Another day in Bharatpur, though this
time doing the scrub and semi-desert areas, I quite like birding in
these sort of areas – but I hate Acacias !! Plenty of typical
scrubland birds around – Plain Prinias, Ashy-crowned Sparrow Larks,
Chestnut-shouldered Petronias, White-eared Bulbuls everywhere and
loads of Bluthroats, plus a rather nice fly-over Egyptian Vulture. In
the more wooded areas I picked up a pair of White-bellied Drongos,
and then a bit of a strange incedent occurred. Speaking to a visiting
birder, who said that there was a Blue Rock Thrush at the nursery –
why the hell would a Blue Rock Thrush be in a forest !? So I followed
him down there and then he pointed it out – a Black-winged Cuckoo
Shrike ! Erm...OK !
So it was back out to the scrubland for
the last few hours, nothing new until the last half hour of light,
when a smallish Falcon zipped through, I was fully expecting it to be
a Hobby, until I got my bins on it – Red-necked Falcon – cracker
!
| Asian Pied Starling |
| Bluethroat |
| Black-winged Cuckoo Shrike |
| Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark |
| Chestnut-shouldered Petronia |
| Egyptian Vulture |
| Red-necked Falcon |
| Indian Peafowl |
| Plain Prinia |
| White-bellied Drongo |