Prasanth's Birdwatching Report 25-12-2011

Time : 7.40 am to 11.40 am

Location : Kadamakkudy, Ernakulam.

Weather : Sunny day

Birds

1. Little Cormorant (20+)

2. Great Cormorant (2)
3. Darter (2)

4. Little Egret (3)
5. Grey Heron (2)
6. Purple Heron (2)

7. Median Egret (20+)

8. Indian Pond Heron (20+)
9. Lesser Whistling Duck (1)
10. Black Kite (1)

11. Brahminy Kite (10+)
12. Western Marsh Harrier (1)

13. Purple Moorhen (50+)

14. Pacific Golden Plover (2)

15. Common Snipe (1)

16. Common Sandpiper (4)
17. Gull billed Tern (5+)
18. River Tern (2)

19. Whiskered Tern (100+)
20. Rose ringed Parakeet (3)

21. Pied Crested Cuckoo (1)
22. Asian Koel - call heard.
23. Indian Edible-nest Swiftlet (6)

24. Small Blue Kingfisher (3)
25. White breasted Kingfisher (5)

26. Blue tailed Bee-eater (10+)

27. Common Swallow (50+)

28. Yellow Wagtail (4)
29. Red vented Bulbul (3)

30. Common Stonechat (2)

31. Ashy Prinia (4)

32. Plain Prinia (20+)

33. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2)

34. Indian Great Reed Warbler (2)
35. Common Tailorbird - call heard.
36. Purple rumped Sunbird (1)
37. Streaked Weaver (20+)

38. Grey headed Starling (10+)
39. Common Myna (3)

40. Jungle Myna (1)

41. Eurasian Golden Oriole (3)
42. Black Drongo (4)

43. Indian Treepie (1)
44. House Crow (20+)
45. Jungle Crow (2)

Prasanth's Birdwatching Report 18-12-2011

Time : 6.30 am to 12.30 pm & 4.00 pm to 6.30 pm

Location : HMT Estate, Kalamassery

Weather : Sunny day

Birdwatchers : Dr. George Mothi Justin, Dr. Sabarish B Nair, Ajay Rajan and Dr. S. Prasanth

Birds

1. Little Cormorant (1)
2. Little Egret (1)
3. Purple Heron (8)
4. Median Egret (2)

5. Cattle Egret (20+)
6. Indian Pond Heron (20+)

7. Asian Openbill Stork (11)
8. Black Kite (1)
9. Brahminy Kite (3)
10. Crested Serpent Eagle (2)
11. Western Marsh Harrier (1)
12. Shikra (1)

13. Booted Eagle (4)
14. White breasted Waterhen (4)

15. Purple Moorhen (40+)

16. Red wattled Lapwing (30+)

17. Common Sandpiper (2)

18. Blue Rock Pigeon (4)
19. Spotted Dove (3)
20. Rose ringed Parakeet (3)

20a. Indian Plaintive Cuckoo (1)
21. Asian Koel - call heard
22. Greater Coucal (4)
23. Small Blue Kingfisher (1)
24. White breasted Kingfisher (3)

25. Small Bee-eater (20+)
26. Indian Roller (1)

27. Common Hoopoe (1)
28. White cheeked Barbet (2)
29. Brown capped Pygmy Woodpecker (1)
30. Rufous Woodpecker (1)

31. Lesser Golden backed Woodpecker (4)

32. Jerdon's Bush Lark (3)

33. Red rumped Swallow (10+)

34. White wagtail (1)

35. Large Pied Wagtail (5)

36. Yellow Wagtail (30+)
37. Grey Wagtail (1)

38. Paddyfield Pipit (4)
39. Black headed Cuckoo Shrike (1)

40. Red whiskered Bulbul (20+)
41. Red vented Bulbul (2)

42. White browed Bulbul (6)
43. Common Iora (2)
44. Jerdon's Chloropsis (2)

45. Brown Shrike (4)
46. Oriental Magpie Robin (4)
47. Indian Robin (6)
48. Pied Bushchat (4)

49. White headed Babbler (10+)
50. Franklin's Prinia (2)
51. Ashy Prinia (1)
52. Plain Prinia (6)
53. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2)
54. Common Taikorbird (2)
55. Greenish Leaf Warbler - call heard
56. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2)
57. Purple rumped Sunbird (6)
58. Purple Sunbird (1)

59. White rumped Munia (3)

60. Spotted Munia (100+)
61. House Sparrow (1)
62. Grey headed Starling (1)

63. Common Myna (8)

64. Eurasian Golden Oriole (6)
65. Black headed Oriole (1)

66. Black Drongo (10)
67. Ashy Drongo (1)
68. Bronzed Drongo (1)
69. Greater Racket tailed Drongo (1)
70. Indian Treepie (4)

71. House Crow (20+)