The Travel Connection

Grey winged blackbird male and female Khalij pheasant male and female Scaly thrush Mistle thrush Koklass pheasant male and female Himalayan woodpecker Brown fronted woodpecker Black throated tit Cheer pheasant Black headed jay Rufous bellied woodpecker Rufous sibia White throated laughing thrush Slaty headed parakeet Himalayan bulbul Great barbet Blue whistling thrush Red billed blue magpie Grey treepie Pied bush chat male and female Streaked laughing thrush Chestnut headed bee eater Common rose finch Chestnut tailed starling Grey capped pygmy woodpecker Plum headed parakeet Blue capped rock thrush Purple sunbird male and female Oriental turtle dove Spotted dove Large billed crow Red ventted bulbul Red whiskered bulbul Russet sparrow Himalyan shrike babbler Grey bushchat female The all important "list" ! Most serious birders have a list. No, I don't have one  but after watching the movie " The big year" was tempted into m...

The birding trip on 1st of January has set a trend for this year. And here we were yet again on a short drive to the outskirts of Bangalore. The elaborate lists on Ebird made Hoskote lake a birder's paradise and we couldn't wait to get there. Though we were a tad late for the migratory birds, we headed out to the grasslands around the lake. After some misses, we hit upon a road that lead us close to the lake. A short walk and we were by the marshy water edge. Without the wellies, we could not venture further and all the water birds were mocking us from the bank on the other side. Without powerful binoculars or telephoto zoom, we could barely recognize the far way  birds. But to see the few up close and personal, made our day! Indian Silverbill Little Egret Painted Storks White cheeked Barbet Sandpiper January 2016 Hoskote Karnataka The Travel Connection: Indian Silverbill ...