Prasanth's Birdwatching Report 19-2-2012

Time : 9.30 am to 1.30 pm

Location : Puthuvype beach, Mulavukad and Moolampilly, Ernakulam

Bird watchers : Ijas Muhammed, Dr. Joji Joshua, Dr. Sabarish B. Nair and Dr. S. Prasanth

Weather : Sunny day

Birds

1. Little Cormorant (3)
2. Darter (1)
3. Little Egret (20+)
4. Purple Heron (1)
5. Median Egret (10+)
6. Indian Pond Heron (6)
7. Oriental White Ibis (8)
8. Black Kite (3)

9. Brahminy Kite (10+)
10. Purple Moorhen (2)

11. Kentish Plover (30+)
12. Lesser Sand Plover (50+)
13. Red wattled Lapwing (1)

14. Common Greenshank (1)

15. Wood Sandpiper (2)

16. Common Sandpiper (6)

17. Black winged Stilt (10)

18. Heuglin's Gull (1000+)

19. Pallas' Gull (5000+)

20. Brown headed Gull (12,000+)

21. Black headed Gull (12,000+)
22. Blue tailed Bee-eater (1)
23. Common Swallow (10)
24. Paddyfield Pipit (2)

25. Rufous backed Shrike (1)
26. Indian Great Reed Warbler (3)
27. Purple rumped Sunbird (1)

28. House Sparrow (4)
29. Common Myna (2)

30. Black Drongo (1)

31. House Crow (10+)

Prasanth's Birdwatching Report 12-2-2012

Time : 7.30 am to 11.00 am

Location : HMT Estate, Kalamassery

Bird watchers : Ajay Rajan & Dr. S. Prasanth

Weather : Cloudy sky

Birds

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

4. Median Egret (2)

5. Cattle Egret (10+)
6. Indian Pond Heron (20+)

7. Asian Openbill Stork (1)

8. Oriental White Ibis (1)

9. Brahminy Kite (1)
10. White breasted Waterhen (1)
11. Greater Painted Snipe ? (1)

12. Red wattled Lapwing (4)

13. Common Snipe (10+)

14. Wood Sandpiper (6)

15. Common Sandpiper (3)

16. Blue Rock Pigeon (2)

17. Rose ringed Parakeet (3)
18. Asian Koel (2)

19. Small Blue Kingfisher (1)
20. White breasted Kingfisher (2)
21. Small Bee-eater (6)
22. Blue tailed Bee-eater (2)

23. Indian Roller (1)
24. White cheeked Barbet (2)

25. Jerdon's Bush Lark (1)

26. Common Swallow (2)
27. Red rumped Swallow (1)

28. Streaked throated Swallow (1)
29. White Wagtail (1)

30. Large Pied Wagtail (2)

31. Yellow Wagtail (10+)

32. Paddyfield Pipit (10+)
33. Red whiskered Bulbul (4)
34. Red vented Bulbul (1)
35. White browed Bulbul (2)
36. Common Iora (1)

37. Brown Shrike (1)

38. White throated Ground Thrush (2)
39. Oriental Magpie Robin (2)
40. Indian Robin (2)
41. White headed Babbler (6)
42. Franklin's Prinia (4)
43. Ashy Prinia (2)
44. Purple rumped Sunbird (1)
45. White rumped Munia (6)
46. Spotted Munia (10+)

47. Rosy Starling (2)

48. Common Myna (8)
49. Jungle Myna (2)
50. Eurasian Golden Oriole (4)

51. Black Drongo (2)
52. Indian Treepie (1)

53. House Crow (20+)