We visited Menar, a birding destination in Udaipur, Rajasthan on 15th Jan 2017 with my friends from USA, Tom Piwowarski and his wife, Roselie, my firends Vijendra, Varun and Nirmal in the morning at 6:30AM. We first went to Mangalwar to check out how the wetlands are doing there and if many birds have arrived!…
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…
Dungarpur District Administration had recently organised a two day Bird fair on 21 and 22 December 2013 in order to attract birders from around the globe. The District Collector Mr. Vikram Singh, PRO Kamalesh Sharma etc were involved in organising the bird fair which was attended by many bird watchers, bird photographers from various cities…
Chandlai Lake is approximately 30KM from Jaipur city, Rajasthan on Tonk Road. The road the Chandlai Lake is really good which is four lane national Highway 12. One has to take right turn under the over bridge at Shivdaspura. It is really easy to reach this place from Jaipur and I think it is a…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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″…
