Thursday 14 April 2011

Day 10 Bondla

Another early start so we could do some hotel birding and have breakfast before Agnello came to pick us up.
Birds found around the grounds today were.
Pond Heron
House & Large-billed Crow
White-breasted Kingfisher
White-browed & Red Whiskered Bulbul
Little Egret
Brahminy & Black Kite
Common Tailorbird
Common Sandpiper
Purple-rumped,Purple & Crimson Sunbird.

9.30 came and so Agnello arrived and we set off for Bondla,just got through Ponda and we got a flat tyre,so
Agnello sent Mandy and Myself off birding while he changed wheels not venturing far we soon picked up a new species for our Goa list in the form of a Chestnut-headed Bee-eater,It wasn't long before Agnello shouted us back to continue with our trip,after a 45min drive we arrived onto the lane which would take us upto Bondla,but wasn't long before Mandy shouted STOP Crested Serpent Eagle in the tree and sure enough there it was after a few shots she shouted me over to her as she had found a Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker also a lifer for herself.
We continued with our drive to a old building where i was told i would get Deer but wasn't any around but i was more interested in photographing the Black-faced Langur Monkeys and yet again i was shout by Mandy but was too slow and missed a Racket-tailed Drongo,so we started our drive again and stopped near a small lagoon where this time i spotted a crocodile with his head just above the water,with that photographed we was on our way again and arrived at Bondla
Birds that we found here included
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Long-tailed Shrike
Pond Heron
Cattle,Little and Intermediate Egret
White-breasted,Pied and Common Kingfisher
Red Whiskered Bulbul
Magpie Robin
Grey Wagtail
Indian Cormorant
Wire-tailed and Red-Rumped Swallow
Red Wattled Lapwing
Brahminy and Black Kite
Spotted Dove
Golden and Black Hooded Oriole
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Crested Serpent Eagle

Crested Serpent Eagle

Crested Serpent Eagle (2nd bird in flight)

Crocodile

Black faced Langur

Black faced Langur

Grey Wagtail

Grey Wagtail

Cicada

Wild Boar

Spotted Deer

Sambur

Spotted Deer

Sambur
Crested Serpent Eagle

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