Pale-billed Flowerpecker

Pale-Billed Flowerpecker
Pale-Billed Flowerpecker

This bird is rather plain looking, it not is endangered or rare but still getting a full frame photograph was a thrill!

Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) is a tiny bird, 8 cm long, and is one of the smallest birds occurring in most parts of southern India and Sri Lanka. It is reportedly common in the southern India but in Nagpur we get to see them seldom and that too very high up in trees, so when last week in Pench I saw this individual a few feet away I was ecstatic. Read more about the Pale-billed Flowerpecker

Bay-backed Shrike

Bay-backed Shrike

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The quest for “Dongar Dudaa”

The quest for “Dongar Dudaa”

The quest had long been in the making but it was being postponed for quite some time because I knew whenever we started out we will surely complete it. Umm… will cut out the dramatics – “Dongar Duda” is the local Korkus name for the critically endangered Forest Owlet, Heteroglaux blewitti.

Rann of Kutch: Day 7 – Last day and the Last word!

Rann of Kutch: Day 7 – Last day and the Last word!

All good things come to an end would be a cliché but then they do and today was the last day of this mega birding trip and it was a fitting end I would say! We had reserved the morning for the McQueen’s Bustard. The day started with a close encounter with a Steppe eagle.

Rann of Kutch: Day 6 – Republic Day

Rann of Kutch: Day 6 – Republic Day

26th Jan, 2010: Roughly 250 kilometers on bumpy terrain with temperature ranging from 7 degrees Celsius to 34 degree Celsius and lots of dust. Am dead tired, my face it all chapped but it was the best Republic day celebration for me ever 🙂

Rann of Kutch: Day 5 – Day of nothing much.

Rann of Kutch: Day 5 – Day of nothing much.

25th Jan, 2010: This can be termed as “The day when nothing much happened”. We left CEDO, Nakhtrana at 6:00 am and reached Rann Riders , Dasada at 12:00 a distance of 350km.

Rann of Kutch: Day 4 – Super speciality birding!

Rann of Kutch: Day 4 – Super speciality birding!

24th Jan, 2010: A day of “Super specialty birding” is what I would call the day! Swati and Aasim opted to stay back due to yesterday’s tiring drive. So I went along with Mr Jugal Tiwari to a thorn forest near Banni grassland searching for the first target species of the day. “White-naped Tit” –

Rann of Kutch: Day 3 – Bonanza continues…

Rann of Kutch: Day 3 – Bonanza continues…

23rd Jan, 2010: Started the day with an excyrsion to the Naliya Grasslands. The trip started off well with spotting of a Male Pallid Harrier soaking up the heat of the early morning sun. As soon as we had enough of the Harrier we spotted another beautiful lifer Black Francolin.

Rann of Kutch: Day 2 – A day of plenty!

Rann of Kutch: Day 2 – A day of plenty!

22nd Jan, 2010:  The night was an uneasy one for Swati, she sweated out her fever, but that had the advantage – she was feeling much better in the morning. We were up at 6:00 and out at 6:30 as planned. It was pretty cold in the Banni Grasslands. The first target species for the

Rann of Kutch: Day 1 – Arrival

Rann of Kutch: Day 1 – Arrival

This time I kept a daily journal of our trip and I am reproducing it here as it was written without any changes… 21st Jan, 2010: We started from home at 7:50am, a wee bit late by my estimate but Swati was cool with it so I did not say anything. Flight was on time,