Birding trip Jabalpur - 30-1-2011

Birdng at Gaur River

Common Redshank pair

Paddy field warbler
Blyth's reed warbler

Baya weaver females
Clamorous reed warbler

Common Kestrel
Black Kite

Rosy Pastor

Red Avadavat - Male - Females and sub adults. 

Indian robin

Oriental Magpie Robin

Paddy Field Pipit. 

Bank Myna

Pied Starling
Common Myna

After long time Birding in Northern India his was my second trip in Jabalpur. In the earlier trip at Barha we were actually looking for Orange Breasted Green Pigeon seen last year but could not find them perhaps will see them when the ficus tree fruits. We saw.

White Browed Bulbul

Tawny Babbler
Verditor flycatcher
Black Naped Monarch
Grey Breasted Prinia
Large Cuckoo Shrike
Oriental White Eye
Chestnut shouldered Petronia.
Rufous Treepie
Olive Backed Pipit
Common Tailor Bird
Golden Oriel
Racket Tailed Drongo
Shikra
Crested Honey Buzzard
Black Ibis
Puff Throated Babbler
Striated Heron

And Many other common birds.

Uday Patel - Birding at Bharatpur

Birding at Bharatpur

Birding at Nauradehi India

Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Sagar and Damoh districts in Madhya Pradesh in India. It is a dry deciduous forest type with interesting avi-fauna. On my recent survey I could sight many birds. We visited Nauradehi on April tenth, year 2010..

Common Woodshrike
Peacock
Painted stork
Lesser adjutant stork
Lesser whistling teal
Golden oriole
White browed wagtail
Little egret
Cattle egret
Spotted dove
Ring Dove
Crested serpent eagle
Booted eagle
Shikra
Plum headed parakeet
Common myna
Grey Heron
Sarus crane
Tree pie
Asian paradise flycatcher
Tickell's flower pecker
Chestnut shouldered petronia
Rose ringed parakeet
Crested Bunting
Greater Coucal
Small Minivet
White browed fantail flycatcher
White eye
Ashy Prinia

Plain Prinia

Red Vented Bulbul 
King Vulture
Changeable Hawk Eagle
Honey Buzzard
Shikra
Black Winged Kite
Black Redstart
Common Tailorbird
Long Billed Vulture
White Backed Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Orange Headed Ground Thrush
Green Sanpiper
Moustached Warbler
Common Sandpiper
Oriental Darter
Brahminy Myna
Pied Starling
Common Myna
Paddyfield Pipit
Rufous Tailed Lark
Ashy Crowned Sparrow Lark
Large Cuckoo Shrike
Grey Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Temminck's Stint
Blyth's Reed Warbler

On further visits the checklist of birds will grow. The birding at Nauradehi shows great potential. A rare bird the spotted grey creeper is said to be found here. We were not fortunate enough to locate the bird.   

Nauradehi is a different ecosystem then Kanha and Bandhavgarh, being dryer and with different composition of floral elements. Bird tours here will be full of excitement and discovery.

Birding in Central India | Trifter

Birding in Central India | Trifter

Bird photographs of Kanha

These are images of birds photographed at Kanha tiger reserve on Indian tiger safaris in MP. The images are taken by my friends who are amateur wildlife photographers and birders.

Interesting bird find Jabalpur

On our recent birding trip to Barha reserve forest and Mandla Road we came across and some interesting finds.

Though found in this region we were luck to see the Red headed bunting pairs on tree tops and one male black headed bunting alongside them. This has added to our list of Buntings found in Jabalpur region and increased the numbers of bird check listed by me so far. Another interesting sight was large number of chestnut tailed mynas at Gaur river.    

Central India is an interesting birding destination for water birds as towns like Jabalpur have lot of water bodies small and big. The forest belts offer sightings of lot many bird that are resident and winter visitors. Pipits, Larks and warblers are some of the regular visitors. 

Parks as Kanha Bandhavgarh and Pench have been visited for tiger safaris in India. Thanks to work done by many naturalists a good check list has been complied of birds found in this region.Of late they are becoming popular for birding trips as well  Hence popularity of Birding tours in MP is on increase. One can sight as many as two hundred and fifty birds on frequent bird tours to tiger reserves.  

More work at Pench and Panna tiger reserves will surely yield some interesting finds. I visit Pench much less hence do not have the opportunity for birding frequently.   

Uday's Site - Birding in India

Uday's Site - Birding in India