Sundarban National Park, West Bengal, India Bird/Wildlife Photography Trip Report

Date: 4th to 6th August 2017

Places covered: Sajnekhali, Sudhanyakhali, Dobanki, Pirkhali and Chora Gaji

Trip started: Kolkata

Trip Ended: Kolkata

Number of Participants: 5 Birders/Wildlife Photographers, 1 dedicated Wildlife guide, 1 cook, 1 Boatman, 1 helper

Type of Boat: 4 cylinder very minimal sound boat

Temperature: Sometimes cloudy but most of the time pleasant sunny weather, 28-35*c

Type of Habitat: Mangrove forest

Birds we have found:

1. Common raven

2. Loten's sunbird

3. Eurasian curlew

4. Lesser adjutant stork

5. Blue tailed bee eater

6. Striated heron

7. Collared kingfisher

8. White throated kingfisher

9. Bronze winged kingfisher

10. Common kingfisher

11. Pied kingfisher

12. Whimbrel

13. Buffy fish Owl

14. Mangrove whistler(call heard)

15. Mangrove pitta(call heard)

16. Indian pond heron

17. Purple sunbird

18. Common myna 

19. Crested serpent eagle

20. Indian scimitar babbler(call heard)

21. Kentish plover

Other sightings:

1. Spotted deer

2. King cobra

3. Green pit viper

4. Irrawady Dolphin

5. Asian Water monitor lizard

6. Various crabs

Buffy fish owl(close up)

Sokhaliya, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India Bird and Wildlife Photography Trip Report

Bird Photography Trip Report at Sokhaliya, Rajasthan, India

Place: Sokhaliya, Nasirabad, Rajasthan(near Ajmer), India

Date: 12-16 August, 2017

Area: Mainly thick grasslands and crop fields.

Birds Photographed in the trip:

1. Lesser florican(Endangered)
2. Rock bush quail
3. Rail quail
4. Painted francolin
5. Grey francolin
6. Savanna nightjar
7. Baya weaver
8. Red collared dove
9. Eurasian collared dove
10. Indian knob billed duck
11. Indian thick knee
12. Ashy crowned sparrow lark
13. Indian silver bill
14. Indian bushlark
15. Singing bushlark
16. Red necked falcon
17. White eyed buzzard
18. Shikra
19. Indian Eagle owl
20. Spotted owlet
21. Chestnut shouldered petronia or Yellow throated sparrow
22. Yellow wattled lapwing
23. Indian roller
24. European roller
25. Barred buttonquail
26. Rufous fronted prinia
27. Rufous tailed lark
28. Red wattled lapwing
29. Rosy starling
30. Yellow eyed babbler
31. Wire tailed swallow
32. Southern grey shrike
33. Bay backed shrike
34. Long tailed shrike
35. Purple sunbird
36. Common myna
37. Short toed snake eagle
38. Indian courser
39. House crow
40. House sparrow


Chandramouli Ganguly Nature and Wildlife Photography
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European Roller

Indian Eagle owl

Lesser florican(courtship display)

Rock bush quail