| Species | Notes | Date | Location (View on Maps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Notes | Date | Location (View on Maps) |
| Coracias benghalensis | A very common sighting in this area | 31-01-2010 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (on the main road) |
| Mirafra affinis | A very common sighting at Turahalli | 31-01-2010 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (on the main road) |
| Ceryle rudis | We saw quite a lot of Pied Kingfishers hovering around the river area | 06-02-2010 |
Mysore, Karnataka (along the cauvery river in Naguvanahalli) |
| Hieraaetus pennatus | Saw this bird hovering for a long time. It was being chased by a kite too and the kite kept trying its best to attack the eagle. | 31-01-2010 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (from the foothills) |
| Lanius cristatus | Sigthed this bird twice, once sitting by a water body and the next sitting on a scrub by the road | 17-01-2010 |
Manchinebele, Bangalore (enroute to machinbele) |
| Himantopus himantopus | Saw about 4 of them initially and then about 100 of them taking off | 26-01-2010 |
Yellamma Lake, NH 4, Krishnarajapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka (in the lake bed) |
| Circus aeruginosus | We saw a few Marsh Harriers ( both Male and Female) just flying across and landing somewhere in the fields with reeds | 26-01-2010 |
Yellamma Lake, NH 4, Krishnarajapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka (in the open fields) |
| Monticola solitarius | A lone female Blue Rock-thrush was seen sitting on a rock | 24-01-2010 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (at the foothills) |
| Chrysocolaptes festivus | We had a fantastic sighting of this difficult bird again at Turahalli, the first being at Manchinbele last year | 24-01-2010 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (at the entrance) |
| Strix ocellata | We had found the couple missing for a while from their roost, but again this time we go to see this species again in the same roost, but only one of them | 24-01-2010 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (near the entrance) |
| Pelecanus philippensis | Saw a lone Spot-billed Pelican swimming in the afternoon | 21-01-2010 |
Bangalore City (in Yediyur lake) |
| Motacilla flava | Saw one of them on the ground and then preening itself on a rock | 17-01-2010 |
Manchinebele, Bangalore (near the lake) |
| Eumyias thalassinus | It just came out of nowhere and kept hopping around. We had been there as part of the bird race and we were specifically looking out for this bird. | 17-01-2010 |
Valley School, Haridvanam, Bangalore Urban (near the study center) |
| Ninox scutulata | Was seen sitting on a tree just off the road. | 10-01-2010 |
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Thattekadu, Kerala (near the forest dept office) |
| Cacomantis sonneratii | We heard the call in the morning and we tracked this canopy bird | 09-01-2010 |
Thattekadu, Kerala (in Urlan Thanni) |
| Tringa glareola | 25-12-2009 |
Hessarghatta, Bangalore (in the lake) | |
| Anthus campestris | Paler than Paddyfield Pipit, I had a very nice look at the winter migrant Tawny Pipits | 25-12-2009 |
Hessarghatta, Bangalore (in the open scrub area near the lake) |
| Alauda gulgula | We had multiple sightings of this birds. The first one was a brief sighting. The second one was a longer one and the bird was singing for quite some time | 25-12-2009 |
Hessarghatta, Bangalore (near the lake) |
| Anas clypeata | Saw a few of them in the lake | 25-12-2009 |
Hessarghatta, Bangalore (in the lake) |
| Phylloscopus trochiloides | Saw one of them just hopping around | 25-12-2009 |
Hessarghatta, Bangalore (on a tree at the gate to the bund) |
| Hippolais caligata | Saw quite a few of them in the open hopping around | 25-12-2009 |
Hessarghatta, Bangalore (in the wooded area near the lake) |
| Sylvia curruca | 25-12-2009 |
Hessarghatta, Bangalore (in the wooded area near the lake) | |
| Francolinus pondicerianus | Saw 2 of them just off the road | 25-12-2009 |
Hessarghatta, Bangalore (on the way to Hessarghatta) |
| Motacilla cinerea | 25-12-2009 |
Hessarghatta, Bangalore (on the lake bed) | |
| Anas querquedula | 25-12-2009 |
Hessarghatta, Bangalore (in the lake) | |
| Eremopterix grisea | Saw quite a few of them in pairs | 25-12-2009 |
Hessarghatta, Bangalore (area along the lake) |
| Motacilla flava | Saw a flock of 2-3 on the lake bed. | 25-12-2009 |
Hessarghatta, Bangalore (lake bed) |
| Eudynamys scolopaceus | Saw a male flying across in the market area | 01-01-2010 |
Bangalore City (jayanagar 9th block market) |
| Circaetus gallicus | This was seen hovering holding a kill in its beak | 20-12-2009 |
Kanakapura, Ramanagaram District, Bangalore (enroute to galibore) |
| Dicrurus bracteatus | We saw this one around for quite a while | 20-12-2009 |
Galibore, Karnataka (in the wooded area on the way to JLR) |
| Colotis danae | We saw a few of these along with Orange Tipped butterflies | 20-12-2009 |
Kanakapura, Ramanagaram District, Bangalore (in the wooded area just off the highway) |
| Ardea purpurea | Saw it in flight very close to the river bank | 20-12-2009 |
Galibore, Karnataka (cauvery river bank) |
| Ciconia nigra | Was seen flying across the river | 20-12-2009 |
Galibore, Karnataka (cauvery river bank) |
| Dendrocopos nanus | We saw about 3 of them in that area | 20-12-2009 |
Galibore, Karnataka (in the wooded area) |
| Circus pygargus | was being chased by a crow | 20-12-2009 |
Kanakapura, Ramanagaram District, Bangalore (on the way to Galibore) |
| Dinopium benghalense | on a tree just off the road and then flew into a coconut plantation closeby | 20-12-2009 |
Kanakapura, Ramanagaram District, Bangalore (on the way to Galibore) |
| Chloropsis aurifrons | A flock of them were seen, 2 of them doing mating display in the air | 20-12-2009 |
Kanakapura, Ramanagaram District, Bangalore (on the way to Galibore) |
| Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | One of the many sightings on the way of this majestic bird | 20-12-2009 |
Kanakapura, Ramanagaram District, Bangalore (on the way to Galibore) |
| Hydrophasianus chirurgus | A lone bird in its breeding plumage was seen | 20-12-2009 |
Kanakapura, Ramanagaram District, Bangalore (the water body outside the town) |
| Ocyceros birostris | 20-12-2009 |
Galibore, Karnataka (just off the village road) | |
| Phylloscopus trochiloides | hopping around in the tree | 20-12-2009 |
Kanakapura, Ramanagaram District, Bangalore (off the Kanakapura road) |
| Ichthyophaga humilis | Saw it flying across the river | 20-12-2009 |
Galibore, Karnataka (cauvery river bank) |
| Glareola lactea | We saw more than 7 of these sitting on a rock close to the bank | 20-12-2009 |
Galibore, Karnataka (cauvery river bank) |
| Ficedula parva | Saw 2 of them perched on the compound wall | 07-11-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (nursery area) |
| Zoothera citrina | Saw a lone sitting sitting in the wooded area | 07-11-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (near the nursery) |
| Falco tinnunculus | Saw a kestrel sitting on the wire. It flew out after a while and was hovering looking for a prey | 14-11-2009 |
Tumkur, Karnataka (on the way to Mayadenahalli) |
| Lanius meridionalis | Saw 2 of these flying around | 14-11-2009 |
Mayadenhalli Blackbuck Reserve, Tumkur, Karnataka () |
| Streptopelia orientalis | We were just driving and saw this dove on the ground for a while | 31-10-2009 |
Ragihalli, Bannerghatta Area, Bangalore () |
| Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii | Saw this bird perched just off the road | 24-10-2009 |
Kanakapura, Ramanagaram District, Bangalore (on the road to Galibore ( near Bheemeshwari )) |
| Falco tinnunculus | Saw this hovering for a long time. Very beautiful sighting | 23-10-2009 |
Bannerghatta, Bangalore, Karnataka (near butterfly park) |
| Cyornis tickelliae | I always seem Tickells there and saw it this time too | 23-10-2009 |
Bannerghatta, Bangalore, Karnataka (the road along the butterfly park) |
| Hemicircus canente | Saw this bird just hopping around in a wooded area near my house | 18-10-2009 |
Kundapur, Karnataka (Manthar House) |
| Millingtonia hortensis | The Akasha Mallige trees have started flowering | 03-09-2009 |
Krishna Rao Park, Basavanagudi, Bangalore () |
| Pycnonotus xantholaemus | Ramanagaram is known to be the best place to see the bird. But unfortunately on this day, we saw only a few of them for a while | 19-07-2009 |
Ramanagaram Hills, Bangalore, Karnataka (near the temple) |
| Zosterops palpebrosus | A group of these birds where sitting togther close to each other. It was sort of a cuddling behaviour when everyone of them was seen preening each other. It was a very cute sighting | 02-08-2009 |
Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India (on the way to Bababudangiri) |
| Myophonus horsfieldii | Misty, beautiful forests and I could hear the call of the whistling thursh :) | 02-08-2009 |
Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India (on the way to Bababudangiri) |
| Pericrocotus flammeus | A male and a female bird just came out and perched themselves out in the open. Green vegetation and Scarlet really looked beautiful | 02-08-2009 |
Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India (on the way to Bababudangiri) |
| Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | We badly wanted to see the Malkohas that day and we were really excited when we saw them twice, once sitting on a tree and the next time was through a thicket with its clearly visible blue ring around the eyes. | 26-07-2009 |
Valley School, Haridvanam, Bangalore Urban (school area) |
| Anthus similis | A lifer for me. It was Rajneesh who told us that Long-billed Pipits are found in Ramanagaram. These birds are usually found dry open slopes with rocks | 19-07-2009 |
Ramanagaram Hills, Bangalore, Karnataka (at the foothills) |
| Falco tinnunculus | I was just enjoying the green cover of the Bhadra forrest from the top at the Grasslands when a Kestrel just flew past us. | 02-08-2009 |
Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India (grasslands) |
| Apus affinis | A flock them were seen carrying nesting material. | 26-07-2009 |
Valley School, Haridvanam, Bangalore Urban (inside the school area) |
| Chalcophaps indica | I have always been unlucky with this bird. Maybe because they are very shy. I have only seem them disappearing into the thicket :) | 02-08-2009 |
Chikmagalur, Karnataka, India (on the way to Bababudangiri) |
| Neophron percnopterus | On our way to Muthodi, just off the state highway near Chikmagalur we saw an Egytian Vulture feeding on a carcass of a Ox. It was very close to the road. The raptor flew off after a while and when we checked the carcass, there was nothing left. But we decided to wait and after a while we saw another Egytian Vulture in the open field. | 02-08-2009 |
Chikmagalur, Karnataka, India (just off the highway in the open fields) |
| Cyornis tickelliae | This bird looked very beautiful. The breeding plumage was gone and kept singing :) | 13-06-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (near the lake on the other side) |
| Bubo Bubo | Two of these birds were seen being chased by the crows. | 13-06-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (foothills) |
| Ixobrychus sinensis | We didn't get a close view of this bird but was seeing flying across. | 06-06-2009 |
Kommaghatta Lake, kengeri, Bangalore () |
| Cyornis pallipes | While trying to look for the Spiderhunter, a white-bellied blue flycatcher kept calling behind us but it never came out in the open | 24-05-2009 |
Thattekadu, Kerala (Urlan Thanni) |
| Accipiter trivirgatus | There of them were sighted in flight. This was a lifer for me. | 24-05-2009 |
Thattekadu, Kerala (Urlan Thanni) |
| Schoenicola platyurus | The best time to be able to see these grassland birds is during their breeding them. We went to the top of the shola grassland area and looked for these birds. They would flutter up in the air and rest back into the growing grass. It is rally difficult to look for them when they are sitting on the ground. Sometimes they flew so close to a place where I was standing and it really amazed me. This was out target species and got to see this bird with the weather god showing pity on us with a good su | 23-05-2009 |
Munnar, Kerala, India (shola grasslands) |
| Aquila fasciata | We saw this raptor flying very close above our head while we were hiking down the shola grasslands. | 23-05-2009 |
Munnar, Kerala, India (shola grasslands) |
| Aerodramus unicolor | We sighted a few of these Indian Swiftlets flying very close. It was an amazing experience | 23-05-2009 |
Munnar, Kerala, India () |
| Ficedula nigrorufa | What a beautiful bird this is. First the female came out and started calling. And then the male came out out too. They were seen flying around for some time. | 23-05-2009 |
Munnar, Kerala, India (just off the state highway) |
| Culicicapa ceylonensis | This bird was sighted at other locations too. ` | 23-05-2009 |
Munnar, Kerala, India (on the way to the sholas) |
| Sitta frontalis | I keep laughing at its scientific name, Sitta Frontalis. I have never seen it sitting quietly and have hardly seen it facing me ! | 23-05-2009 |
Munnar, Kerala, India (just off the state highway) |
| Hemipus picatus | This one was a lifer for me. It kept doing the rounds across the road :) | 23-05-2009 |
Munnar, Kerala, India (just off the state highway) |
| Eumyias albicaudata | We were trying to observe the Kerala Laughingthrush when this bird quietly came and sat on a branch right in front of us. | 23-05-2009 |
Munnar, Kerala, India (just off the state highway) |
| Garrulax fairbanki | We saw this bird all along the road but they are so shy. We finally got a decent sighting out in the open while on our way back. | 23-05-2009 |
Munnar, Kerala, India (just off the state highway) |
| Anthus nilghiriensis | This is the breeding time for this bird and we saw a good number of these endemic birds in the sholas. | 23-05-2009 |
Munnar, Kerala, India (shola grasslands) |
| Brachypteryx major | This endemic bird can be heard calling frequently at Munnar, but are mostly hopping on the ground and so, camouflaged. | 23-05-2009 |
Munnar, Kerala, India (just off the state highway) |
| Arachnothera longirostra | This is supposed to be the best time to sight these birds. They kept calling most of the time at Urlan Thanni and made it appearance after a while. We had missed this bird at the favourite Tea stall, but this was a really good sighting too. | 24-05-2009 |
Thattekadu, Kerala (Urlan Thanni) |
| Myophonus horsfieldii | On a busy road, right in the middle of Munnar town we saw this shy bird sitting quietly on water tank by the lake. It was the Male species. I love this bird. | 23-05-2009 |
Munnar, Kerala, India (Munnar bridge) |
| Turdoides malcolmi | A good number of Large Grey babblers were found feeding on termites just off the road | 17-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (on the way back from Bananti Maramma Betta) |
| Circaetus gallicus | This bird was found soaring high up in the sky along with a 2 kites and an Egyptian Vulture | 17-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (foothills of Bananti Maramma Betta) |
| Neophron percnopterus | An Egyptian Vulture was found soaring high up in the sky along with a 2 kites and a Short-toed Snake Eagle | 17-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (foothills of Bananti Maramma Betta) |
| Pseudibis papillosa | Black Ibises were found in significant numbers roosting on the coconut trees | 17-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (on the way to Bananti Maramma Betta) |
| Dinopium benghalense | We visited this place to look for White-naped Woodpecker, but we ended up seeing only the Falmeback | 17-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (on the way to Bananti Maramma Betta) |
| Cypsiurus balasiensis | These swifts were in good numbers | 17-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (on the way to Bananti Maramma Betta) |
| Psammophilus dorsalis | Rock Agama were found all around the place and they seemed quite healthy too :) | 17-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (foothills of Bananti Maramma Betta) |
| Upupa epops | A lone hoopoe was sighted | 17-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (on the way to Bananti Maramma Betta) |
| Aquila fasciata | An Bonelli's Eagle just flew above us astonishing us. It was being chased by a crow and it tried to hide behind in a coconut tree. The crow didn't give up, instead chased it again and this flew flew off to a rocky area far off from our sight | 17-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (on the way to Bananti Maramma Betta) |
| Dumetia hyperythra | A few Tawny-bellied babblers were sighted on they way | 17-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (on the way to Bananti Maramma Betta) |
| Dicrurus caerulescens | These birds seemed to be in good numbers. We saw atleast 4 of them sitting and hopping around together | 17-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (foothills of Bananti Maramma Betta) |
| Prinia inornata | A plain prinia was just hopping around and this time it wasn't screaming :) | 10-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (off the main road) |
| Pernis ptilorhynchus | A buzzard just flew very close to us while we were getting back to the main road. It was a very close sighting of this majestic bird. | 10-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (in a village) |
| Lonchura malabarica | A huge flock of these birds were seen feeding in a Tomato farm with the Scaly-breasted Munia. They would get off all at once and then sit back together at another location. A lovely sighting it was | 10-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (in a village) |
| Lonchura punctulata | A huge flock of these birds were seen feeding in a Tomato farm. They would get off all at once and then sit back together at another location. A lovely sighting it was | 10-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (in a village) |
| Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | Two of these birds flew into a free. I was suprised to find these birds so close to the road | 10-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (off the main road) |
| Aegithina tiphia | This bird kept calling and was totally camouflaged in the foliage. | 10-05-2009 |
Kanakapura (off the main road) |
| Bubo Bubo | We were walking along the trail and hadn't realised that it was sitting so close to us. We were surprised. It took us and sat on one of the Eucalyptus trees. It kept an high alert on us. It then moved to a rock, still being alert about our presence. It looked around and then flew into a palm tree hiding itself. We left the bird and decided not to disturb it. | 26-04-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (foothills) |
| Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | This was my first sighting of the Blue-faced Malkoha at Turahalli. | 26-04-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (near the lake on the other side of the hills) |
| Aegithina tiphia | A male and a female Iora displayed courting behaviour. The male Iora was trying its best to pamper the female species. | 26-04-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (near the lake on the other side of the hills) |
| Chloropsis aurifrons | We saw a lone leafbird in the tree at the beginning of the foothills. | 26-04-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (foothills) |
| Bubo Bubo | It was sitting one of the Acacia trees. It was staring at us and was very alert. It didn't move out from that tree. It was a different species from the one which we sighted at the foothills. | 26-04-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (Slope on the other side) |
| Oriolus chinensis | A brief appearance | 26-04-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (On the other side of the hills near the lake) |
| Coracina melanoptera | This bird was just flying around givng us an excellent sighting | 26-04-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (The slope on the other side) |
| Lanius cristatus | We saw this bird while on our way back at the foothills. I am surprised that this bird is still around because the bird is a winter visitor. | 26-04-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (Foothills) |
| Rhipidura albicollis | The fantail just was dancing on a tree and in no time , it disappeared. This was of my first record of this bird here. | 26-04-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (On the other side of the hills near the lake) |
| Anthracoceros coronatus | I could hear a lot of roosting calls of these horbills just outside my Aunt's place. | 16-04-2009 |
Kundapur, Karnataka (just outside the house (Noojady)) |
| Dinopium benghalense | I found 2 of these birds feeding on the arecanut plantation at my Aunt's place | 18-04-2009 |
Kundapur, Karnataka (noojady) |
| Gallus sonneratii | Heard the call | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (on the way ) |
| Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | Sighted in one of the small trees on the slopes from the viewpoint | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (viewpoint on the way) |
| Pycnonotus luteolus | These birds were in plenty here. This was on the way (uphill) to Nandi Hills | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (viewpoint on the way) |
| Phylloscopus griseolus | This was a lifer for me. The first time I found that warblers can some distinctive human-readable feature too :P | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (At the entrance) |
| Muscicapa ruficauda | This was another awesome sighting. I didn't know that these birds were there at Nandi Hills too. I had sighted them last at Thattekadu. | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (Forest Dept Nursery) |
| Buteo buteo | This raptor just flew above us and perched on a tree right in front of us. We were surprised. We couldn't believe our eyes. An amazing sighting | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (Forest Dept Nursery) |
| Terpsiphone paradisi | We sighted a Female Paradise Flycatcher in the wooded area | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (Forest Dept Nursery) |
| Zoothera citrina | This bird was an easy sighting there. It was just moving around near the wooded area at the far end of the nursery. | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (Forest Dept Nursery) |
| Anthus hodgsoni | A lifer for me, this bird was hopping around and the from the resources I read, it is a winter migrant to this part of the country | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (Forest Dept Nursery) |
| Dumetia hyperythra | A resident bird | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (just off the road) |
| Pellorneum ruficeps | This ground bird was found hopping around in that area and is a regular sighting | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (the area between the Nehru guest house and the road) |
| Luscinia brunnea | This was our target and we were able to easily sight it. I could never believe that I was looking at the this bird. This bird came really close to us. The day was bright and it is certainly one of my best bird sightings. We found this bird hopping between the saplings in the nursery area. | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (Forest Dept Nursery) |
| Luscinia brunnea | The sighting of the Male Indian Blue Robin was itself exciting, but the sighting of the female species was a lottery for us. This was the target bird. We found this bird hopping around under the tree shade. | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (Forest Dept Nursery) |
| Francolinus pondicerianus | We heard the Grey Francolin call when we stopped for a small bite at the foothills of Nandi Hills | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (foothills) |
| Turdus simillimus | The Indian subspecies of Blackbird was sighted here. It kept flying around and it took us sometime to actually confirm the sighting. A very excellent sighting I'd say | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (Forest Dept Nursery) |
| Monticola solitarius | The Blue Rock Thrush just flew past us giving us a short glimpse. | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (Forest Dept Nursery) |
| Monticola cinclorhynchus | This bird just kept posing for us. We sighted this bird at other locations in Nandi Hills too. | 11-04-2009 |
Nandi Hills, Bangalore (Nehru Guest House & Forest Nursery) |
| Pteropus giganteus | These Bats were found roosting on a tree just off the main road outside the lake. No other trees had them. | 11-04-2009 |
Kukkarahalli Kere, Mysore (just outisde the gate) |
| Parus major | Just hopping around in the trees | 05-04-2009 |
Valley School, Haridvanam, Bangalore Urban (inside the campus) |
| Pernis ptilorhynchus | Was just seen soaring high up in the sky | 05-04-2009 |
Valley School, Haridvanam, Bangalore Urban (soaring ) |
| Zosterops palpebrosus | Saw them moving around in small groups | 05-04-2009 |
Valley School, Haridvanam, Bangalore Urban (inside the campus) |
| Terpsiphone paradisi | Sighted a sub-adult Male | 05-04-2009 |
Valley School, Haridvanam, Bangalore Urban (inside the campus) |
| Pomatorhinus horsfieldii | Found a group of these birds just hopping and calling around. We watched them for a long time. One of them was following the other, maybe it was the Male trying to attract the Female | 24-03-2009 |
Bannerghatta, Bangalore, Karnataka (behind the Butterfly Park) |
| Pycnonotus luteolus | A regular sighting :) | 05-04-2009 |
Valley School, Haridvanam, Bangalore Urban (off the road) |
| Dinopium benghalense | We just sighted this bird for a few seconds before it flew off. | 05-04-2009 |
Valley School, Haridvanam, Bangalore Urban (just off the road) |
| Rhipidura albicollis | As usual, just hopping under the tree :) | 05-04-2009 |
Valley School, Haridvanam, Bangalore Urban (around the staff quarters area on the way to the old art village) |
| Tirumala limniace | I saw a lone Blue Tiger just wandering around | 05-04-2009 |
Valley School, Haridvanam, Bangalore Urban (near the pond inside the campus) |
| Coracina melanoptera | Just sighted it for a few seconds until it quickly got into the foliage. | 05-04-2009 |
Valley School, Haridvanam, Bangalore Urban (near the pond inside the campus) |
| Clamator jacobinus | I was surprised by this sighting. Wasn't expecting to see these birds arriving so soon. | 05-04-2009 |
Valley School, Haridvanam, Bangalore Urban (just off the road) |
| Artamus fuscus | I saw about 3 of them just flying around. They were carrying nesting materials and would come and land on this high voltage transmission poles. I observed them chasing a the crows too which were trying to mob these little birds. | 05-04-2009 |
Valley School, Haridvanam, Bangalore Urban (High voltage transmission poles) |
| Pomatorhinus horsfieldii | It was on the same quiet road behind the butterfly park when we saw these birds in quite a large group. I wasn't expecting these birds in such large numbers. Madhusmita, who was with us observed that one of the male babblers was constantly following this female. We spent quite some time with these birds. | 24-03-2009 |
Bannerghatta, Bangalore, Karnataka (Behing Butterfly Park) |
| Cyornis tickelliae | These birds were found in plenty on the not so crowded road here. They were hopping from tree to tree calling out each other. | 14-03-2009 |
Bannerghatta, Bangalore, Karnataka (Behing Butterfly Park) |
| Dendrocitta vagabunda | Rufuous Treepies are in great numbers near the sheet rock area of Ragihalli. | 15-03-2009 |
Bannerghatta, Bangalore, Karnataka (Ragihalli Sheet Rock area) |
| Athene brama | The owl at the Kamalapur Guest House at Hampi. | 16-01-2009 |
Hampi, Karnataka (Kamalapur Guest House) |
| Psittacula cyanocephala | Plum-headed Parakeets were a common sighting in the historical structures at Hampi | 17-01-2009 |
Hampi, Karnataka (Queen\'s palace) |
| Monticola solitarius | We found thus bird sitting on a rock comfortably while we were coming down towards the foothills | 24-01-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (foothills) |
| Dendrocitta vagabunda | This bird visited the plantation regularly to feed on the Papaya fruits. | 06-12-2008 |
Thattekadu, Kerala (Eldhose\'s plantation) |
| Batrachostomus moniliger | This is one of the most camouflaged bird I have ever seen. Even when you are standing next it, you won\'t be able to recognize it. This one with white marks on a rusty coloured body is a female species :) | 07-12-2008 |
Thattekadu, Kerala (inside Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary) |
| Pseudibis papillosa | We saw a pair of these birds walking around just off the Mysore-Ooty highway near Nanjangud Town. | 27-12-2008 |
Mysore, Karnataka (near Nanjangud town (Mysore - Ooty Road)) |
| Sitta castanea | We had a very brief sighting of this bird | 28-12-2008 |
Masinagudi, Tamil Nadu (on an early morning trek to the wooded areas) |
| Nisaetus cirrhatus | This guy was very quietly sitting on this tree for a long time. | 28-12-2008 |
Masinagudi, Tamil Nadu (on the road) |
| Spilornis cheela | This guy just came and perched himself on a tree and was there for some time | 28-12-2008 |
Masinagudi, Tamil Nadu (morning trek to wooded side of villages) |
| Dicrurus caerulescens | White-bellied Drongo is a resident bird of India and is usually found in open forest and well-wooded habitats | 28-12-2008 |
Masinagudi, Tamil Nadu (on road) |
| Anser indicus | Bar-headed Geese are winter visitors and sighting them here in Bandipur was quite a surprise for us. They were about 17 of them. | 28-12-2008 |
Bandipur, Karnataka (Mangala Village Lake) |
| Galerida malabarica | We were just driving around randomly when we saw these birds hopping around on a hot sunny day. Very beautiful :) | 27-12-2008 |
Masinagudi, Tamil Nadu (land adjoning the forest) |
| Vanellus malabaricus | The open scrubland behind the Mavanahalla Church in Masinagudi is a good place to sight these birds. We saw about 2 of them. | 27-12-2008 |
Masinagudi, Tamil Nadu (open Scrubland behind Mavanahalla church) |
| Treron phoenicoptera | Yellow-footed Green Pigeons are found in plenty here | 05-10-2008 |
Dandeli, Karnataka (Government Timber Depot) |
| Anthracoceros coronatus | The Hornbills roost in large nos at the Timber Depot which is in the heart of Dandeli town. A wide variety of birds are found here, but the most special and also easily sighted are the Hornbills. | 05-10-2008 |
Dandeli, Karnataka (Government Timber Depot) |
| Bracket Fungi | These Bracket Fungi looked very pretty in the thick evergreen forests of Dandeli and Anshi. | 04-10-2008 |
Anshi National Park, Karnataka (Anshi forest) |
| Oxybelis fulgidus | The road from the bus stop to the forest rest house of the Anshi Nature Camp doesn\'t have much traffic. There were snakes all over the place on either sides of the road. But we also found some road-killed snakes like this one. | 03-10-2008 |
Anshi National Park, Karnataka (Road to Anshi Nature Camp) |
| Leptocoma zeylonica | We saw a few of these bird hopping around on the road side tree. They were about 6-8 in numbers | 04-03-2009 |
Bangalore City (Sarakki Main Road, JP Nagar) |
| Libinia emarginata | We were just walking on the shores of Fort Kochi when we saw this crab crawling on the sand. I think it had just escaped from one of the fishing nets. A tourist who was passing by just walked over it damaging its legs | 11-12-2008 |
Fort Kochi, Cochin, Kerala (on the sea shore) |
| Loris lydekkerianus | Slender Loris is a primate endemic to India. The Nagavalli village has a few of these nocturnal mammals and the local Wildlife club is trying its best to protect them. We had the opportunity to sight them thrice | 12-10-2007 |
Tumkur, Karnataka (nagavalli village) |
| Larus heuglini | These migratory gulls were found within groups of Caspian Gulls. | 11-12-2008 |
Fort Kochi, Cochin, Kerala (on one of the mini islands) |
| Larus (argentatus) cachinnans | We saw these Gulls in large numbers on one of the small islands quite far from the Fort Kochi Shores. | 11-12-2008 |
Fort Kochi, Cochin, Kerala (on one of the mini islands) |
| Sousa plumbea | This was an amazing sighting. While on a boat ride at Fort Kochi, we sensed a lot of Dolphin activity. One of them just came out, snapped a fish and got back into the water | 11-12-2008 |
Fort Kochi, Cochin, Kerala (in the sea) |
| Sterna hirundo | We saw a flock of these migratory birds on one of the mini islands at Fort Kochi. Male Common Terns apparently use fish to attract a female one. | 11-12-2008 |
Fort Kochi, Cochin, Kerala (one of the mini islands) |
| Porzana fusca | In the reed | 28-02-2009 |
Kukkarahalli Kere, Mysore (on the left side of the trail as we enter) |
| Rallina eurizonoides | was found hopping in the reed swamp | 28-02-2009 |
Kukkarahalli Kere, Mysore (left side of the trail as we get in) |
| Elanus caeruleus | He was sitting comfortably on perch for sometime and then decided to take off to scan the water body nearby. | 15-02-2009 |
Bannerghatta, Bangalore, Karnataka (outisde Nisarga Layout) |
| Dinopium benghalense | We had a brief sighting of this bird. | 22-02-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (foothills) |
| Merops orientalis | This guys just came and sat bang in front of me. A very beautiful bird | 14-02-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (foothills) |
| Strix ocellata | A pair of Mottled Wood Owls were sighted early motning sitting on a tree | 22-02-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (foothills) |
| Lepus nigricollis | We had reached quite early and as we were entering, we saw a young hare just running away. | 22-02-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (foothills) |
| Haliastur indus | Brahminy kites occur is large numbers here because of the sewage. Here is one feeding on his feast :) | 14-02-2009 |
Bangalore City (Devegowda Petrol Bunk junction) |
| Ardeola grayii | Pond Herons are quite common in the city sewages. Her is one trying to moonwalk and also do some fishing :) | 14-02-2009 |
Bangalore City (Devegowda Petrol Bunk junction) |
| Sturnus roseus | We found a huge number of Rosy Starlings roosting on a huge ficus tree. We spent some time watching them feeding on the figs and all of a sudden they flew off at one go. The sight of them flying off together is so lovely. | 22-02-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (Road opposite to the hills) |
| Bubo Bubo | Turahalli has a good number of Eurasian Eagle-owls. They are regularly sighted here because of its rocks. Here the owl was being constant chased bu the kites which were trying to dominate the territory. The image of the kites chasing the owl can been seen here | 22-02-2009 |
Turahalli, Bangalore Urban (foothills) |
| Dendronanthus indicus | We were lucky to sight this extremely elusive bird | 09-02-2009 |
Thattekadu, Kerala (Dam area) |
| Tephrodonis gularis | Malabar Wood Shrike are the western ghats subspecies of Large Wood Shrikes. | 09-12-2008 |
Thattekadu, Kerala (Urlan Thanni) |
| Aviceda leuphotes | We were looking forward to see this bird but finally got to see it on the last day. They were about two of them which came flying and perched itself on the tip of the tree far away. This was a lifer for me. This bird is endemic to Himalayas and Western ghats | 10-12-2008 |
Thattekadu, Kerala (Idamalayar dam backwaters) |
| Halcyon capensis | This one was found sitting on a tree by a stream close to the road when Sharad spotted it. This was a lifer for me | 09-02-2009 |
Thattekadu, Kerala (on the way to Urlan Thanni) |
| Dryocopus javensis | This bird was just looking into a dead tree and pecking. White-bellied Woodpeckers are asiatic woodpeckers and also nest in dead trees. | 10-02-2009 |
Thattekadu, Kerala (Idamalayar Dam Range) |
| Egretta Gularis | We found these migrant birds in large nos on the sea shores | 11-12-2008 |
Fort Kochi, Cochin, Kerala (sea shores) |
| Spilornis cheela | We were walking back to Eldhose's house from the bus stop when we saw 2 of these birds soaring high up in the sky | 09-12-2008 |
Thattekadu, Kerala (On the way to Eldhose\'s House) |
| Harpactes fasciatus | We saw a Male and a Female trogon sitting close by but they were moved to another branch in no time. The light was very low. | 09-12-2008 |
Thattekadu, Kerala (Urlan Thanni) |
| Circus aeruginosus | This was just outside the Nisarga Layout near Jigni adjoining the Bannerghatta National Park. One can see the dense Elephant habitat and a lot of illegal quarrying too. This bird just flew above our head and I didn't even have my camera out | 15-02-2009 |
Bannerghatta, Bangalore, Karnataka (Outside Nisarga Layout) |
