ICON 5: BIRDS IN OOTY
BY P S SUNDAR
Further to my article ICON 4 - BIRDS IN MASINAGUDI, herewith the next list -- the third in the series of five. This is the list of 36 bird species sighted by the team guided by Bheeman and Manojkumar at Udhagamandalam (Ooty) on Feb 16, 2014 during the survey on Big Bird Day 2014 Nilgiris, as per the compilation sent to me by Jamuna Raju and G B Henriksen:
| Ooty |
| Bheeman
Bheeman A + Manojkumar NG |
| 36 Species |
| Purple Sunbird ( 1) |
| Spotted Dove ( many) |
| Rock Pigeon ( many) |
| Nilgiri Wood Pigeon -1 |
| Greenish Warbler - 3 |
| Tickell’s Warbler - 1 |
| Warbler (many) |
| Flower Pecker -1 |
| Jungle Myna (many) |
| Common House Crow (many) |
| Long Billed Crow (many) |
| Red Whiskered Bulbul (many) |
| Pond Heron (3) |
| Eagle -1 |
| Oriental White Eye ( many) |
| Ashy Drongo- 1 |
| Black Bird (many) |
| Common Swallow (many) |
| Nilgiri Laughing Thrush (Many) |
| Shikra |
| Bar Winged Flycatcher Shrike -4 |
| Long Tailed Shrike -1 |
| Golden Oriole |
| Grey Jungle Fowl - 3 |
| Black & Orange Flycatcher -2 |
| Grey- headed Canary Flycatcher (many) |
| Nilgiri Flycatcher - 7 ( M & F ) |
| White-breasted Waterhen (2) |
| Ashy Prinia - 3 |
| Grey Wagtail (5) |
| White Throated Wagtail (1) |
| Pied Bush Chat 5 ( M & F ) |
| Great Tit - 4 |
| White Cheeked Barbet -1 |
| Common Rose Finch - 3 (M & F ) |
| Nilgiri Pipit -1 |
| Common Moorhen ( 2) |
Sundar Anna, I have shared your blog article in my own blog too... thank you for the write-up..PADMANABHAN RAMACHANDRAN .. OOTY
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, padmanabhan...P S SUNDAR
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