Wednesday, March 31, 2010

[BirdPhotoIndia] Large Billed Crows of Himalayas

Dhakuri,Kumaon..Oct 2009
The peak in the background is Maiktoli,a 6.8Km High peak on the South Western  side of Nanda Devi.

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(delhibirdpix) bh geese

the creator and his magnificent creation..at thol, ahmedabad 

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[BirdPhotoIndia] Sunderban Birds - 13

Little Egret..................from Sunderbans, February 2010.

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(delhibirdpix) Courtship of the Crested kingfisher.

           

This happened in Corbett N. P. around first week of March.

A Male caught a fish thrashes it on the rock till its dead.

There comes the female takes the fish moves to the other end and eats it.

Now comes the interesting part, she comes back to where the male is gives him a look, this is not enough. The male ignores looks the other way, this trigger her off and she gives him a mouth full. Reminds me of another species.

 

Vikas.

(delhibirdpix) Great Stone-curlew

Species: Great Stone-curlew or Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris)
Family: Burhinidae
Location: Ranganithittu Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka, India
Date: March 27, 2010

Equipment : Canon 40D with Canon 300mm f4 IS+1.4xTC

Cheers,
Shreeram


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[BirdPhotoIndia] Plaintive Cuckoo

Dibrugarh, Assam on 01.04.2010. I have been hearing this bird for a couple of weeks now. It's arrival coincided with the arrival of rains here and I could not go out due to constant rain for the last 14-15 days. Managed to go out today and spotted this bird on a tree in the Tea Estate. Light was poor and hence the image is not very clear.

(delhibirdpix) Id Please: sending ID request once again

Are these sub-adult barn swallows? Loktat Lake Manipur

 
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(delhibirdpix) Id Please: sending ID request once again

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Are these sand martins. Manipur


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(delhibirdpix) demoiselle crane drinking water

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(delhibirdpix) Rock Bunting

At Gulmarg, Kashmir in a white, snowy landscape on 27 th March 10.
                            Regards   Manjula Mathur

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(delhibirdpix) Common Stonechat breeding male

At Gulmarg , Kashmir on 28 th March 10. The white blur in the background is snow.
                                          Regards    Manjula Mathur

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(delhibirdpix) Rock Bunting

At Dachigam, Srinagar, Kashmir on 26th March10.
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(delhibirdpix) Eurasian Jackdaw

In Tulip Garden, Srinagar, Kashmir on 25 th March10.
                            Regards   Manjula Mathur

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[BirdPhotoIndia] Ultramarine Flycatcher

Is this the Ultramarine Flycatcher?
Today evening while taking a stroll in our property I was drawn to a loud chattering bird call.  Moving towards the direction of the call I saw this flycatcher high up on a tree that is now flush with new spring leaves. It was at quite a distance but through the 400mm reach of my lens I could make out the distinct white breast and a white supercilium. Made some pictures. Checking identity in "Birds of the Indian Subcontinent", I find Ultramarine Flycatcher description matches with my pictures. I also looked up the distinctive bird call in http://www.xeno-canto.org/ . However, the book says that the race with a supercillium  and white patches on tail is from the Western Himalayas though there is an overlap with the Eastern Himalayn race which does not have a supercillium. Lifer for me.

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(delhibirdpix) Kakdagad: Black Bulbul

At Kakdagad, Kedarnath WLS, Uttarakhand, India at Negi's Bird Camp today 3/31/10
 
Plenty of these beauties right now at the camp.
 
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(delhibirdpix) Kakdagad: Rusty Cheeked Scimitar Babbler

At Kakdagad, Kedarnath WLS, Uttarakhand, India at Negi's Bird Camp today 3/31/10
 
Got a big lifer today: Yellow rumped honey guide but no good pics :(:(
 
Enjoy
 
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(delhibirdpix) Common Kestrel female in flight

Near Alibag. Jan 2010

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[BirdPhotoIndia] Common Mynah

Patuli, March 2010.

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[BirdPhotoIndia] Brown Shrike

Patuli, January 2010.

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(delhibirdpix) Dadri 28 Mar 10 Sarus Crane IV

Sorry the date in the last three mails has been wrongly given as 24 Mar10
instead of 28 Mar 10.

Date : 24 Mar 10
Location : Dadri Wetland
Camera/Lens : Nikon D300. Nikon 500mm F4, VR.
Common Name : Sarus Crane
Scientific Name : Grus antigone
Bird Family : GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Remarks : Dadri has never disappointed me as regards the Sarus.
We saw three Sarus a little distance at dadri but on the return we saw this
pair full frame with the 500mm lens. The pair was busy preening each other
and one self. Some images capturing the moods of my favourite bird.The image
D1862 has the Sarus almost to its knees asking the Partner "Will you marry
me ". I have seen this behaviour during during nesting in Mar/Apr 06 at
Sultanpur. This was normally the start of the dance as though the sarus was
begging lets dance and they would dance together for 2-4 min at stretch.

Vijay

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(delhibirdpix) ID PLEASE

Picture taken at OBP in march 2010

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[BirdPhotoIndia] Steppe Eagle


Species : Steppe Eagle, Aquila nipalensis
Location : Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Equipment : Canon 30D  300mm F/2.8 + 2x converter
Date : Jan 26, 2010



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(delhibirdpix) Dadri 24 Mar 10 sarus Crane III

Some more Sarus Crane images

Date : 24 Mar 10
Location : Dadri Wetland
Camera/Lens : Nikon D300. Nikon 500mm F4, VR.
Common Name : Sarus Crane
Scientific Name : Grus antigone
Bird Family : GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Remarks : Dadri has never disappointed me as regards the Sarus.
We saw three Sarus a little distance at dadri but on the return we saw this
pair full frame with the 500mm lens. The pair was busy preening each other
and one self. Some images capturing the moods of my favourite bird.

Vijay

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Mob 9810134504
Off 26491520
Res 29536061

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[BirdPhotoIndia] Clamorous Reed Warbler


Species : Clamorous Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus stentoreus
Location : Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Equipment : Canon 30D  300mm F/2.8 + 2x converter
Date : March 19, 2010



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(delhibirdpix) Dadri 24 Mar 10 Sarus Crane II

Second set of Images Sarus Crane


Date : 24 Mar 10
Location : Dadri Wetland
Camera/Lens : Nikon D300. Nikon 500mm F4, VR.
Common Name : Sarus Crane
Scientific Name : Grus antigone
Bird Family : GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Remarks : Dadri has never disappointed me as regards the Sarus.
We saw three Sarus a little distance at dadri but on the return we saw this
pair full frame with the 500mm lens. The pair was busy preening each other
and one self. Some images capturing the moods of my favourite bird.

Vijay

Wg Cdr Vijay K Sethi
Mob 9810134504
Off 26491520
Res 29536061

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[BirdPhotoIndia] Fw: Red Billed Chough

Taken near Rohtang Pass, Himachal Pradesh, India on 18th October 2009.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

[BirdPhotoIndia] Brahminy Kite

Honnavar,Uttara Kanada..Karnataka..Jan 2010

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(delhibirdpix) Birding in East & West Java

Dear all,
 
Apologies for cross-posting (since it is not about birds of India) but since Indonesia is a birders' paradise, thought this might interest some.

A contingency saw me in Java where I managed to plan some bird-watching along with trekking to Mt Bromo and Kawa Ijen (east Java). Spent two (rainy) days bird-watching in Bogor and Cibodas botanical gardens as well as in Pangrango National Park (at Cibodas, West Java). It was completely the wrong time to be there as the rains still had not retreated but I had little choice. Still, managed to notch up a good number of lifers - naturally, as I have never birded in Indonesia before. 
 
Information on the net is not always forthcoming. A lack of English makes it even more of a challenge. I finally managed - with the help of a contact in Jakarta - to identify a bird guide and decided to land up in Bogor to meet him and take it from there. Simultaneously, a tie-up with a Tour agency in Surabaya for the treks to Mt Bromo and Kawa Ijen worked out. I did the trip alone so can say it is perfectly safe for women to travel alone in Indonesia. This wasnt my first visit to Indonesia and yet it felt very different as the earlier leisure trips (mostly in my non-birding days) were focussed around the Yogjakarta area, a much more tourist-friendly region.
 
Hotels/homestays and food are reasonable (very good food and much more than nasi and mei goreng); soft drinks/water are expensive. Costs were USD100/day +-. Bird/Guides are expensive upto USD100/day.
 
Birding consisted of evening and morning sessions at Bogor Botanical Garden, followed by a full-day (marred now and then by rain) birding at Pangrango National Park (evergreen sub-montane forests), followed by a day (curtailed to half by rains) at Cibodas Botanical Garden. And whatever birding could be fitted in during the Kawa Ijen trek (raining again). 
 
Thick foliage everywhere, rains and poor light prevented photography of any consequence. In any case I am very bad with the camera. A couple of recognisable ones are attached - a few more will follow. Many more need ID-ing. The book I had bought some years ago is a photographic guide (by Morten Strange) and covers only 500+ birds out of the approx 1500 seen in Indonesia.
 
25 Feb - 5 March 2010
Here is the full list. Asteriked names are non-lifers.
Bogor Bot.G
Blue Eared Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher*
Sooty-headed Bulbul (common)
Spotted Dove (common)*
Olive-backed Tailorbird
Mountain Imperial Pigeon
Black naped Fruit Dove
Jumbu Fruit Dove
Pygmy Tit
Scarlet headed flowerpecker
Bar-winged Prinia (the most common prinia)
Purple throated Sunbird
Olive-backed Sunbird
Sunda Cuckoo Shrike
Rusty breasted Cuckoo Dove
Common Iora*
Little Spiderhunter*
Ashy Drongo*
Black-naped Oriole*
Eurasian Tree Sparrow* (common)
Black-crowned Night Heron (a colony on an island at the garden)
Rudy Cuckoo dove
Cream vented Bulbul
Red-necked Pigeon
26th evening & 27th - Pangrangro NP
Javan Frogmouth (at Cibodas garden gate)
Blood-breasted flowerpecker
Oriental White Eye*
Great Tit*
Common Tailorbird* (look and call slightly different from its Indian counterpart)
Orange spotted Bulbul (turned out to be pretty common)
White flanked sunbird
Crescent chested babbler
Pygmy wren babbler
Horsefield Babbler
White-browed Shrike Babbler*
Sunda warbler
Javan Grey throated White Eye
Mountain Tailorbird
Long-billed Spiderhunter
Chestnut fronted Shrike babbler
Orange fronted Barbet
Bronze throated Barbet
Javan Hawk Eagle
Javan Fulvetta
Blue Nuthatch
Eyebrowed Wren babbler
Spotted Crosias
Javan Tesia
Mountain Leaf Warbler
Rufous tailed Fantail
Sunda Whistling Thrush
Snowy browed flycatcher
Spotted Kestrel
Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
Sunda Thrush
Indigo Flycatcher
28th - Cibodas Bot G
Sunda Blue Robin
Chestnut breasted Malkoha
Grey headed flycatcher (looked very much like GH Canary Flycatcher, with less yellow)
Indigo flycatcher
Mugimaki flycatcher
Little Pied Flycatcher*
House Sparrow*
Black-winged Flycatcher Shrike
Sunda Cuckoo shrike
Chestnut-fronted Shrike Babbler
Javan munia
Ashy Tailorbird
Black Eagle*
Racket-tailed Drongo (Juv)* (TBC) - Question: does a juvenile of Racket-tailed Drongo have a shorter curled tail?
Blue winged leafbird
Ruby cheeked sunbird
White-crowned Forktail
Arctic warbler
1st Mar - Bogodol and Lido hotel
Grey cheeked Bulbul
Horsefields Babbler*
Chestnut bellied partridge
Temminck's sunbird
Scaly-bellied Munia*
Scarlet-backed flowerpecker
and everyhwere all the time the following were flying around which were ID-ed by my guide as
Linchi Swiftlet
Glossy swiftlet
Edible Nest Swiftlet
Pacific Swallow (only near Bodogol NP above a man-made lake)
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
Silver rumped Switf
Volcano Swift
 
4th March - Kawa Ijen
Most need to be ID-ed, but definite ones are:
Cattle & Intermediate Egret
Chinese Pond Heron
Black winged Starling
Yellow Vented Bulbul
Abbot's Babbler (TBC) - pls see attached photo
+ many others from the list above
Long tailed Shrike*
5th March - Wonorejo (near Surabaya) - a combination of mangroves, farm fields and fish-farms
Mangrove Blue Flycatcher
Long-tailed Shrike (including in a cage - keeping birds is a national hobby for entry into regular bird-singing competitions)
Probably a white-shouldered Triller
Striated Heron
Racket-tailed Treepie
Island Thrush
Sooty-headed Babbler
Common Tailorbird*
Yellow-bellied Prinia (plenty)*
Zitting C*
Plain Prinia*
Yellow Vented Bulbul
Collared KF*
Purple Heron*
Olive-back Sunbird*
Purple throated Sunbird*
Pied Fantail (Surabaya zoo grounds)
plus the usual waders and terns
 
I also drove through the outer fringes of Baluran National Park, flat land with a combination of teak and acacia, the kind that exist in India. But for lack of time on a 6 hr drive, we couldnt stop to bird.
 
Happy birding.
Sushmita
 

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