Third Sunday Trail-21st August 2011-Sakalavara

When I got a call at 5.00 am on Sunday from Mukesh Choudhry, to enquire if the trail is really happening as it was raining heavy the previous night, I hadn't expected more than around ten people braving the the cloudy day to attend the trail. So it was nice to see nearly sixty very young, young  and young at heart oldies assembled at the meeting point.

The weather and the place was good for a nice morning walk rather than birding. That was what many of us felt when we started the trail.

Couple of us very happy when we spotted a pair of small minivets high up on a tree.This Yellow-billed Babbler was the first bird I could manage to get a horrible shot of on that cloudy Sunday morning.

This paddy field pipit gave nice pose for many of us 

Star attraction of the day was of course this Shieldtail...

Overall, it was a good birding day, with many of our friends joining us for the breakfast..

Here are the list of birds ( Not in any particular order)

Common Coot
Little Cormorant 

Cattle Egret

Lesser Whistling-duck

Brahminy Kite
Black Kite

White-breasted Waterhen

Red-wattled Lapwing

Laughing Dove
Spotted Dove

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Asian Koel

Greater Coucal

White-throated Kingfisher

Coppersmith Barbet
White-cheeked Barbet

Greater Flameback

Golden-fronted Leafbird

Ashy Woodswallow

Black Drongo

Common Mynha

Large-billed Crow
House Crow

Small Minivet

Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul

Zitting Cisticola

Jungle Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler

Ashy Prinia

Common Tailorbird

Indian Robin

Pied Bushchat

Great Tit

Paddyfield Pipit

Scaly-breasted Munia
Small Green Bee-eater
Jerdon's Bushlark
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Tickell's Flowerpecker
Little Grebe
Pond Heron
Indian Grey Hornbill
Common Iora
Blue Rock Pigeon
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Red-rumped Swallow
Common Tailorbird
Baya Wever
Rufous Treepie




Few of the photographs can be seen at 
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