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Winged Wonders Of Hauz Khas Village
Few capitals in the world, least of all one which has a dubious pollution record and 15 million residents to boot are blessed with such rich and diverse bird-life as Delhi is, coming as it does close to the most birded capital in the world, Nairobi.According to noted birder Bikram Grewal, Delhi's Feb 2008 count has been 202 varieties.
As an amateur birder i am fascinated by the bird life in this part of Delhi.
I have pinched from the internet the 24-hour Bird Count in Delhi Region done by Peter Jackson which is quite apt for Hauz Khas Village and its environs.
Have knocked of some birds that i do not recognize of his list. As things stand today the Griffon Vulture I am desperate to see anywhere in North India. I was pretty happy to see with my fellow Hauz Khas wallah and photographer a pair on the Manali/Leh drive a couple of weeks ago.
Hard to believe that in our younger days we were used to seeing thousands all over the countryside and that things would come to this state!
Most of what Mr Jackson saw in 1970 in a day is visible in and around Hauz Khas around the year.
For the last 4 days i have been watching with interest (or concern!) a pack of House Crows pestering a pair of Pariah Kites neat their nest on a tree next to my house. The kites finally gave up the fight and the kites made merry with whatever they found. Survival of the fiercest in this case !!!!.
The ridge between JNU and Secor B Vasant Kunj was where we used to see a pair of the Great Indian horned owls. Thats gone for good i guess. What a pity! Hopefully the upcoming Aravali Biodiversity Park between Nelson Mandela Marg and Vasant Vihar will enrich Delhi's bird life.
Happy to see though that some house sparrows are back in Hauz Khas. Have watched them progessively dissappearing in Vasant Kunj over the years and being replaced by noisy pigeons.
We need to pay more attention to our surroundings.
Bird List:
Ashy Wren Warbler (Prinia socialis)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Bank Mynah (Acridotheres glnginianus]
Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Bay-backed Shrike (Lanius vittatus)
Black-bellied Finchlark (Eremopterix grisea)
Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda)
Black-eared Kite (Milvus migrans)
Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
Black-necked Stork (Xenorhynchus asiaticus)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
Black Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
Black Ibis (Pseudibis papillosa)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Blossom-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala)
Blue-headed Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Blue Rock Dove (Columba livia)
Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
Bluethroat (Erithacus svecicus)
Brahminy Duck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Brahminy Mynah (Sturnus pagodarum)
Brown-headed Gull (Larus brunicephalus)
Brown Rock Chat (Cercomela fusca)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Common Babbler (Turdoides caudatus)
Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)
Common Pocharc (Aythya ferina)
Common Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Coucal (Crow Pheasant (Centropus sinensis)
Crag Martin (Hirundo concolor}
Crested lark (Galerida cristata)
Dusky Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Golden-backed Woodpecker (Dinopium benghalense)
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
Green Barbet (Megalaima zeylanica)
Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
Green Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Partridge (Francolinus pondicerianus)
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotlca)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
House Crow (Corvus splendens)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
House Swift (Apus affinis)
Indian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)
Indian Pratincole (Glareola lactea)
Indian Robin (Saxicoloides fulicata)
Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)
Indian Sand Martin (Riparia paludicola)
Indian Wren Warbler (Prinia subflava)
Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striatus)
Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Large cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Large Egret (Egretta alba)
Large Grey Babbler (Turdoides malcolmi)
Large Pied Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis)
Lesser Egret (Egretta intermedia)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Brown Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)
Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Grebe (Podiceps ruficollis)
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Kentish Plover
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