Valmikinagar Tiger Reserve 2018

With sole motive of birding, I re-visited VTR last year and spent  a day each  in Madanpur and Ganauli range between 24-25 December 2019. I thoroughly enjoyed traversing water bodies, streams ,thick forest, open grass land and fringe of forest areas of VTR. As I initially presumed after my visit that it was not so worthy in terms of bird sightings as my previous VTR endeavor in  2010 due to mainly two reasons, poor weather condition and lack of required logistics. However, recently I view my album and I realized some notable additions in my digitization process of Birds of Bihar.

Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

Stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)

 Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) 

Citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola) 

spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)

Little cormorant (Microcarbo niger)

Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) 

Stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)

 Indian pond heron or paddybird (Ardeola grayii) 

White wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola) 

stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)

Red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) 

Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

Indian grey hornbill (Ocyceros birostris)

 Indian pond heron or paddybird (Ardeola grayii) 

Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)

White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) 

 white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) 

 Plain prinia (Prinia inornata)

 Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

 Brown-breasted flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui) 

 White wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Great tit (Parus major)

Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)

House sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)

Himalayan Flameback woodpecker

White-bellied drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens)

 spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) 

Black-hooded oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)

Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)

Blossom-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocepbla) 

Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) 

Indian pond heron or paddybird (Ardeola grayii) 

Kanwar Bird Sanctuary

After visiting of Baraila bird sanctuary(#Birdsanctury) we proceeded towards Kanwar lake (#Kanwarlake), largest freshwater oxbow lake of Asia. The weather condition was not very conducive for the bird watching and photography. However, fortunately we got about an hour sunny window to observe patterns of waders and territorial bird. Our bird watching began with the sighting of Shikra while waiting at forest guest house to stop rain. We captured Rufous treepie and Common mynah; however, I did not snap Greater Coucal.  Soon after, we went into the lake by small boat. We found few folks of waders and wagtail besides Indian territorial birds (#Indianbird) such as Drongo, Kingfisher, Indian roller, Indian pond heron etc.. 

Shikra (Accipiter badius) at Forest Guest house,Kanwar Lak

Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

#Kanwarlake

Citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola) 

White-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

#Kanwarlake

Garganey(Anas querquedula)

Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis)

Cattle egret (Bubulcus)

Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)at Forest Guest house,Kanwar Lake

Common myna (Acridotheres tristis) at Forest Guest house,Kanwar Lake