Back In Black..........

Hey folks, it's wonderful to be back blogging again! I'm sorry for the long absence, but I'm back, and with some exiting stuff too.

Last Saturday was a great day in my life, for I was able to bag a really magnificent bird of prey, a Crested Serpent Eagle! He was perched on a power pillar in a rice field nearby, probably looking for some game, and obliged me with these two presentable shots before flying away.

Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela spilogaster)

  The same day I captured  a family of Red-wattled Lapwings, two juveniles and their mother, as well as  flock of Scaly-breasted Munias.  

Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)

And here are some more birds from the garden.

Yellow-billed Babbler  (Turdoides affinis)

Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)

I hope you enjoyed my photos and videos, and I'll drop by your blogs too. I will post again on next Friday if capture anything new by then, so stay tuned. Ciao!

Posted for World Bird Wednesday and Camera Critters.

Prinia,Prinia, And The Others....

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. 

Asian Brown Flycatcher,Muscicapa dauurica

 

This Week's Birds......

How's the birding  been this week, folks? It's not been too bad for me. My walks to and from work as well as hanging around the birding patch has yielded some nice birds.
                                                                          
                                                                     ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET Psittacula krameri
Well, let's start off with some Rose-ringed Parakeets, they are in full swing now.



























CRESTED SERPENT EAGLE Spilornis cheela
This juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle was a lifer, my fist bird of prey! The photos are nothing to brag about though.

                                                                                                               ASIAN OPENBILL Anastomus oscitans
Rice fields are being planted for the next season, so the fields being prepared attract lots of water birds, who come looking for small critters unearthed by farmers. I only managed to capture this Asian Openbill Stork.

                                                               Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)

This immature Oriental Magpie Robin was catching bugs on the ground by the railroad track.



















ASHY PRINIA Prinia socialis

 An Ashy Prenia and a Jerdon's Bushlark were perched on a power cable running over  a paddy field.

















 
Jerdon's Bushlark (Mirafra affinis)                                                       

                                                                     WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER Halcyon smyrnensis
This White -throated Kingfisher was by an irrigation canal.




Well,that's about it, lets hope next week will be even better! if you have not linked up your bird posts to Wold Bird Wednesday yet,you must!

Barbet And Robin..........

Hey folks, how's it goin? We have had a good mix of blazing sun and thundering downpour for about two weeks, and it didn't rain at all for last three days.

I have observed Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) to be mostly a solitary bird. Their diet seems to consist almost entirely of insects, there are instances when one would snatch some cooked rice off the feeder in the garden. 







Do you remember my post about nesting Brown-headed Barbets? Well, the chicks seem to be growing well, they make  quite a racket! The nest is completely hidden from view though, good for them. Here are some stills and  a video I managed to get of the adult bird/s.

A post for World Bird Wednesday and Wild Wings Wednesday.

Lots Of Birds In My Working Place Premises

Getting these birds on video and identifying them is lots of fun. I wish I could have a job that allows me more time with nature instead of a  few minutes of a lunch break now and then. :-(  But I'm luckier than many to work where there are so many birds. :-) Pleas correct me if any of my bird identifications are incorrect.

Bellow are Purple Sunbirds (Cinnyris asiaticus) feasting on the flowers . The first one is a male.



This One shows a house sparrow.

The little black and white busybody in this clip is Oriental Magpie Robin.



This One is a Purple-rumped Sunbird.