The impassioned zealots that shirked beauty sleep & braved the harsh conditions of the rugged terrains are as under :

1)      Anjana Jha

2)      Dada (Mr Jha)

3)      Nargis Natrajan

4)      B S Keshav

5)      Mrs Keshav

6)      Svengali

7)      Bunty

8)      Ekta Bhandari

The opportunity of dishing out the masala factor has been snatched away by our Mrs Nitrogen & therefore I’m left with the task of meticulous reporting on the bird sightings along with a few bird pictures thrown in.

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                                   Rufous backed shrike



                                                 Pond heron

                                   Pacific Golden Plover

                                           The Indian Shag



                                             Wood sand piper



Unknown bird (will appreciate if someone identifies this one for me)


                                     Red Wattled lapwing

                                Paddy field Pipits

                                           Greater Egret



(From left to right) Indian Shag, Little egret, Pond heron, Red wattled Lapwing, and a sneaking common sniper



                                             The green bee-eater



                                          Greater Cormorant



                        Common teals(females) & Purple heron



                                       Common Kingfisher



                                       Black winged stilt



                                   The black headed bulbul



                                              The black drongo

The list of birds sighted is as under. Total count - 41

1)      Pacific Golden Plover

2)      Common Stonechats

3)      Caspian Tern

4)      Gull billed tern

5)      Common Snipes

6)      Grey Wagtail

7)      Common Red Shank

8)      Common Green Shank

9)      Lesser & Greater Sand Plovers

10)  Wood sand piper

11)  Curlew sand piper

12)  Indian sand piper

13)  Greater & lesser egret

14)  Grey Heron

15)  Purple Heron

16)  Pond Heron

17)  Greater Cormorant

18)  Indian Shag

19)  Red Wattled lapwing

20)  Common Kingfisher

21)  White throated Kingfisher

22)  Glossy Ibis

23)  Black headed bulbul

24)  Black Kites

25)  Black winged stilt

26)  Barn Swallows

27)  Palm Swifts

28)  Paddy Field Warblers

29)  Rufous backed shrike

30)  Little Egret

31)  Red Avadavats

32)  Ashy Prinia

33)  Plain Prinia

34)  Paddy field Pipits

35)  Red vented bulbul

36)  Green bee-eater

37)  Black Drongo

38)  Laughing Dove

39)  Blue rock pigeon

40)  Jungle crow

41)  Common crow

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