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Sparrowhawks are small birds of prey. They're adapted for hunting birds in confined spaces like dense woodland, so gardens are ideal hunting grounds for them. Adult male sparrowhawks have bluish-grey back and wings and orangey-brown bars on their chest and belly. Females and young birds have brown back and wings, and brown bars underneath. Sparrowhawks have bright yellow or orangey eyes, long, yellow legs and long talons. Females are larger than males, as with all birds of prey.

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Pied Kingfisher EM1X 300f4, 1/3200, f4, ISO64, 12 December, 2021 Kanha, Mandla, MP.

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Indigo Bunting. Scientific name: Passerina cyanea

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The indigo bunting is a small seed-eating bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. It is migratory, ranging from southern Canada to northern Florida during the breeding season, and from southern Florida to northern South America during the winter. It often migrates by night, using the stars to navigate.

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A spontaneous trip to Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary did not disappoint. Got to see many of the birds listed - Painted Storks, Spotted Owlet, White throated kingfisher, Pond Heron, Little Egret, Asian Open billed stork, Black headed ibis, Spot billed Pelican

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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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A Common Kingfisher in full flight—tiny, relentless, and impossibly fast.

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Redstarts are immediately identifiable by their bright orange-red tails, which they often quiver. Breeding males look smart, with slate grey upper parts, black faces and wings and an orange rump and chest. Females and young are duller. Redstarts 'bob' in a very robin-like manner, but spend little time at ground level. It is included on the Amber List of species with unfavourable conservation status in Europe where it is declining.

Song Birds at Rithet's Bog Trail - Rithet's Bog is home to a wide variety of birds and butterflies.

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Crimson-Fronted Barbet

Scientific Name : Megalaima rubricapilla rubricapilla (Xantholaema rubricapilla)

(Ceylon Small Barbet / Ceylon Coppersmith/ Crimson-throated Barbet)

Identification :

(16 cm) Smaller than the Brown Headed Barbet and Yellow-fronted Barbet. Has red forehead, yellow face patches and black bill. Distinguish from the Coppersmith by blue patch below cheek, small red spot on breast, unstreaked breast, and its fast call. Sexes similar. Direct flight with steady wingbeats (beware of confusion with Lorikeet). Some times sings from bare branch at top of tree. Solitary, in pair or, out of breeding season, in flocks.

Voice : A brisk "pop-pop-pop....." (Faster than Coppersmith) in burst of up to six, also a slower "wonk, wonk, wonk"

Status and Distribution : Endemic race (considered by some authorities as separate species) Common in open wood, cultivated land with trees and gardens in the wet zone up to 1000m and parts of the dry zone.

Nesting : In tree hole; January-June

A young swan glides gracefully on tranquil, grayish-green water. Its plumage still has the soft, brownish-gray tones of a juvenile. The bird's curious gaze adds a sense of life to this beautiful portrait. The subtle reflection in the water creates a feeling of peace and depth.

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Blue tit in my backyard with a nice autumn tint

Oriental White-eye (Small White Eye) Zosterops palpebrosa - හීන් මල් කුරුල්ලා

Identification :

(10 cm) Smaller and yellower than Sri Lankan White-eye. Mainly greenish-yellow, white-ring only narrowly broken to front; greyish-white lower Brest, belly, and flanks. Active and acrobatic when feeding making contact calls, following one another through tree foliage seeking invertebrates and nectar.

Voice :

A constant "tseer tseer" contact call

Status and Distribution :

Common resident in forests, gardens, almost any-where with trees in lowlands and hills to 1300 in wet zone and up to 2000 m in drier eastern hills.

Nesting :

In small cup slung between thin branches; mainly April-May and September

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!

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