Mumbai Bird Race - Feb 2008

This year i was fortunate enough to participate in the Mumbai Bird Race on 17th of feb. Our team had Dr Tarin and Mr Krishna as senior birders. We started at 7:00 AM from Khargar Hills and continued upto 3:00 PM with Talawe being the final destination.

Teams - Dr Tarin mithel, Mr. Krishna Durbha, Umesh, Chadan, Anupama, Maurlene, Parag

Areas Covered - Khargar Hills, CIDCO Valley Park Belapur, Uran, Jasai, JNPT, JNPT Watch Tower, Kilegaothan, Talawe

>Beautiful Gliricidia - Tree originally from South America

>Yeh Kadamb Ka Ped

>A shining Small Green Beeater

>Unidentified Bird on a Unidentified Flower

>Bhavare kee gunjan...

>A wader just passed by.... Talawe

>A view from JNPT watch Tower

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Checklist of Birds - Feb 17, 2008

1. Common Myna
2. Blue Rock Piegon
3. Common Crow
4. House Sparrow
5. Ashy Prinia
6. Magpie Robin
7. Red Vented Bulbul
8. Black Drongo
9. Asian Pied Myna
10. Long Tailed Shrike
11. Purple Sunbird
12. Indian Robin
13. Rose Ringed Parakeet
14. White Breasted Kingfisher
15. Red Whiskered Bulbul
16. Asian Koel
17. Small Green Beeater
18. Golden Oriole
19. Coppersmith Barbet
20. Jungle Babbler
21. Jungle Crow
22. Unidentified SparrowHawk
23. Crimson sunbird
24. Indian Treepie
25. Common Tailorbird
26. Greenish Leaf Warbler
27. Spotted Dove
28. Laughing Dove
29. Little Cormorant
30. Pond Heron
31. Black Shouldered Kite
32. Baya Weaver
33. Cattle Egret
34. Black Winged Stilt
35. Little Egret
36. Large Egret
37. Marsh Sandpiper
38. Pied Avocet
39. Karsh Harrier
40. Eurasian Spoonbill
41. Common Sandpiper
42. Small Blue Kingfisher
43. Gull Billed Tern
44. White Ibis
45. Western Reef Egret
46. Median Egret
47. Oriental Honey Buzzard
48. Little Greb
49. Northern Pintail
50. Northern Showeller
51. Common Teal
52. Gargany
53. Kentish Plover
54. Rosy Starling
55. Black Tailed Godwit
56. Lesser Flemingo
57. Purple Moorhen
58. Red Wattled Lapwing
59. Brahminy Shelduck
60. Glossy Ibis
61. Paddyfield Pippit
62. Common Stonechat
63. Little Ringed Plover
64. Open Bill Stork
65. Brahminy Kite
66. Pariah Kite
67. Bronze Winged Jacana
68. Asian palm Swift
69. Common Coot
70. Black Headed Gulls
71. Greater Coucal
72. Common Hoopoe
73. Barn Swallow

>Bird Searching in Khargar Hills