Birding season is almost coming to an end here in Udaipur except for the resident ones. We ( team of Indbirding.com) had gone for birding on 31 Mar 2013 with few other birders based in Udaipur to Badi Lake and Madar Lake in the morning. We hoped to see Osprey, but did not see one,…
Birding in India : Madar Lake, Udaipur
Birding in India: Lakhota Lake, Jamnagar
I was in Jamnagar for work and staying aproxiately 35KM away from the main city centre. While Jamnagar has a dedicated bird sanctuary named Khijariya Bird Sanctuary which is 12 KM away from city centre, Lakhota Lake is in the heart of the city which hosts many birds! I had a chance to visit this…
Birding at Talau Talab, Dungla, Udaipur, India
A birding trip was organised on 3rd March 2013 for Udaipur birders at Talau Talab, aproximately 75KM from Udaipur. We started at 6AM in the morning from Udaipur city centre and reached there at around 7:30AM. Talau Talab, near Dhundla is artificial water body used for irrigation. This attracts many migratory birds during birds during…
Birding Activity in Udaipur in Press
Birding Activity in Udaipur during the Big Birding Day ( on 24 February 2013) has been featured in Rajasthan Patrika, a leading Hindi news paper in India. All three members of Indibirding Team were also mentioned! The news is available here : Rajasthan Patrika Press for Birding Activity in Udaipur.
Indibirding Team Participated Big Birding Day 2013
Indiabirding.com team, Nirmal Solanki, Harshvardhan Singh Rathore and myself participated from Udaipur, Rajasthan as team 2 under leadership of Mr. N P Singh, a seasoned birder, now based in Udaipur. We started our birding at 7AM int he morning and ended at 10:30AM at Jungle Safari Park behind Pichola Lake in Udaipur city where we…
Birding in Jaipur, India: Mansagar Lake
Though I lived in Jaipur for couple of years and visit the place almost every month, I hardly know places for birding in and around Jaipur town. I have visited Nahar Garh, but never for the sole purpose of birding. But this time, I read in a news paper that some migratory birds were there…
Birding in India : Bhatewar Ponds, Udaipur
Bhatewar is 32KM from Udaipur City, towards Chittor town on NH-76 just after Dabok airport. It is a village with three ponds which attracts migratory birds during winters. After we were informed by Mr. Mayur Singh, an avid birder, of Rawla Bhatera about pelicans and greater flamingos, we, ( Nirmal Solanki, Harshvardhan Singh Rathore, Vijendra…
Birding in India: Ghasa Talab, Khemli
On 26th January, 2013, we went to Ghasa Lake after getting news of arrival of Greater Flamingos and Great White Pelican in the afternoon around 1:30PM. It is approximately 48KM from Udaipur city centre and we drove via Dabok choraha and turned left towards Mavli. After that, we crossed the abandoned cement [google-map-v3 width=”580″ height=”400″…
Birding in India : Menar Lake near Udaipur
We went to Menar Lake, an wetland just outside the Menar Village, approximately 40KM from Udaipur city, Rajasthan, India which is known as city of lakes. It was group of four people which included Mr. Vijendra, Mr. Nirmal Solanki, Mr. Shailendra Singh Chouhan. [google-map-v3 width=”350″ height=”350″ zoom=”12″ maptype=”hybrid” mapalign=”center” directionhint=”false” language=”default” poweredby=”true” maptypecontrol=”true” pancontrol=”true” zoomcontrol=”true”…
Birding At Mangalajodi, Northern Sector of Chilika Lake
Mangalajodi Wetlands is situated at the Northern Sector of Chilika lake which, I think, is birders paradise with presence of more than 300,000 birds during winters. I could see more than 60 types of species during my stay their for one full day and another morning. One can stay at Mangalajodi Eco Tourism Camp which…