Water Bird Census Report 1 & Other Birding @ Ulhas River

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Nilesh Bhanage

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Feb 7, 2014, 2:39:23 AM2/7/14
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As part of our Annual Activity, we started Asian Waterbird Census today! Team comprising of Tushar Parab, Pradnyawant Mane, Anish Kadam, Sanchit More, Mandar Sawant & Nilesh Bhanage went for census @ Ulhas River Banks (Dist: Thane, Maharashtra State, India) on 06-02-2014.

Following is report & pics of event!

Following Water Birds Seen & counted

Little Cormorants
Indian Pond Heron
Purple Heron
Cattle Egret 
Little Egret
Large (Great) Egret
Common Teal
Gadwall
Spot-Billed Ducks
Northan Pin tail
Northen Shoveler
Ruddy-Brested Crake
White-Brested Water-hen
Gull-billed Terns
Black-Tailed Godwit
Eurasian Curlew
Common Redshank
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Brown-headed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Whiskered Tern
Gull-Billed Tern
Western Marsh Harrier
Small Blue Kingfisher
Wire-Tailed Swallow
Yellow Wagtail



Apart from Waterbirds, following other Forest/Grass & Scrub Lands/Urban Birds were also spotted by Team:

Shikra
Magpie Robin
Asian Pied Starlings
Black Kite
Drongo
Black eared Kite
Palm Swift
Lesser White Throat
Wire-Tailed Swallow
Rosy Starlings
Blyth Reed Warbler
Flower Pecker
Rose-Ringed Parakeet
Whiskered Bulbul
Red-Vented Bulbul
Ashy Prenia
Purple-Rumped Sunbird
Eclipse Sunbird
Rufus Tailed Lark
Thick-Billed Flower-pecker
Paddy Filed Pipit
Long Tailed Shrike
Common Myna
Cooper Smith Barbet
Jungle Crow
Indian Oriole

Our lifer of the day was Swinhoe's Snipe & not many more :-)

Total Count is 54 species in 2 hours - 8AM to 10AM





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