August month in Rajasthan is special for birding because of Lesser Florican in Shokhaliya Village in Nasirabad in Rajasthan. Nasirabad is near Ajmer which is well conencted by trains from many cities of India. Some one has used Shokaliya as the spelling in Google maps, so if some one is searching Shokhaliya, which is commonly…
Birding in Shokaliya, Nasirabad in Rajasthan in August
Great Indian Bustard egg hatches under protective watch
Great Indian Bustard (GIB), known as Godawan in Rajasthan in its local language, is critically endangered species found in Desert National Park in Rajasthan near Jaisalmer. Recently, it is reported that, After a gap of nearly six years, a Great Indian Bustard egg hatched in Desert National Park area with forest officials succeeding in protecting…
Birding at Mount Abu, Rajasthan in July
Mount Abu, the only hill station in Rajasthan ( yes, Rajasthan does have a hill station) is famous for its Nakki lake and one will find lot of Gujarati tourists in this hill station. Apart from its ‘cool weather’ in otherwise hot Rajasthan, Mount Abu, which is approximately 170KM from Udaipur, is also famous among…
New Birds discovered in Udaipur after 30 years
Birders based in Udaipur, Dr. Durgesh Sharma, HOD, Deptt. of Zoology, Govt PG College, Chottorgarh, Mr. Vijendra Prakash Parmar, Mr. Anil Rodgers and Uttam Pegu found Oriental Pratincole in Ghadhel Talab in Ghasa Village, near Udaipur in Rajasthan. Image Credit: Uttam Pegu They saw this bird Oriental PRatincole on 18 May 2014 which was seen…
Birding Tour of Udaipur in April by Indibirding Team
Vijendra Prakash Parmar of IndiBirding.com team took Dr. Wolfgang Beisenherz from Germany for Udaipur Birding tour on 23 April 2014. Dr. Wolfgang Beisenherz is an avid birder who has visited India many times, and this time he wanted to see some birds which are endemic to Udaipur. Vijendra took him to Ubeswar in the morning…
Birding at Pobitora Wild Life Sanctuary in Assam
On 5th April 2014, I made a quick trip to Pobitora Wild Life Sanctuary while on a holiday trip to Guwahati, Assam. Pobitora WLS is approximately 30KM to the East of Guwahati, the gateway city to North East India. This sanctuary is home to approximately 90 one horned Rhino as well as wild buffaloes. With…
New bird species recorded in Andamans
Two new bird species have been recorded in Andaman and Nicobar Islands recently recorded two new species of birds — the Great Short-Toed Lark and the Blue and White Flycatcher by Researchers at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), according to reports. K. Venkataraman, Director, ZSI, told The Hindu that the first bird was sighted…
Want to see wide variety of birds ? Please visit India!
In recently conducted Great Backyard Bird Count during 14 to 17 Feb 2014 in the world, bird list has been compiled from 127 countries and preliminary data has been compiled on 22 Feb 2014. As per reports, India has reported highest number of bird species with count of 765! It may be mentioned that, Indian…
Birding at LRK (Little Rann Of Kutch ) in Gujarat
Recently, we, Nirmal Solanki, Vijendra Prakash Parmar, Varun Luniya and me, went to LRK, Gujarat from 7 to 9 Feb 2014. The drive from Udaipur to Patdi, LRK where we were supposed to be staying, had its own excitement as we had to stop for two hours on NH-8 due to an accident. While it…
Birding at Maguri Beel, Tinsukia, Assam
I wanted to go for birding tour to Dibru Saikhowa, but ended up spending two days at Notun Gaon, Maguri Bil, Tinsukia in Assam. I did go to Dibru Saikhowa forest but realised that, I have to be inside it for at least 3/4 days in order to see white winged duck, which I wanted…