vulture, Long-billed vulture, Grey-headed Fish Eagle
Brown fish owl, Jungle owlet, Spotted owlet.
Red Junglefowl, Brown headed barbet, Coppersmith, Orange -headed ground thrush, Black-naped monarch, Tickell's flycatcher, Pygmy woodpecker, common flameback, Plum-headed parakeet, rose-ringed parakeet, Racket-tailed drongo, Black drongo, Paradise flycatcher, Green bee-eater, Grey hornbill, Indian pied hornbill, Golden oriole, Indian roller, Peacock, Yellow-throated sparow, House sparrow, Brahminy starling, Bank myna, Rufous treepie, Puff-throated babbler, Chestnut-bellied nuthatch.