Bird watching is exciting and gets more exciting if you see/hear interesting species. In summers birds of diverse habitat congregate around water sources. This is the case of birds at Barha reserve forest near Jabalpur Mandla.
In today's morning birding I heard calls of India Pitta (Pitta brachuyra) just as we entered the forest. This bird I had noted earlier only for a brief period between March and April and thought it migrated locally (Kanha?). But today's calls means it stays here for more extended period or could be permanent resident.
More calls: Indian scimitar babbler, Shikra,
Sightings:
Black headed oriole (Oriolus xanthogenys)
Black-naped monarch
Asian paradise flycatcher
White browed flycatcher
White browed bulbul
Bonelli's eagle
Crested Serpent eagle (Adult + juvenile)
Honey buzzard
Greater racket tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradeseus)
Puff throated babbler
Common hawk cuckoo
Pied crested cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)
Grey breasted prinia
Brown fish owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)
Crested tree swift (Hemoprocine longipenis)
Common Iora
My checklist of bird of Jabalpur is consistently increasing (over 260). Thanks to frequent bird watching trips lately in all seasons. Except my friend Bittu ,I have yet to come come across bird watchers in Jabalpur town which by all means is a large town in India. It is expected that many more youths/elders/men/women would take interest in our birds and contribute somehow to learning about avian wonders and conserving them as a result.
In today's morning birding I heard calls of India Pitta (Pitta brachuyra) just as we entered the forest. This bird I had noted earlier only for a brief period between March and April and thought it migrated locally (Kanha?). But today's calls means it stays here for more extended period or could be permanent resident.
More calls: Indian scimitar babbler, Shikra,
Sightings:
Black headed oriole (Oriolus xanthogenys)
Black-naped monarch
Asian paradise flycatcher
White browed flycatcher
White browed bulbul
Bonelli's eagle
Crested Serpent eagle (Adult + juvenile)
Honey buzzard
Greater racket tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradeseus)
Puff throated babbler
Common hawk cuckoo
Pied crested cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)
Grey breasted prinia
Brown fish owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)
Crested tree swift (Hemoprocine longipenis)
Common Iora
My checklist of bird of Jabalpur is consistently increasing (over 260). Thanks to frequent bird watching trips lately in all seasons. Except my friend Bittu ,I have yet to come come across bird watchers in Jabalpur town which by all means is a large town in India. It is expected that many more youths/elders/men/women would take interest in our birds and contribute somehow to learning about avian wonders and conserving them as a result.
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