Thursday 14 April 2011

Day 13 Ponda

With Breakfast done we set off for The Tropical Spice Plantation at Ponda which took around a 30min drive
stopping on the way to photograph some Black-headed Ibis feeding at the edge of the Mandovi River.
We was soon greeted by Elephants and lizards around the carpark but got straight into birding mode when Mandy spotted a Common Iora.
other birds in and around the Plantation included
Black & Brahminy Kites
House & Large-billed Crow
Greater Coucal
White-browed & Red-whiskered Bulbul
Common Tailorbird
White-breasted & Common Kingfishers
Indian Cormorant
Grey Heron
Red-wattled Lapwing
White-browed Wagtail
Racket-tailed Drongo (seen by mandy which I missed being busy photographing snakes)
Black Drongo
Magpie Robin
Gull-billed Tern
Little,Intermediate & Great-white Egret
Purple-rumped & Crimson Sunbird

Our next stop was Carambolim Lake but the south side this time.
Bird here were
Lesser-Whistling & Comb Duck
Bronze-winged Jacana
Purple Swamphen
Pond & Purple Heron
White-breasted Kingfisher
Little Green Bee-eater
Brahminy & Black Kite
Asian Koel
Little Grebe
Black-headed & Glossy Ibis
Great-white,Little,Intermediate & Cattle Egret
Wood & Common Sandpiper
Little Cormorant
Darter
White-browed Bulbul

House Crow

Black-headed Ibis

Black-headed Ibis

Black-headed Ibis

Common Iora

Common Iora

Black Drongo

Little Egret

White-browed Wagtail

Purple Heron

Black-headed Ibis

Comb Duck

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