The Birds of Daroji
September 15, 2010
Yes, Daroji is a sanctuary for Sloth Bears, but we did get to see quite a variety of birds, and while I upload the other pics, here are the various birds that got into my camera lens….
Here are two of them, in the fields:
the
ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARD:
another view of it, flying so majestically:
this
PIED CUCKOO
was being attacked by a
RED-VENTED BULBUL:
Aerial war resulted!
an
EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE,
posing so "composedly"!
a
SPOT-BILLED DUCK,
far away on the lake:
a
BONNELLI'S EAGLE,
sitting far away:
some
GREY FRANCOLINS:
a
COMMON HOOPOE:
a
COMMON IORA:
a
PIED KINGFISHER,
with its shrimp breakfast:
a
WHITE-BREASTED KINGFISHER:
Here it is, fishing:
an
ASHY-CROWNED SPARROW LARK
male
and a female:
a
RUFOUS-TAILED LARK:
a
RED-WATTLED LAPWING:
the
ROCK EAGLE OWL:
some
ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS:
a female, posing proudly:
several
PEACOCKS:
a
CHESTNUT-SHOULDERED PETRONIA
which was a lifer for me:
some
BLUE ROCK PIGEONS
(I've always seen them in apartment buildings...for the first time, I saw the birds on the rocks that they are named after!)
a
PLAIN PRINIA:
a cute pair of
JUNGLE BUSH QUAIL,
scooting around busily:
a
BARRED BUTTON QUAIL:
here's a couple:
a
COMMON SANDPIPER,
on the banks of the Tungabhadra high-level canal, that is a lifeline in Daroji:
a
BAY-BACKED SHRIKE,
posing with its bandit-mask:
a procession of
PAINTED SPURFOWL:
the
PURPLE-RUMPED SUNBIRD,
such a tiny little prismatic jewel:
I’ll close with the
BAYA WEAVER
male, on the nest:
The bird list came up to 66 species, but….only so many photographs!