Hi all, how's it goin? You must have noticed that I don't blog as regularly I used to, but It's just a temporary drawback, things will get back in form soon. Till then, enjoy these!
Hello folks, It's wonderful to be posting for World Bird Wednesday again! I'll start with two video clips I made today by the Railway line, A Plain Prinia and an Ashy Prinia.
Plain Prinia, Prinia inornata
Ashy Prinia, Prinia socialis
And here is an Oriental Magpie Robin Sub-adult photographed at the beginning of the week.
Oriental Magpie Robin, Copsychus saularis
And a Spotted Dove.
Spotted Dove, Streptopelia chinensis
A Red-vented Bulbul near a paddy field.
Red-vented Bulbul,Pycnonotus cafer
And finally an Asian Brown Flycatcher from my archives.
This Water monitor (Varanus salvator) I've photographed occupies the same spot where the Waterhen family lives. It's said that when these scavengers consume a decent meal they lie motionless till it is properly digested. I believe it's true for when I took the bottom picture yesterday, the creature's belly was enormous and it didn't move at all.
Three Black-rumped Flameback Woodpeckers,Dinopium benghalense, gave me quite a run around the neighborhood a couple of days ago. I barely managed to make this crappy video showing two of them.
Remember the Waterhen family I showed you last week? The chicks are apparently doing well. I saw them at the same spot today and took a couple of photos and made a short video. The parents are a little less protective of the chicks now, allowing them to wonder on their own a little.
That's about all the birds I've got about this week, as I had to compromise birding to have my family life intact!
