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) 

Bagmati Valley-I ( 2018)

I followed yesterday the same route as 2017 Birding at Bagmati Valley 2017

But the orchard and trees that were grown over the last decade eroded and subsequently drowned in the river delta during last flood. Hence, birds shelter's areas were diminished due to the aforementioned reason. I felt that likewise me,  lost lap of mother on 6th December, these birds lost their shelters. Weather was slightly better this time. Fog is only bottleneck however it was compensated by sunny day. I observed some new species of birds which were not seen by me during my previous walk through around the areas. Most significant among these is Spotted Munia and their family, which was my first sighting ever.

Scaly-breastedMunia or spotted munia (Lonchura punctulata) 

Spotted Munia(Juvenile)

Besides Spotted Munia I have also come across with White-eyed buzzard (Butastur teesa) which appeared me as  common Kestrel but latter on I realized that again my first sighting. This time also I was lucky to snapped Barn Swallow.

White-eyed buzzard (Butastur teesa)

Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Piedmyna or Asian pied starling (Gracupica contra)

Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus)

Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Greater coucal or crow pheasant (Centropus sinensis)

Indian Cormorant

Jungle Babbler

Indianpondheron or paddybird (Ardeola grayii)