Friday, 15 April 2011

Day 9 Miramar Beach

Today started off with birding around the hotel before breakfast
birds included
Brahminy & Black Kite
House & Large-billed Crow
Red Whiskered & White-browed Bulbul
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Asian Palm Swift
Little Egret
Peregrine
Magpie Robin
Black-capped & Common Kingfisher

After Breakfast we set off for Miramar Beach we started to walk up the road but saw our driver with some friends so asked him if he could take us up which he agreed for 150 rupees (£2).
we walked onto the scrubland first soon photographing Little Green Bee-eaters.We spent a hour or so here and walked upto the mouth of the Mandovi River where we had seen Pied Kingfishers yesterday fishing.
Birds seen in this area were
Brahminy & Black Kite
Oriental Honey Buzzard
House Crow
Red Whiskered,White-browed & Red Vented Bulbul
Common Tailorbird
White breasted & Common Kingfisher
Pond Heron
Indian Cormorant
Cattle & Intermediate Egret
Gull-billed Tern
Brown headed Gull
Common Sandpiper
Jungle Myna
Red-rumped & Wire-tailed Swallows
Magpie Robin
Greater Coucal
Black-rumped Flameback
Little Green Bee-eater

Little Green Bee-eater

Little Green Bee-eater

Little Green Bee-eater

Little Green Bee-eater

Little Green Bee-eater

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