Monday, November 25, 2019

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

Friday, December 14, 2018

Bagmati Valley-II ( 2018)

Yesterday, I chose to traverse opposite of my usual route.Most of the time, I spent in my mango orchard which is situated on the bank of the Bagmati. Plum headed Parakeet and Cuckoo-shrike were noticeable sighting in the valley.These two species, I had snapped in  Valmiki Tiger Reserve in 2014 which were published in the Volume-II of Birds of Bihar. Apart from these, I have also snapped Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) in the river. Some photos were snapped in my backyards notably White-throated fantail (Rhipidura albicollis) and Indian golden oriole.

Black-hooded oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)
 Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo)
Blossom-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocepbla) Male
Blossom-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocepbla)
Indian Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei)

Greater coucal or crow pheasant (Centropus sinensis)
White wagtail (Motacilla alba)
White-throated fantail (Rhipidura albicollis)
Common Kingfisher
Purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)

Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)

Common Hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius) 
Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Blossom-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocepbla) 

Indian Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei)
White-eyed buzzard (Butastur teesa)
Black-hooded oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)


Blossom-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocepbla)
Common Hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius) 
Greater coucal or crow pheasant (Centropus sinensis)

Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)

White-eyed buzzard (Butastur teesa)


White-throated fantail (Rhipidura albicollis)