Greater Coucal

(Centropus sinensis)

A large bird that resembles a cross between a crow and a pheasant. Largely black with distinctive rusty wings, glossy underparts, a long and heavy black tail, and deep red eyes. Juveniles are much duller with white bars on the tail and underparts and variable amounts of black streaks on the wings and upperparts. Common across a range of habitats except very dense forests. Similar to Lesser Coucal, but Greater Coucal is larger with a longer bill and red eyes. Adult Greater Coucals also lack the white streaks on the wings seen on Lesser Coucal. The call is a series of deep, resonant “oop-oop-oop” notes.

Greater Coucal in flight

15 January, 2021

Industrial focal point, Kapurthala, Punjab

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Red-winged Blackbird ~ Agelaius phoeniceus ~ Carouge à épaulettes ~ Hardyston, New Jersey

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The Dhanauri Wetlands is a birdwatching area located in Thasrana, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Dhanauri Wetlands is home to over 150 Sarus cranes.

As reported in HT on May 28, 2019 , The Uttar Pradesh forest department has decided to notify the Dhanauri wetland in Greater Noida’s Gautam Budh Nagar— one of the few wetlands supporting a fairly large sarus crane population. While this is cheerful news for birders and nature-lovers in the National Capital Region, the department’s plan is to recognise only 25 hectares of the wetland’s 100ha area.

The forest department’s plan, accessed by HT, states that Dhanauri is an extremely important site for sarus cranes, which has over eight breeding pairs of sarus cranes compared to four in Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary. Dhanauri hosts a non-breeding sarus crane population of about 100 birds.

Along with a proposal to notify Dhanauri under the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, the proposal states that the International Crane Foundation will initiate a documentation of annual variation in numbers and distribution of sarus Cranes. The documentation will give information on survival of sarus crane chicks hatching in Dhanauri and spatial movement of the species.

The proposal lists sarus cranes, pheasant-tailed jacana, baya weaver, green bee-eater, marsh harrier, ashy prinia and grey heron among birds thronging Dhanauri.

But the proposal states that the “zone of influence” (an area in which developmental activities are likely to induce adverse changes in wetland structure and functioning) of the wetland is 25ha and the active wetland area is only 4.24ha. However, the National Wetland Inventory and Assessment conducted by the Space Applications Centre in 2006-07 shows the wetland is spread over a 100ha area.

“We are trying to find a solution for this. Villagers may turn hostile if there is a restriction on several activities if a larger area is notified. Most of the area here is private and the value of real estate is high,” Pramod Kumar Srivastava, divisional forest officer, Greater Noida, said. A report by the Remote Sensing Applications Centre in Uttar Pradesh also shows that the total area is about 100ha.

Anand Arya, a birder and environmentalist who has been pursuing the notification of Dhanauri wetland for years, said “This wetland is the perfect place for sarus cranes. This is why at the roosting time a flock of about 150 sarus cranes can be seen here and 4-8 nests have been seen during 2015-2017 within the wetland itself. Dhanauri is also home to over 211 species of birds — 92 migratory and 119 resident species. Dhanauri also meets the criteria of a Ramsar wetland.” The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands recognises wetlands of international significance because of their conservation value.

Activists fear many other wetlands may not be notified in their entirety. The data on how many wetlands have been notified in the country is not available.

The Supreme Court had, in 2017, directed the Centre to “identify and inventorise” all 201,503 wetlands with an area of 2.25ha captured by satellite imagery.

“Dhanauri is part of the sarus crane belt connecting with Mainpuri and Etawah. It meets the criteria of an important bird and biodiversity site (IBA),” said Nikhil Devasar, birder and author. The sarus crane is listed in the “vulnerable” category by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

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The Striated Laughing thrush, 31 October 2021.

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The pied flycatcher is a small, flycatching bird, slightly smaller than a house sparrow. The male is mostly black on the upperparts and white underneath, with a bold white patch on the folded wing. Females are browner. It is a summer visitor and breeds mainly in western areas, spending the winter in West Africa. Pied flycatchers can be found in mature woodlands mainly to the west of the UK, but not in Northern Ireland.

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The Red Kite Feeding Station, Llanddeusant, Llangadog 07.04.2023

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1- The king, one legged on his throne. You can see the sleeping queen too

2- The queen, giving me the look

3 (,4&5)- Hail Count Duckula

6 (,7&8) - Count's closeup.

All are shot on #Canon R5 + #Sigma 150-600C

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Este año los higos han salido un poco raros en las higueras de el marjal…Debe ser cosa de los transgénicos 😉

Aquest any les figues han eixit un poc estranyes a les figueres de la marjal... Potser és cosa dels transgènics 😉

This year, the figs have turned out a bit strange on the fig trees in the marsh... It must be something to do with GMOs 😉

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🐦 Der Wächter des Waldes – der Eichelhäher 🌳

Dieser farbenfrohe Vogel ist ein Eichelhäher (Garrulus glandarius) – und einer der auffälligsten Vertreter der Rabenvögel. ✨ Mit seinem blauen Flügelfleck und dem cleveren Wesen ist er nicht nur ein optisches Highlight, sondern auch ein echter Waldbewohner mit Köpfchen!

🌍 Verbreitung

Man findet ihn in ganz Europa, Teilen von Nordafrika und bis nach Asien. Besonders wohl fühlt er sich in Laub- und Mischwäldern, ist aber auch in Parks und Gärten zu Gast – wie hier! 🏡

🌰 Ernährung

Eichelhäher sind Allesfresser – ihr Name verrät bereits ihre Lieblingsspeise: Eicheln! 🌰 Daneben fressen sie Insekten, Beeren, kleine Tiere 🐛️ und gelegentlich auch Vogeleier

Brutzeit & Aufzucht

Die Brutzeit liegt zwischen April und Juni. In gut versteckten Nestern ziehen sie meist 4–6 Jungvögel groß. Beide Eltern kümmern sich liebevoll um den Nachwuchs. 💕

🎶 Übrigens: Der Eichelhäher ist ein Meister der Imitation – er kann die Rufe anderer Vögel (und sogar Katzen) täuschend echt nachahmen! 🐱🎤

Dieser Moment zeigt ihn in aller Ruhe – ein stiller Wächter auf Beobachtungsposten. Einfach wunderschön.

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Like many we have a bird feeder at home but this took our love for birds to a whole new level. I never imagined Wood Peckers would gently land on our hands, take time to pick through the seeds, and look in our eyes, almost as though to thank us... Wow. What an experience to be so close and feel them in our hands. They made us smile.

We fed only wild bird seed... They love sunflower seeds!

National Bird Day, 5 January 2022.

Yellow footed green pigeon, 14February, 2021

Keoladeo National Park

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Whiskered Yuhina

24 May, 2022

Nainital, Uttarakhand

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The Dhanauri Wetlands is a birdwatching area located in Thasrana, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Dhanauri Wetlands is home to over 150 Sarus cranes.

As reported in HT on May 28, 2019 , The Uttar Pradesh forest department has decided to notify the Dhanauri wetland in Greater Noida’s Gautam Budh Nagar— one of the few wetlands supporting a fairly large sarus crane population. While this is cheerful news for birders and nature-lovers in the National Capital Region, the department’s plan is to recognise only 25 hectares of the wetland’s 100ha area.

The forest department’s plan, accessed by HT, states that Dhanauri is an extremely important site for sarus cranes, which has over eight breeding pairs of sarus cranes compared to four in Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary. Dhanauri hosts a non-breeding sarus crane population of about 100 birds.

Along with a proposal to notify Dhanauri under the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, the proposal states that the International Crane Foundation will initiate a documentation of annual variation in numbers and distribution of sarus Cranes. The documentation will give information on survival of sarus crane chicks hatching in Dhanauri and spatial movement of the species.

The proposal lists sarus cranes, pheasant-tailed jacana, baya weaver, green bee-eater, marsh harrier, ashy prinia and grey heron among birds thronging Dhanauri.

But the proposal states that the “zone of influence” (an area in which developmental activities are likely to induce adverse changes in wetland structure and functioning) of the wetland is 25ha and the active wetland area is only 4.24ha. However, the National Wetland Inventory and Assessment conducted by the Space Applications Centre in 2006-07 shows the wetland is spread over a 100ha area.

“We are trying to find a solution for this. Villagers may turn hostile if there is a restriction on several activities if a larger area is notified. Most of the area here is private and the value of real estate is high,” Pramod Kumar Srivastava, divisional forest officer, Greater Noida, said. A report by the Remote Sensing Applications Centre in Uttar Pradesh also shows that the total area is about 100ha.

Anand Arya, a birder and environmentalist who has been pursuing the notification of Dhanauri wetland for years, said “This wetland is the perfect place for sarus cranes. This is why at the roosting time a flock of about 150 sarus cranes can be seen here and 4-8 nests have been seen during 2015-2017 within the wetland itself. Dhanauri is also home to over 211 species of birds — 92 migratory and 119 resident species. Dhanauri also meets the criteria of a Ramsar wetland.” The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands recognises wetlands of international significance because of their conservation value.

Activists fear many other wetlands may not be notified in their entirety. The data on how many wetlands have been notified in the country is not available.

The Supreme Court had, in 2017, directed the Centre to “identify and inventorise” all 201,503 wetlands with an area of 2.25ha captured by satellite imagery.

“Dhanauri is part of the sarus crane belt connecting with Mainpuri and Etawah. It meets the criteria of an important bird and biodiversity site (IBA),” said Nikhil Devasar, birder and author. The sarus crane is listed in the “vulnerable” category by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

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