I accompanied my friend to ‘Sinhagad valley’ on Saturday morning. I started from home at 5:30 AM and reached my friend’s place. Two more friends joined in and we all headed for the valley. ‘Sinhagad’ or ‘Sinhagad Fort’ valley is an amazing place for bird watching. In monsoon, there is a stream which flows by [...]
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Sinhagad Valley – Birder’s Paradise
Posted in Bird watching, Travelogue, Wildlife, tagged "Crested Bunting", Around Pune, Ashy Prinia, Asian Paradies Flycatcher, Bird, Bird watching, Birding, Birds, Birer's Paradise, Black Drongo, Black-winged Kite, Blue napped Monarch flycatcher, Cattle Egret, Common Iora, Common Kingfisher, Crested Serpent Eagle, Dove, Eurasian Black bird, Fan-tailed Flycatcher, Golden fronted Leaf Bird, Green bee eater, Grey Babbler, India, Indian Robin, Jungle Babbler, Jungle Mynah, Jungle Prinia, Little Bee eater, Magpie Robin, Maharashtra, Marsh Harrier, Nature, Orange Headed Thrush, Oriental White-eye, Pied Crested Cuckoo, Pied Kingfisher, Pune, Purple Sunbird, Red Munia, Red vented Bulbul, Red whiskered Bulbul, Red-rumped Swallow, Red-throated Flycatcher, Scaly-breasted Munia, Sinhagad, Sinhagad Fort Valley, Sinhagad Valley, Small Minivet, Tailor bird, Ticklle’s Blue Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Ultra-marine Flycatcher, Valley, White-breasted Kingfisher, Yellow Sparrow on May 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Kavdi
Posted in Bird watching, Travelogue, Wildlife, tagged Around Pune, Bird watcher's Paradise, Black Ibis, Blue Throat, Brahminy Ducks, Bush chat, Common Sandpiper, Cormorant, Darter, Ducks, Egrets, Explore Pune, Grey Heron, Honey Buzzard, India, Kavdi, Kavdipat, Large Egret, Marsh Harrier, Migratory birds, Migratory birds around Pune, Painted Storks, Peafowls, Pied Kingfisher, Pune, Purple Heron, Red Munia, Ruhi, Ruhi Malgaonkar, Scaly-breasted Munia, Small blue Kingfisher, Spotbill Duck, Spotted Ducks, Spotted Sandpiper, Stonechat, Teals, White-browed Wagtail, White-throated Kingfisher, Wire-tailed Swallow, Yellow Wagtail on January 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have been to Kavdi (also called as “Kavdipat“) for couple of times. Each trip is a treat in itself. We started for Kavdi at 6:30 AM. After crossing ‘Loni Kalbhor’ toll plaza, we traveled for 2 mins more and took left turn. We found Bush chat (Female) and clicked few snaps on the way. [...]
Bhigwan
Posted in Bird watching, Travelogue, tagged Aqueous bacteria, Around Pune, Asian Openbill, Beta Carotene, Bhigwan, Brahminy Ducks, Diksal, Drongos, Ducks, Flamingos, Kingfisher, Marsh Harrier, Pink Flamingos, Pipit, Pond Heron, Pune, River Terns, Sandpiper, Sea gulls, Small Green Bee Eater, Water on November 17, 2008 | 6 Comments »
For last few consecutive years, I wish I could go to Bhigwan and see Flamingos. Even last year, I missed a chance to accompany my friend. Finally last Saturday got that golden opportunity. We planned to start very early morning and fascination of seeing flamingos made me wake up at 3:40 AM. I packed my [...]



