On 5th Sunday we got to know that There was a nesting barred button quail
at asultanpur - the earliest that Soma cud go was 13th so I informed Sanjay
that Soma and I and Gunjan will go to Sultanpur on the 13th -- he said
fine but he cud not guarantee that the bird would be there till 13th so I
tied up with him for the 7th as my daughter who is currently visiting me
planned to spend the 7th with her friends -- and Gunjan went on the 8th –
Both of us have already sent our individual experiences .
But birding on 13th was on eitherways now --inbetween Rita called and
when she heard about our plans she wanted to join in – the three of us decided
to spend the day at Sultanpur , Bhindawas and Matanhale – foot loose and fancy
free trio – and what a day it was !!!
!3th early morning we started the day at 6am, wanted to start earlier but
my driver refused to come before 6am – so we first went to --
Sultanpur -- the highlight there was chestnut bellied Sandgrouse with chicks
-- ; southern grey shrikes mating and rain quail. We saw the nest of the
barred button quail with the hatched eggs - the brood must be some where
around but we cud not see them -- we took the pictures of the hatched eggs --
as we had never seen quails eggs before – we were amazed to see how neatly
they had hatched – Nature is Awesome -
Bhindawas—godwits Black tailed ;black bittern
Matanhale –little minivets ;white browed fantails; bay back shrikes they must
be nesting there as they were pecking and chasing the grey bellied cuckoos
–male and the hepatic female we also saw the juv of the grey bellied
cuckoo—many painted snipes Kentish and little ringed plover and flocks of
streaked weavers and black breasted weavers and yellow bittern and the PIED
CUCKOO , large cuckoo shrike
In all we saw 105 species and our day ended at 10.30 pm -- what a day it
was!!!! With the hot sun , wind and sand in our hair …
Soma has taken the picturesas mine after a few shots at Sultanpur the
battery stopped co-operating She will be sending the pics shortly.
List
1-house sparrows
2-sand grouse with 3 chicks
3-southern grey shrikes
4-crested larks
5—bush lark
6—ashy crowned sparropw lark
7 oriental skylark
8-paDDY FIELD PIPIT
9-Rain quail
10- blue cheeked bee eater
11-green bee eater
12- pied bushchat
13- brown rock chat
14—plain prinia
15 –ashy prinia
16 – trhick knees
17 –silver bills
18—white breasted king fisher
19- common babbler
20—large grey babbler
21—spotted owlet
22--common myna
23—bank mynas
24—asian pied starling
25 – brahminy mynas
26—indian robin
27—shikra flying sultan pur and nesting shikra with white chicks near
matanhale
28—coot
29--white breasted water hen
30 – common moor hen
31—purple swamp hen
32—little grebe
33---little cormorant
34—darter
35—black headed ibis
36 purple heron
37—grey heron
38—catle egret
39—intermediate egret
40—black necked stork
41—painted snipes
42—coucal
43-stilts
44—streaked weavers
45—black breasted weavers
46--baya—weavers
47—zitting cisticolas
48—pheasant tailed jacanas
49—red wattled lapwing
50—little ringed plover
51—kentish plover
52—yellow bittern
53—comb duck
54—lesser whistling teals
55-godwit
56—spot billed ducks
57—red vented bulbuls
58—house crow
59—alexandrine parakeet
60 – drongo
61—barn swallow
62—wire tailed swallow
63 – house swift
64—tailor bird
65—purple sunbird
66indian roller
67—black shopuldered kite
68--eurasian collered dove
69—turtle dove
70—hoopoe
71—Chestnutr shouldered petronia -- beautiful yellow in the throat – matanhale
72--magpie robin
73—pied cuckoo
74—hepatic grey bellied cuckoo – femal;e
75—grey bellied cuckoo male
76—large cuckoo shrike
77—yellow footed green pigeon
78—black ibis
79—small minivet
80 ---golden orioles
81 – white browed fan tails
82—white cheeked bulbuls
83--Common wood shrikes
84—bay back shrike
85—yellow crowned wood pecker
86—black rumped flame back
87—grey hornbill
88 copper smith barbet
89—asian kowel
90--Common hawk cuckoo
91--great egret
92 -- rose ringed parakeet
93 streak throatedc swallows
94—plain martins
95—little egret
96—red collared dove
97---peafowl
98—rock pigeon
99-great cormorantn
100—black bittern
101--black crowned night heron
102gronze winged jacana
103—white wagtail
104 – black francolin – male and female
105---Pied king fisher
It was a very satisfying birding day –we had carried our food with us and had
tea and drinks on the way –– pics from Soma will follow --Cheers --- Chandrima
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