Birds Around Me

Lawn mowing was abruptly stopped today when all of a sudden my son jumped with the frog jumping around him. That was a funny scene. I wasn't expecting a Common Frog ( मेंढक /  Rana temporaria) in our front garden at all, bit unusual place, have seen them in the back garden in the bushes. These are masters of disguise and can be regularly seen around garden ponds, I don't have a pond in our garden. Chesham, UK Sept 2020 Chesham, UK Sept 2020

Shahi Talab, Sanjeevini Nagar, Jabalpur 16 Jan 2018 Jabalpur is a city in central India and is the center of culture and epicenter of nature & wildlife in India. It is the stop if you have to go to at least five major national parks of India - Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Pench, Panna & Satpura. Shahi Talab (शाही तलाब), Sanjeevini Nagar,  Jabalpur Jabalpur is a city of lakes and once had more lakes and ponds than any other city in Madhya Pradesh. There used to be over 150 lakes & ponds in Jabalpur, most of them urban wetlands or water bodies. Now there are about 30 left. Thanks to illegal land-grabbing & encroachment, corrupt practices to approve commercial initiatives, and ignorant & selfish deeds of citizens. Lake-by-lake more than 100 lakes were destroyed by dumping garbage to pave way for colonies and commercial complexes. One such lake was Marhataal ( मढ़ाताल), there is no lake now, instead a commercial complex. I went to the Khalsa school that stands next to the lost l

Black-tailed Godwit कालीदुम गुदेरा, गैरीया, जंगरल  (Limosa limosa) is on passage and in winter found in large flocks at some coastal sites in the U.K. On passage and in winter found in estuaries and coastal lagoons, also flooded meadows in Ireland.  In the U.K., a rare breeder and on the conservation 'Red List'. Black-tailed Godwit कालीदुम गुदेरा, गैरीया, जंगरल  (Limosa limosa) is a l arge, long-legged wader with long, almost straight bill; basal half orange in summer, pink in winter. In-flight show bold white wing-bar and white rump; long bill and legs five very elongated flight silhouette. In summer plumage face and underparts, are more extensive in males, with barred flanks and white belly and undertail coverts. In winter upperparts and breasts are plain grey with white eyebrows from eye to bill.  Hindi name of Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa):  कालीदुम गुदेरा, गैरीया, जंगरल Birds Around Me - Unfinished List (अपूर्ण  सूची) :  https://birds.rekabira.in/p/this-is-list-of-bi