Prasanth's Birdwatching Report 29-1-2012

Time : 10.00 am to 12.40 pm

Location : Puthenkadappuram, Chavakkad, Thrissur.

Birdwatchers : Suhas Kechery, Sreenivasan P. P., Vishnupriyan Kartha and Dr. S. Prasanth

Weather : Sunny day.

Birds

1. Little Egret (10+)
2. Cattle Egret (50+)
3. Indian Pond Heron (3)

4. White necked Stork (10+)

5. Black Kite (4)

6. Common Kestrel (1)

7. Eurasian Oystercatcher (4) - one was having injury of leg.
8. Grey Plover (6+)

9. Kentish Plover (10+)

10. Common Greenshank (3)

11. Common Sandpiper (2)

12. Sanderling (20+)

13. Heuglin's Gull (10+)

14. Pallas' Gull (6+)

15. Brown headed Gull (500+) - one was with a swelling in front of neck.

16. Black headed Gull (500+)
17. Indian Roller (1)
18. Common Swallow (4+)

19. Paddyfield Pipit (2)
20. Black Drongo (1)
21. House Crow (10+)

Gulls

Suhas Kechery

Sreenivasan P. P. and Vishnupriyan Kartha

Dr. S. Prasanth

Prasanth's Birdwatching Report 22-1-2012

Time : 4.20 pm to 6.30 pm

Location : Kadamakkudy, Ernakulam

Weather : Clear sky

Birds

1. Little Cormorant (6)

2. Darter (1)

3. Little Egret (20+)
4. Grey Heron (1)
5. Purple Heron (3)
6. Large Egret (2)

7. Median Egret (10+)

8. Indian Pond Heron (10+)
9. Brahminy Kite (10+)
10. Osprey (2)

11. White breasted Waterhen (2)

12. Purple Moorhen (200+)
13. Red wattled Lapwing (1)

14. Black winged Stilt (1)

15. Little Tern (50+)
16. Whiskered Tern (100+)
17. Greater Coucal (1)

18. Small Blue Kingfisher (2)

19. Stork billed Kingfisher (1)

20. White breasted Kingfisher (3)

21. Blue tailed Bee-eater (6)
22. Ashy Prinia (2)
23. Plain Prinia (4)
24. House Crow (10+)

Prasanth's Birdwatching Report 15-1-2012

Time : 6.50 am to 12.20 pm

Location : HMT Estate, Kalamassery

Bird watchers : Ajay Rajan, Dr. George Mothi Justin and Dr. S. Prasanth

Weather : Sunny day

Birds

1. Little Egret (1)
2. Purple Heron (2)

3. Median Egret (3)
4. Cattle Egret (20+)
5. Indian Pond Heron (20+)
6. Asian Openbill Stork (2)

7. Black Kite (5)

8. Brahminy Kite (4)

9. Marsh Harrier (1)
10. Booted Eagle (2)
11. White breasted Waterhen (1)

12. Little Ringed Plover (1)

13. Red Wattled Lapwing (4)

14. Common Snipe (8)

15. Wood Sandpiper (20+)

16. Common Sandpiper (6)

17. Spotted Dove (3)
18. Rose ringed Parakeet (1)
19. Asian Koel (1)
20. Greater Coucal (1)
21. Small Blue Kingfisher (3)
22. White breasted Kingfisher (2)
23. Small Bee-eater (5)
24. Blue tailed Bee-eater (6)
25. Indian Roller (1)
26. White cheeked Barbet (3)
27. Lesser Golden backed Woodpecker (1)
28. Jerdon's Bush Lark (1)

29. Common Swallow (20+)
30. Red rumped Swallow (10+)

31. Streak throated Swallow (1)

32. Yellow Wagtail (5)

33. Paddyfield Pipit (10+)
34. Red whiskered Bulbul (6)
35. White browed Bulbul (1)

36. Common Iora (2)
37. Jerdon's Chloropsis (2)

38. Brown Shrike (3)
39. Oriental Magpie Robin (1)
40. White headed Babbler (4)
41. Plain Prinia (2)
42. Common Tailorbird (4)
43. Purple rumped Sunbird (6)
44. White rumped Munia (2)

45. Spotted Munia (1)
46. Black headed Munia (1)
47. Grey headed Starling (1)

48. Common Myna (8)

49. Jungle Myna (2)
50. Eurasian Golden Oriole (1)
51. Black Drongo (8)
52. Indian Treepie (3)
53. House Crow (10+)
54. Jungle Crow (1)