A Common Babbler foraging on the ground in the desert
A uncommon maybe rare babbler in our home state, but common in Rajasthan which we visited in Dec 2024. This babbler is something I wanted to spend time with and I had that wish fulfilled in that trip. The habitat is grasslands and dry scrublands. They forage in the bush and ground hopping from bush to bush in small groups.
We sighted almost 200 -300 + birds in our trip much to my delight. The call is a sweet bell like sound unlike some of the other babblers whose call is coarse. The birds were competitively foraging and were quite playful chasing each other or trying on top of each other. As we got closer slowly, they disappeared into a large bush on the roadside and hid there as we started photographing - had to wait for a while for them to come out again. And I am so happy with the results.
Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
A Common Babbler foraging on the ground in the desert
A uncommon maybe rare babbler in our home state, but common in Rajasthan which we visited in Dec 2024. This babbler is something I wanted to spend time with and I had that wish fulfilled in that trip. The habitat is grasslands and dry scrublands. They forage in the bush and ground hopping from bush to bush in small groups.
We sighted almost 200 -300 + birds in our trip much to my delight. The call is a sweet bell like sound unlike some of the other babblers whose call is coarse. The birds were competitively foraging and were quite playful chasing each other or trying on top of each other. As we got closer slowly, they disappeared into a large bush on the roadside and hid there as we started photographing - had to wait for a while for them to come out again. And I am so happy with the results.
Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.