Bird Walk Report : A brisk walk down the parking lane and a high five. We were now ready for all the wonderful sightings that were in store for us. The small waterbody gave us the glimpse of a very beautiful bird which we had not seen for a very long time.A pair of White Browed Wagtail!!As if this was not enough of a surprise, White Bellied Drongo blessed us with its august presence(Pointers - White vent. No sharp bifurcation of tail or a shallower fork). Ecstatic with the spots and with high hopes of getting an Orange Breasted Green Pigeon or the miraculous Pale Capped Woodpigeons we rushed through the roads. The Roller was right at the same spot where we had spotted it earlier as if time had no effect on its position. With colour- filled eyes and more than content, we moved on to the lake only to find a Little Cormorant struggling to gulp down a fish much larger than its gape. 5 minutes passed away and it was time that the cormorant realised that it was just a lucky catch far big to cash in . A Hindi proverb explains this well - Chaadar se zyaada per phelaana. We left the poor bird to its fate and moved on to the more dense areas. We were lucky to meet Mamta Megha maam who was returning from the pursuit of the Pale Capped Woodpigeons. Our return journey was an absolute delight. Through the dense jungles, came down an Asian Paradise Flycatcher female. Mr. Pale billed flowerpecker chirped at us for full long minute, enjoyed the nectar of the flower and bid us a goodbye. Time and again , Ekamra Kanan has proved to be a paradise of birds for habouring both tree birds and also water birds. The expectations of sighting Orange Breasted Green Pigeon hardly seemed to bother us after such lovely spots. We were unable to spot 2 birds. Their description is as follows : 1. Streaked head. Brown dorsal part. Wings brown. White breast...We think it to be a Puff Throated Babbler. We need some confirmations from our senior birders. 2. Square tail. White breast. Black supercilium. White eye band. Very similar to a woodshrike. Location: Ekamra Kannan Date :Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:30 AM Protocol:Traveling Party Size:2 Duration:2:30 hour(s) Distance:5.0 kilometer(s) Observers :TKS Thathachari and Amaresh Sarangi List of species: 39 species total Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Shikra Accipiter badius Black Kite Milvus migrans White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus Rock Pigeon Columba livia Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis Little Swift Apus affinis White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens Asian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda House Crow Corvus splendens Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos White-browed Wagtail Motacilla madaraspatensis Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:04:02 +0000
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