A quick birding trek at Hoskote produced some interesting sightings. Here are the pics...
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I arrived just in time to witness the sunrise...
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The low light and the shy nature of the bird resulted in these record shots of the Yellow-wattled Lapwing...
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A Red-wattled Lapwing also showed up...
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Although walking in the farm area is difficult, I admired the enhanced beauty brought by the Marigold blooms. Here are two pictures shot a fortnight apart...
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Some more closeups...
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A warbler was seen. I couldn't identify the exact variant. I get confused with the Covid variants too...
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A Eurasian Hoopoe caught an ant...
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I took a couple more shots of the beauty...
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A Paddyfield Pipit...
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And a male Siberian Stonechat...
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A female Asian Koel gets tempted seeing the ripe papaya fruits. I watched her relish the sweet fruit...
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A Tree Pipit. The prominent markings on its breast makes it easy to identify...
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Another Eurasian Hoopoe foraging in the grass...
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A Great Egret caught a fish...
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I saw around 50 Western Yellow Wagtails foraging in the grass...
...Non-breeding adult...
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A Long-tailed Shrike...
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A Zitting Cisticola...
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A juvenile Brahminy Kite...
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And the last sighting was a Grey Francolin couple. They get easily perturbed, so avoided going closer to take a better shot. I was happy with just the sighting and the record shot...
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