After seeing BROWN CHAT and several flyover Olive-backed Pipits from the hotel we got a
rikshaw out to the edge of the wetlands in Bharatpur NP for a full days birding
in the park, most of yesterday’s birds were seen again but with plenty more
waterbirds added to the trip list including Grey Heron, Pied Kingfisher,
Ruddy Shelduck, huge flocks of LESSER WHISTLING DUCKS, smart BRONZE-WINGED JACANAS, Little
Cormorants, INDIAN
CORMORANTS, Spoonbills, good numbers of Marsh Harriers, Pintail, Darters, several huge SARUS CRANES, Garganey, a Woolly-necked Storks,
Greylag Geese, Black-headed Ibis, Wigeon, a drake Ferruginous Duck,
Common Kingfisher, Indian Pond Heron, KNOB-BILLED DUCKS, Painted Storks,
a couple of CLAMOROUS
REED WARBLERS, Night Herons, Glossy Ibis, a stunning BLACK BITTERN,
good views of a RUDDY-BREASTED
CRAKE, Striated Herons, lots
of wintering Citrine Wagtails and flyover Marsh Sandpipers.
It was pretty packed with birds throughout the day but apparently when
its properly wet there are 60% more birds present with plenty of breeding
activity going on.
Other birds seen included a Hoopoe, a
few PIED
BUSHCHATS, a BAY-BACKED SHRIKE, a few Blyth’s Reed
Warblers, a few Wire-tailed Swallows with
plenty of Swallows and Plain Martins, a few Steppe Eagles,
several Long-tailed Shrikes, a DUSKY EAGLE OWL on a nest, a single LONG-BILLED VULTURE (Indian Vulture) – apparently the first Vulture in
the park for two years (!) after the catastrophic population crashes of
Vultures in India, great views of a Crested Serpent Eagle,
a few INDIAN
ROLLERS, a roosting INDIAN SCOPS OWL, a cracking male EASTERN BLACK
REDSTART (of the very black looking P. o.
rufiventris), good views of an INDIAN GOLDEN
ORIOLE (possibly a split from our Golden Oriole) and Common
Stonechat.
Oriental Magpie Robin
Brahminy Starlings
Spotted Owlet
Indian Scops Owl
Brown Chat
Crested Serpent Eagle
Darters
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