Prasanth's Birdwatching Report 4-3-2012

Time : 8.00 am to 11.00 am

Location : Kandakkadavu, Ernakulam

Bird watchers : Shelbin Varghese, Basil Peter, Dr. George Mothi Justin, Ijas Muhammed and Dr. S. Prasanth

Weather : Sunny day

Birds

1. Little Cormorant (20+)

2. Indian Shag (10+)

3. Darter (6)
4. Little Egret (50+)
5. Grey Heron (2)
6. Purple Heron (2)
7. Large Egret (10+)
8. Median Egret (20+)
9. Indian Pond Heron (10+)

10. Black crowned Night Heron (1)
11. Chestnut Bittern (1)
12. Oriental White Ibis (8)

13. Lesser Whistling Duck (500+)

14. Spot billed Duck (1)

15. Northern Pintail (20+)

16. Garganey (10+)
17. Black Kite (1)
18. Brahminy Kite (3)
19. Western Marsh Harrier (1)
20. Purple Moorhen (2)

21. Common Moorhen (3)

22. Black winged Stilt (10+)
23. River Tern (1)

24. Whiskered Tern (10+)
25. Small Blue Kingfisher (2)
26. White breasted Kingfisher (6)

27. Common Swallow (10+)
28. House Crow (10+)

Prasanth's Birdwatching Report 26-2-2012

Time : 11.00 am to 12.30 pm

Location : Mangalam Dam, Palakkad

Weather : Sunny day

Birds

1. Little Cormorant (6)

2. Little Egret (10+)

3. Median Egret (2)
4. Indian Pond Heron (2)

5. Brahminy Kite (10+)
6. Common Sandpiper (1)
7. River Tern (2)

8. Spotted Dove (1)

9. Indian Hanging Parrot (1)
10. Rose ringed Parakeet (1)

11. Small Bee-eater (4)

12. Common Golden backed Woodpecker (1)

13. Small Minivet (1)
14. Red whiskered Bulbul (2)
15. Red vented Bulbul (10+)
16. Jerdon's Chloropsis (2)
17. Oriental Magpie Robin (1)

18. Greenish Leaf Warbler (1)

19. Asian Brown Flycatcher (1)

20. Great Tit (1)
21. Tickell's Flowerpecker (2)
22. Purple rumped Sunbird (2)

23. Purple Sunbird (4)
24. Common Myna (6)

25. Ashy Drongo (2)

26. Bronzed Drongo (1)

27. Greater Racket tailed Drongo (1)
28. House Crow (10+)