While I was not working I was hoping to experiment with my newly purchased camera. After the initial bit of resting I was ready to explore. Having attended NTP and actively followed the posting by the group, my knowledge about birds was slightly better. Its been a week since I arrived and this my account of what I noticed.
The first day when I managed to get up early I was greeted by the cries/calls of woodpeckers. Though at that time I didn’t know the call, I followed the direction it cam from and was glad to find 2 pairs of Common Golden Backed Woodpecker
After I chased them for a while, I gave up and was walking back when I found a Rufos-Backed Shrike sitting close by
At a distance I noticed some jungle Myna
The evening had some more surprises stored for me. As I walked around the property,
calling continuously was an Indian Rufos Babbler.
As I went closer I also caught sight of spotted dove
During the week in between my calls I managed to catch a glimpse of the following among the flowers and fruit trees
While I spotted a lot of birds, I was at loss when I had to identify them. I had left my field guide back in
While I am extremely excited about all this, I can’t help but wonder why I took so long to uncover the beautiful of the place I grew up in
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List of Birds so far
House Crow
Jungle Crow
Red Cheeked Bulbul
Red Vent Bulbul
White Breasted Kingfisher
Jungle Myna
Indian Rufos Babbler
Rofus Backed Shrike
Large Egret
Twany Eagle
Large Pied Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Purple Sunbird
Black-Lored Yellow Tit
Great Tit
Pied Bush Chat
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie Robin
Greenish Leaf Warbler
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Jerdon's Chloropsis
Black Drongo
Common Swallow
Common Golden Backed Woodpecker
Brown Headed Barbet
White Cheeked Barbet
Greater Coucal
Spotted Dove
Plum Headed Parakeet
Blue-winged Parakeet
Indian Pond Heron
Hanging Parrot
Velvet Throated Nuthatch
Eurasian Blackbird
Ashy Woodswallow
Chestnut Tailed Starling
Scarlet Minivet
Scimitar-Babbler
Scaly Thrush
Loten's Sunbird
Pale Billed Flowerpecker