Azhathankarai Uppalam (Salt Lake) Bird Watching.

Visited Azhathankarai Uppalam (Salt Lake), Rajakkalamangalam  near Nagercoil in KK district  on 28th December.. spotted the below Birds..I had a wonderful Bird watching time..

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Azhathankarai Uppalam (Salt Lake), Ganapathipuram, Tamil Nadu 629501

1.Eurasian coot
2. Purple swamphen
3. Indian Cormorant
4. Black headed Ibis
5.Gray heron
6.Purple heron
7. Black winged stilt
8. Spot billed duck
9. Pond heron
10. Spot billed Pelican
11. Cattle egret
12. Median egret
13. Little egret
14. Painted stork
15. Garganey
16.White breasted king Fisher
17.Red wattled lapwing
18. Bee eater
19. Spoon Bill
20. brahminy kite
21. Whiskered tern
22. Snake bird (darter)
23. Openbill stork
24. Flamingo
25. Godwit
26. Sandpiper
27. Bettern
28. Common swallow
29. Goliath Heron
30. Swift
31. Grebe
32. white-browed wagtail or large pied wagtail
33. Dabchick

Pallikarnai Marsh

Flamingo

Glossy Ibis

Purple Swamphen

Field Trip to Perumbakkam lake _ 16th March 2016

Field Trip to Perumbakkam lake _ 16th March 2016

Spotted List of species:

No	Species
1	Northern Shoveler
2	Garganey
3	Little Grebe
4	Asian Openbill
5	Painted Stork
6	Indian Cormorant
7	Little Cormorant
8	Spot-billed Pelican
9	Gray Heron
10	Purple Heron
11	Great Egret
12	Intermediate Egret
13	Little Egret
14	Cattle Egret
15	Indian Pond-Heron
16	Black-headed Ibis
17	Eurasian Coot
18	Black-winged Stilt
19	Lesser Sand-Plover
20	Common Tern
21	Pied Kingfisher
22	House Crow

23            Purple_Moorhen

Video Link:

 Asian Openbill Stork

 

Eurasian Coot

 

Little Cormorant

Asian Openbill Stork

Black-headed Ibis

Eurasian Coot

 

Indian Cormorant

Purple Swamphen

Pallikarnai Marsh land

Brands: Binoculars are often treated like a fashion item and hanging a Swarovski binocular in the field is akin to wearing a Rolex watch to a meeting. But like a HMT or Timex gives the same time as the Rolex at a fraction of the price, a good pair of Bushnells may show the same view as a pair of Leica Ultravids, again at a fraction of the price. But there is always more to price differences than brand names alone, so to each his/her own! Here are some choices:
Most desirable: Swarovski, Leica and Zeiss - starts upwards of Rs 40k
Medium range: Nikon, Bushnell, Pentax - wide price range
Cheaper alternatives: Olympus, Swift, Eagle Optics - often in the less than Rs 4,000/- range

Some recommended starter models available in India:
Pentax PCF WP II 8x40 (Porro)
Nikon Action 7x35 (Porro)
Nikon Action 8x40 (Porro)
Nikon Sporter I 8x36 (Roof prism)
Olympus 8x40 DPS I (Porro)
Bushnell Falcon (Porro)
Prices start at Rs. 2,500/= and the Nikon Action Series is priced at around Rs. 5,000/=. The Pentax PCF can cost around Rs 8,000/= but is nitrogen purged.

- See more at: http://www.kolkatabirds.com/binocs.htm#sthash.Oa2kN4uj.dpuf

Flamingos & Black-winged Stilt

Flamingos , Black-winged Stilt & Cattle Egret

Flamingos

Black-winged Stilt

Flamingos

Yellow-wattled Lapwing

Asian Openbill-Stork

Asian Openbill-Stork

Indian Pond Heron

Little Egret

Cattle Egret

Bird Watch - Rajakamangalam - March 5th, 2016

Birdwatching Site: Rajakalamanagalam

Accompanied by:  Anandh Prasanth , Nagercoil.

Google Map links:
Rajakalamangalam Thurai
Rajakalamangalam Pond

List of Birds spotted on March 5th ,2016.

1. Swallow
2. Swift
3. Little grebe
4. Purple heron
5. Grey heron
6. Pond heron
7. Spot billed pelican
8. Great egret
9. Little egret
10. Median egret
11. Cattle egret
12. Asian Openbill stork
13. White ibis
14. Garganey
15. Shoveller
16. Red wattled lapwing
17. Koel
18. Purple Moor hen
19. Sandpiper
20. Lesser sand plover
21. Black winged stilt
22. Whiskered tern
23. White breasted king Fisher
24. Blue tailed Bee eater
25. Little Cormorant

1. Swallow:

2. Blue tailed Bee Eater

 

3. Little Cormorant

4.  Lesser sand plover

5. Asian openbill stork

6. Median Egret

 7. Whiskered tern

8. Pond Heron 

9. Little grebe

10. Purple Heron

11. Black winged stilt

Snaps from Old Blog

 

Spoon Bill 

Small Bee-eater

(Merops orientalis)

White-tailed Robin (Female)

 Indian Silverbill

 

Painted stork

Painted stork

Spot-billed pelican

Indian Cormorant

Indian Cormorant

 

Indian Spot-billed duck

MEDIAN EGRET

 

 

Purple heron

 

Fulvous whistling-duck

http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/fulvouswhistlingduck.htm

 

The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large and fabulously colourful waterbird with a striking wing pattern.

 

Spot-billed pelican

 

Purple Swamphen

 http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Porphyrio-porphyrio

Black-winged stilt