Checklist of birdwatching
In and around Ranganathittu
Date: 11October2016
Date: 11October2016
Time: 7am to 9.30am
Weather: Bright and clear sky
- Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)*
- Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri),
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- Southern Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
- Purple-rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica)
- Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
- Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
- Red-naped Ibis (Pseudibis papillosa)
- Oriental white ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)*
- Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)
- Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
- Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)*
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Green Bee eater (Merops orientalis)
- Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
- Reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)*
- White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola)
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos)
- Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)
- Malabar-grey Hornbill (Ocyceros griseus)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- River Tern (Sterna aurantia)
- Indian Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
- Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger)
- White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis)
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)*
- Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis)
- Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)
- White-cheeked Barbet (Megalaima viridis)
- Black kite (Milvus migrans)
- Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
- Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Jungle Myna (Acridotheres fuscus)
- Common Crow (Corvus splendens)
- Lesser Goldenback Woodpecker (most likely, only calls no sighting)
Wrote these lines while having coffee
after birding
To
etch the sky in white
And
take it all the way to the end
Where
blue meets the grey
And
white dots squiggles the else
The
rest is faint breath
