Birding On The Go.......

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( whetherLittle, 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.

Purple-rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica)

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Posted for World Bird Wednesday and Wordless Wednesday. 

Lots Of Birds In My Working Place Premises-5, A Purple Rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica), Feeding On Nector

This bird was at the same spot where the Purple Sunbird was as shown by the fiust video of this series. You may learn a great deal about these birds here.

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.