Ahh, time for
World Bird Wednesday! What kind of striking birds have you got this week, folks? Well, I've got a few! The highlight of this week is a family of
White-breasted Waterhen that I came across and videoed at a small pool near a paddy field on the way to work. There were two adults looking after three chicks, so I assume both parents of this species take care of their offspring. The chicks are coal black so you need to look carefully to make them out in the video. I took two snaps of the adults too.
White-breasted Waterhen, Amaurornis phoenicurus
The freshly planted paddy fields these days are hosting quite a large number of birds, and I bagged Red-wattled Lapwing, and Indian Pond Heron.
Red-wattled Lapwing, Vanellus indicus
Indian Pond Heron,Ardeola grayii
I photographed a
Common Kingfisher at the same spot where the Waterhens were, and another on a bank of the canal.
Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
This
Cormorant( whether
Little, Indian or
Great I don't know
) was by the canal too.
? Cormorant
I saw quite a large, mixed, flock of
Scaly-breasted and
White-rumped Munias today near the canal too, but I only managed to capture one
Scaly-breasted Munia.
Scaly-breasted Munia, Lonchura punctulata
There was a couple of Rose-ringed Parakeets on a tree this morning by the road I use to reach our hospital, and one was very obliging.
Finally, a
Purple-rumped Sunbird that I captured in a neighbor's garden.
Purple-rumped Sunbird ,Leptocoma zeylonica
A post for
World Bird Wednesday.
