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Malabar Trogon, Bondla WLS(Goa)

13 May

This was really the bird which I badly wanted to see. Malagar Trogons are not early morning birds. So we finished our breakfast after our first round of birding and walked back mainly looking for this bird. We looked around in the wooded area carefully but didn’t yield any success. For a while we heard the Trogon calling but we were not able to locate it. We kept walking and after a while, our guide Pankaj just walked off the track looking for it. And after a while, he was back and he pointed his digiscope at the bird and show us this beautiful bird. It was there for a while in the thicket and then flew away.

Large Woodshrike, Nandi Hills(Bangalore)

12 May

Red-throated Flycatcher, Nandi Hills(Bangalore)

11 May

Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher, Valley School (Bangalore)

11 May

Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher is all around the place at Valley School. It is their nesting time, so mostly we found them carry nesting material.

Grey-bellied Cuckoo, Nandi Hills

7 May


It was just flying around restlessly in the nursery area. >

Nilgiri Wood-pigeon (Columba ephinstonii), Nandi Hills, Bangalore

6 May

During my last two visits to the Nandi Hills, I have been seeing this bird. Usually seen in high altitudes, this bird is usually seen singly. I was just walking around in the nursery and suddenly found something sitting on a branch. I couldn’t believe that I was seeing the Nilgiri Wood-pigeon. It sat there for a while and then moved down to the ground. This was my first sighting of the Wood-pigeon at Nandi Hills. It really made my day.

Zuari River bridge, Goa

5 May

Greenish Warbler, Nandi Hills, Bangalore

5 May


Found this migratory bird hopping around and was then seen taking a bath.


hopping around


back to the water :)

Red Junglefowl, Kaziranga

4 May

Tawny-bellied Babbler mating, Valley School

3 May

It is a busy time for these resident birds. The Tickell’s Blue Flycatchers are busy building their nest. Infact they are all over the place at Valley School. The Tawny-bellied Babblers seemed busy too, and as usual in groups. At one point these two stopped for a while and engaged in this act. It lasted only for half a minute or so, so probably it is just an attempt to mate.

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