The year started with a trip to ICRISAT at the outskirts of Hyderabad. It is a popular place for migratory birds
and it was great to see spotted pelicans
and ruddy shelducks
In March a trip to Ameenpur lake showed birdlife is vibrant but lot of human intervention especially with fishing.
In Sep we went to Narsapur and was happy to see that the illegal sand mining has stopped. But a factory has come up in the neighbourhood of our favorite birding spot. However the lake was quiet and beautiful
A pheasant tailed Jacana greeted us from far
Ashy sparrow larks showing their mating dance
a solitary ashy wood swallow ( I haven't seen many in Hyderabad)
A lapwing warning everyone of our presence
The forested area had Baya weavers and Red avadavat
However the best part of 2018 was not a bird not a plane ... it was the blood moon !!
2 comments:
Keep waiting for your posts, been a long time since i last saw one. Good luck for 2019.
Thanks Sumeet !! Hope 2019 will be better in terms of posting :)
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