Regular Birding - Nov 12, 2006 Sunday | 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM - Van Vihar

Night Herons have shifted to opposite side of magar baada. The place were pied kingfishers are commonly seen. Even this one has occupied the favorite place of pied kingfisher. Photo : Mohd. Khalique	Birding group consisting of students of IIFM looking at lesser whisteling teals. About 200 + teals were seen today. Also were some spot billed ducks in the vicinity. Photo : Mohd. Khalique

Students of IIFM joined for birding on Nov 12, 2006 at 7:00 AM in VVNP. About 51 species were seen including many migratory birds mostly terrestrial. Tickels blue and verditer flycatcher were seen along with bluethroat.

Checklist

1. Loughing dove (3)
2. Booted warbler (1)
3. Verditer flycatcher (1)
4. Red vented bulbul (5)
5. Ring dove (1)
6. Long tailed shrike (3)
7. Black drongo (2)
8. Small green beeater (3)
9. Pied myna (5)
10. Pied crested cuckoo (2)
11. Magpie robin (1)
12. Spotted dove (2)
13. Iora (1)
14. White breasted kingfisher (3)
15. Ashy prinia (3)
16. Lesser whistling teal (200 +)
17. Grey Heron (7)
18. Indian robin (1)
19. Cattle egret (3)
20. Median egret (1)
21. Pied bushchat (5)
22. Silver bill munia (3)
23. Eurasian collored dove (1)
24. Red wattled lapwing (3)
25. Pond heron (1)
26. Small blue kingfisher (3)
27. Spot billed duck (3)
28. Black winged stilt (2)
29. Black redstart (1)
30. Purple heron (1)
31. Bluethroat (1)
32. Common Myna
33. Tickels Blue Flycatcher (1)
34. Purple Sunbird (5)
35. Chestnut headed beeater (3)
36. Greater Coucal (1)
37. Little egret (2)
38. Night heron (4)
39. Little Cormorant (50+)
40. Pied Kingfisher (1)
41. Bronze winged jacana (2)
42. Golden oriole (2)
43. Large Cormorant (50+)
44. House Crow (1)
45. Indian bush lark (1)
46. Lesser white throat (3)
47. Bay backed shrike (1)
48. Common hoopoe (1)
49. White browed wagtail (2)
50. Common moorhen (1)
51. Coot (1)