Birds near Hyderabad

Saw this next to our apartment a week back......

Birds from the countryside of England

Happened to visit England last may and was staying at this British countryside at Luton Hoo. Took a few snaps of the birdlife in and around the lake very near to the place I was staying.




This Partridge just zoomed past before I could take a better shot.

Lot of coots in the lake a good family photo here:





And a beautiful Grebe here:

Birds near Hyderabad ( Narsapur)

Went for a Sunday birding trip to Narsapur on the way to Medak. Apparently there were lot of trees fruiting and we were hoping to catch a few glimpses of  flycatchers.

We got to see silverbills,oriental white-eye, drongos and shrikes.

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

As we went near the dried riverbed we could catch a glimpse of Tickel's blue flycatcher, minivets and parakeets.

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

But the finale was when we could spot the Changeable hawk eagle sitting on a dry tree at the centre of a ground. posing with all its glory

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

Next to the lake we could spot pipits.

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

Next week we went to Pragati resort and could see the following:

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

From 2011 Mar_Apr (Birds Narsapur, Pragati)

Birds near Hyderabad ( Pocharam Lake)

Made my first exclusive birding outing in Feb with a few colleagues to Pocharam leak near Hyderabad. We were keen to catch the migratory birds and Flamingoes that usually visit this time of the year. Unfortunately there were none.

However we could catch quite a few resident birds on our way and back......

From Birds of HYD (Pocharam)

From Birds of HYD (Pocharam)

From Birds of HYD (Pocharam)

From Birds of HYD (Pocharam)

From Birds of HYD (Pocharam)

From Birds of HYD (Pocharam)

From Birds of HYD (Pocharam)

From Birds of HYD (Pocharam)

From Birds of HYD (Pocharam)

From Birds of HYD (Pocharam)

From Birds of HYD (Pocharam)

From Birds of HYD (Pocharam)

..... followed by a sumptuous breakfast at Medak  :)

Birds of Rajasthan

Rather late in posting this trip update. Had my office offsite in Sangawan village in a desert resort called Desert trails very near to Jaipur. The resort happened to be a haven for birds ( being the only place with food and water I guess). This was early January and temperatures went sub zero at night.

I tried my 300mm f/2.8 for the first time. Here are the shots.

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

From Birds of Jaipur

Never realized deserts usually have such rich variety of birds.  A few shots in and around the place. A very productive 3 days :)

From iOS managers offsite

From iOS managers offsite