TonyQ's Big Year: Number 4

[Zim Girl]

Lovely pictures of a treecreeper for your 50th bird. Interesting distance stats too!

[Kitsafari]

Beautiful additions. Hard to pick favourites but i have to say those tits and the treecreeper are a delightful bunch.

[michael-ibk]

You have been busy Tony! Great you get Bullfinchs in your garden, quite a treat! Beautiful additions all through.

[TonyQ]

We went to India for a couple of weeks, so I will need to get posting again

The main places we visited were:

Delhi (bits and pieces in Hauz Khas and Lodhi Gardens)

Satpura, staying at the superb Forsyth Lodge (5 nights)

Kaziranga staying at the very good Diphlu River Lodge (5 nights)

Keolada National Park, Bharatpur. I night at The Birders Inn, giving an afternoon and a morning in the park.

[TonyQ]

I will post roughly alphabetically, but will break that rule straight away as otherwise the first two posts would be so poor!

I will put the overall total first , followed by the India total

51.In1. Ashy Prinia  Prinia socialis     

Forsyth Lodge, Satpura          20.02.2019

The lodge grounds were very good for birding. There was a small pool between our room and the dining area which gave us treats each time we passed.

[TonyQ]

52.In2. Alexandrine Parakeet  Psittacula eupatria     

Satpura           21.02.2019

We saw these a number of times but always distant and usually flying over!

[TonyQ]

53.In3. Alpine Swift  Tachymarptis melba      

Satpura           21.02.2019

Taken from a canoe - couldn't even get the full bird in the frame!

[TonyQ]

54.In4. Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark  Eremopterix griseus    

(m) Satpura           22.02.2019

(f) Satpura           22.02.2019

These were actuall seen in fields just outside the lodge on the short journey into the National Park

[TonyQ]

55.In5. Asian Barred Owlet  Glaucidium cuculoides  

Kaziranga        26.02.2019

Kaziranga        26.02.2019

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56.In6. Asian Openbill  Anastomus oscitans  

Kaziranga        03.03.2019

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57.In7. Asian Pied Starling  Gracupica contra           

Keolada National Park            05.03.2019

[TonyQ]

58.In8. Bar-headed Goose  Anser indicus     

Kaziranga        03.03.2019

Possibly the world's highes flying bird as it migrates over the Himalayas. Very common in Kaziranga and also frequently seen in flight at Satpura

[TonyQ]

59.In9. Barn Swallow  Hirundo rustica           

Kaziranga        28.02.2019

Familiar at home

[TonyQ]

60.In10. Black Bulbul  Hypsipetes leucocephalus     

Kaziranga        02.03.2019

Kaziranga        02.03.2019

[PeterHG]

Good to see your India birds, @TonyQ , even the Barn Swallow ;). Looking forward to more!

[xelas]

3 hours ago, TonyQ said:

We saw these a number of times but always distant and usually flying over!

You should fly via istanbul; there one can get close enough . Based on what we have seen, there will be more of them next year  . SOOC.

 

[Galana]

A good start. Keep them coming.

[TonyQ]

@PeterHG @Galana thank you

@xelas  strange, when we were last in Istanbul (before we were birders, they only had Seagulls and Pigeons)

[TonyQ]

61.In11. Black Drongo  Dicrurus macrocercus          

Keolada National Park            04.03.2019

Edited April 7, 2019 by TonyQ

[TonyQ]

In12. Black Redstart  Phoenicurus ochruros  

Already seen in UK

Satpura           21.02.2019

Satpura           21.02.2019

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62.In13.           Black Stork  Ciconia nigra      

Satpura           22.02.2019

Only seen once, very distant

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63.In14. Black-bellied Tern  Sterna acuticauda         

Satpura           21.02.2019

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64.In15. Black-crowned Night-heron  Nycticorax nycticorax  

Forsyth Lodge, Satpura          24.02.2019

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65.In16. Black-headed Ibis  Threskiornis melanocephalus    

Keolada National Park            04.03.2019

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66.In17. Black-hooded Oriole  Oriolus xanthornus    

Diphlu River Lodge Kaziranga            03.03.2019

Taken from our balcony