Jacarand

Jacaranda is a african tree introduced to India. The blooming period start with the start of summer. These flowers look awesome during day light. This photo was captured in the morning around 8.00 am. Light was nice hence I could use shutter speed appropriately. Flowers were on a upper branch, so I used normal mode (not macro) with 1/640s, f/3.5 at ISO 200. focal length was 31.8mm equivalent.

Recent Bird Trip at Kawadi_21 March'10

Surprisingly we could not see Common coots, River Terns and Green Bee Eaters!! Where Did they Go? For complete bird list approach me at pankajkoparde@gmail.com

House Crow

    Full Frame House crow (No catch light though!)

Morning Time is for cleaning and getting ready for a good day cause...isn't it?

Bird Trip_Mulashi & a Bit of Lavasa

Date: 28 Feb'10 (On the way we realised that its the science day!!)

Time: 7.00 am to 2.00 pm

Route: Pune- Pashan lake- Bhukum- Mulashi-Pune

There is wonder in woods and aimless paths....

Bird List:
1.Open billed storks
2. Jungle Myna
3. Common Myna
4. Common Crow
5. Jungle Crow

6. Asian Koel
7. White Breasted Kingfisher
8. Purple Sunbird
9. Ashy Prinia
10. Long tailed shrike

See the way they have organized to work hard 

11. Shikra
12. Common Kestrel
13. Spotbills
14. Red vented bulbuls
15. common bushchat
16. indian robin
17. magpie robin
18. Keer parakeet
19. Owlet (Dark?!)
20. Golden Oriole
21. Large grey babbler
22. River Terns
23. Little Cormorants
24. Wire tailed swallow

25. Cattle egrets
26. common sparrow

Pashan Lake Visit

Date: 27 Feb'10

Time: 7.15 am to 8.00 am

In the following picture, there is a mixed population of grey herons and egrets. I am doubtful abt the heron at the topmost branches of the tree. Can u please id it for me? Seems to be a grey heron juveline/immature, but the black cap is not evident.

Bird List:

1. Grey heron

2. Painted Stork

3. Open billed stork

4. White necked stork

5. Little cormorants

6. Intermediate Egret

7. Little Egret

8. Pond herons

9. River Terns

10. Ruddy shelduck

11. Nakta

12. Shoveller

13. Spotbill

14. Coot

15. Sandpipers common

16. Red wattled lapwings

17. Black Drongo

18. Dabchicks

19. White Brested Kingfisher

20. Common Myna

21. Black Kite

22. House crow

23. Jungle crow

24. Black winged stilts


Animals:

1. Checkered Killback

BIRD TRIP

Yesterday I alone went to bird trip...kind of bird race...a miniature form. the route was pune-khadakwasla-sinhgad-panshet-rajgad-baneshwar-pune.

Got to see amazing terrain and high contrast nature art! :-) It was total of 180 kms and i enjoyed the ride! I recommend that ppl shd try this! But be alone to explore nature!

Following is the bird list:

Khadakwasla Area:

1. Common Pochard

2. Spotbills

3. Coots

4. Little Egret

5. Intermediate Egret

6. Indian Robin

7. Magpie Robin

8. Dabchicks

9. Laughing Doves

10. Common Myna

11. Little Cormorants

12. Sandpipers

13. Black Drongo

14. Red Vented Bulbul

15. Pond Herons

16. Red Wattled Lapwings

17. White Breasted moorhen

18. Northern Shoveller

19. Pintails

20. Garganey



Panshet Area:

1. Pond Herons

2. Asian Koel

3. House Crow

4. Straited Swallows

5. Black Shouldered Kite

6. Magpie Robin

7. Indian Robin

8. Pied Bhushchat

9. Red wattled lapwing

10. Rock Pigeon

11. Purple Sunbirds

12. Great Tit

13. Green Bee Eaters

14. Long tailed shrike

15. Bay backed shrikes

16. Common Myna




Way To Rajgad and Rajgad-Baneshwar:

1. Green Bee Eaters

2. Short Toed Snake Eagle

3. Unknown Eagle

4. Creasted Serpent Eagle

5. Black Shouldered Kite

6. Indian Roller

7. Malabar Crested Lark?

8. Bay Backed Shrike

9. Common Stonechat

Two birds are unidentified will check them and correct the list.