Prasanth's Birdwatching Report 5-8-2012

Time : 7.45 am to 11.45 am

Location : Kadamakkudy, Ernakulam.

Weather : Cloudy sky in the morning and later changed to sunny day.


Birds

1. Little Grebe (30+)

2. Little Cormorant (100+)

3. Great Cormorant (20+)
4. Darter (2)

5. Little Egret (20+)

6. Grey Heron (30+)

7. Purple Heron (10+)

8. Large Egret (10+)
9. Median Egret (10+)
10. Indian Pond Heron (30+)

11. Black crowned Night Heron (1)

12. Glossy Ibis (10+)

13. Oriental White Ibis (20+)

14. Lesser Whistling Duck (10+)

15. Spot billed Duck? (2) - seen two ducks larger than Lesser Whistling duck from a distance. When I reached near them they flew away with a quack..quack sound very similar to Common duck. Id confirmation difficult due to blue speculum.

16. Brahminy Kite (10+)

17. Osprey (1)

18. Purple Moorhen (20+)

19. Pacific Golden Plover (10+)

20. Lesser Sand Plover (300+)

21. Greater Sand Plover (4)

22. Red wattled Lapwing (6)

23. Common Redshank (50+)

24. Wood Sandpiper (10+)

25. Common Sandpiper (6)

26. Little Stint (6)

27. Curlew Sandpiper (10+)

28. Black winged Stilt (150+)

29. Gull billed Tern (10+)

30. River Tern (8)
31. Asian Koel- call heard.
32. House Swift (50+)

33. Small Blue Kingfisher (1)
34. Stork billed Kingfisher (4)

35. White breasted Kingfisher (6)

36. Oriental Magpie Robin (2)
37. Streaked Fantail Warbler (2)

38. Ashy Prinia (8)

39. Plain Prinia (10+)

40. Baya Weaver (50+)

41. Blyth's Starling (50+)
42. Common Myna (8)
43. Jungle Myna (4)

44. Black Drongo (4)

45. Ashy Woodswallow (6)
46. Indian Treepie (1)
47. House Crow (20+)