Date : 09 Dec 2013
Location :
Hessarghatta Lake bed-Bangalore, IndiaCamera : Camera D800. Lens Nikon 500 mm, VR.
Common Name : Bushchat Pied
Scientific Name : Saxicola caprata PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
Remarks :
Vijay Sethi
Wg Cdr Vijay K Sethi
Mob 9810134504
Off 26491520
Res 29536061
Thanks to Nitin for the birding in Bangalore. We did two trips to Hesserghatta lake bed. The first trip on the 9 th mainly to see the Raptors. The lake has some water but most of it is dry and with grass land and some trees that have been planted which in the end will destroy the grass land.
The first trip just saw two raptors-the Brahmini Kite and the Common Kestrel. Our aim was to spot the Raptors, as such we did see some waders sandpiper green, wood and common. The booted warbler was in a feeding frenzy and was a good model for the photographers. Yellow Billed Babbler, Tawny Babbler, Number of Bay Backed Shrikes, Black Drongo, Pipit, Rosy Starlings, Buchchat Pied male and female I will post the image of the female which is a little different from what we see in the north, Grey Francolin, Barn Swallow, Painted Stork, Cormorant Indian, Pelican Spot Billed, all egrets etc
Having missed the Raptors on this trip, Nitin And I decided to do another trip in the evening on the 14 Dec. The sightings were more or less the same with the raptors added to the list-Sparrow hawk, Marsh harrier male which was a lifer for me. Finally at near sunset Nitin took me a surprise area-at least 20 marsh harrier coming in for roosting, with one lone Pallied harrier. Watching the Harrier land in the field and then fly off to the final roosting place was a sight not seen earlier. Thanks Nitin. The last day a Bangalore we moved to Chennai for a 15 days trip
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