First Visit to Ameenpur Lake

All the time when I was in Hyderabad I never heard of this lake. in 2012 couple of my photographer friends posted some amazing photographs with tags of Ameenpur lake. On probing and Googling came to about the richness of this place. On one of my visit to Hyderabad in 2014 I visited Ameenpur lake.

Following are few images from my first visit to Ameenpur lake.

Ashy Crowned Sparrow Lark
 

Brahminy Kite
 

Brown Rockchat
 

Grey Heron in flight with catch
 

Kentish Plover
 

Little Ringed Plover in flight
 

Pied Kingfisher
   

Pied Kingfisher and Swallows in the background
 

Red Avadavat
 

River Tern
 

River Tern female
 

Wood Sandpiper
 

Zitting Cisticola
 

Need ID (type of Pipit)
 

Insects
 

Blister Beetle
 

Jamnagar - The Birders Paradise

This was the last trip while I was in Vadodara. Whitout this trip my stay in Vadodara would have been incomplete.

Absolutly amazing place and a must visit for the birders specially for the shorebirds. Crab Plover and Pied Avocet were in list of must click birds since a while. I was lucky enough to get good clear shots.

Following are the spotting from the trip.

Black tailed Godwit
 

Common Pochard female
 

Common Pochard Male



Common Redshank
 

Crab Plover
 

Dunlin
   

Greater Sand Plover
   

Grey Heron in flight
 

Lesser Sand Plover in flight
 

Lesser Sand Plover
   

Little Stint
 

Mallard Male
   

Northern Shoveler Male
   

Northern Shoveler Male in flight
 

Northern Shoveler Female in flight
 

Pied Avocet
 

Pied Avocet about to land
 

Rudy Turnstone
 

Slender Billed Gull
 

Spot Billed Duck
 

Tufted Duck Female
 

Need ID (Type of Pipit)
 

Western Reef Heron in white morph
 

Wimbrel
 

Need ID for this Crab
 

Landscapes and Waterscapes

Trip to LRK - Little Rann of Kutch

LRK was one of the last trips while I was in Vadodara. This trip was also long pending. It was a road trip with 3 other friends.

We left Vadodara at around 3 AM and reached LRK by around 7:30AM after getting the permit and tickets, we started off with morning safari.

Following are the spotting from the morning safari:

Kentish Plover


Common Kestrel Male



MacQueen Bustered



Shrike (need to confirm ID)



Skys' Lark



Wild Ass



Desert Wheatear



Northern Shoveler Male



Terek Sandpiper



River Tern



Pallas's Gull



Skyes's Nightjar



Chestnut bellied Sandgrouse



Short eared Owl





Montagu Harrier Female



Montangu Harrier male



Montangu Harrier Female



Marsh Harrier



Overall it wasn't a very good trip considering number of species that we got to spot. We expected to spot wide range of eagles, falcons(spotted Marlin but couldn't get to shoot) and owls. We did spot some flamingos (both lesser and greater) but they were very far off the shore.