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.

Birding from Balcony - at Vadodara

Birds that I have captured from the balcony of the apartment I lived for 2 years at Gotri, Vadodara

Ashy Prinia



Bank Myna



Baya Weaver Male



Baya Weaver Female



Black Kite



Button Quail



Cattle Egret



Common Babler



Common Black Drongo



Common Myna



Common Tailor Bird



Coucal



Green Bee Eater



Grey Francoline



House Sparrow Female

Indian Robin Female



Indian Silver bill



Jungle Prinia



Jungle Babler



Jungle Crow



Jungle Prinia



Large Grey Babler, Green Bee eater and, Purple rumped Sunbird



Laughing Dove



Marsh Harrier



Oriental Honey eye buzzard Male



Oriental Honey Eye buzzard Female



Oriental Honey Eye buzzard pair



Painted Stork



Pale Billed Flowerpecker



Pied Cuckoo



Peacock/Peafowl



Purple Sunbird in Eclipse Plumage



Red Rumped Swallow



Red Munia Female



Red Vented Bulbul



Red Watted Lapwing



Rock Brown Chat



Rock Dove/Pegion



Rose Ringed Parakeet female



Rosy Starling Juvenile



Rosy Starling



Scaly Brested Munia



Shikra Male



Shikra Female



Small Blue Kingfisher



Spotted Dove with nesting material



Twany Bellied Babler



White Brested Kingfisher

Yellow Eyed Babler



Yellow Wattled lapwings