London
will host the Olympics in 2012 and a rudderless England football team will play
in the European Finals. Beyond these minor sporting sideshows there is the matter
of the 10,000 Birds year lists. It is not, I repeat NOT a competition. There
will be neither prize nor accolade, no winner, no garland. But…….
Vist the dedicated India page for posts from New Delhi, Bangalore and more posts from Mumbai, including Powai Lake and Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
Rose-ringed Parakeet
We
all have our own self-imposed restrictions. Greg, for example, is only counting
Corvids and Clare K will only include birds that contain a capital ‘R’. My list
will be restricted to birds found by public transport or my own energies. Since
the flights are considered a necessary part of my employment, these will be disregarded
and the game starts from the hotel. Luckily our hotel had a small garden and I
was able to manage a quick minute before pick up and find a few qualifying
birds as seen below.
It
was such a quick flit that I missed a warbler and a sunbird, but got a good
look at the Coppersmith Barbet.
Birds
seen; 8
Black
Kite 1, Alexandrine Parakeet 6, Rose-ringed Parakeet 2, Coppersmith Barbet 7,
Red-vented Barbet 1, Oriental Magpie-robin 4, House Crow 80, Common Myna 2, Vist the dedicated India page for posts from New Delhi, Bangalore and more posts from Mumbai, including Powai Lake and Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
Adders have been quite active in Vinters Park in the past http://vintersvalley.co.uk/index.php
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I have not seen any there myself lately, Tim
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