Birds Around Me

Lemsford Springs, a spring-fed lagoon, by Lemsford Village, Welwyn Garden City, is a small reserve perfect for wading birds. The reserve is about 4.5-5 hectares and has a few habitats, shallow lagoons, marsh, woodland, hedgerow, etc. Winter is the ideal time for birdwatching here, as it does not freeze in the cold. Waders love it here, as they feed on freshwater shrimps.  List of birds I have seen in last couple of years at Lemsford Springs: Common Kingfisher छोटा किलकिला, राम चिरैया, शरीफन, निता मछराला (Alcedo atthis) Green sandpiper (तुतारी) - Tringa ochropus Common Redshank (छोटा बटन) - Tringa totanus Grey heron अंजन, नरी, सैन, खैरा बगुला (Ardea cinerea) Little Egret करछिया बगुला (Egretta garzetta) Robin (Erithacus rubecula) Dunnock (Prunella modularis) Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) Good was walking and enjoying quiet bird watching !!! Location of Lemsford Springs: Lemsford Village, AL8 7TN To access the site, arrange the key with the warden's house just outside the reserve. Bi

Little Grebe पनडुब्बी, पांतिरी, डूबडुबी, चरुका (Tachybaptus ruficollis) is a drab-colored plump little swimming bird with silky underparts, short pointed bill, and no tail. In breeding plumage the head and neck become dark brown and chestnut and the swollen yellow gape. It is seen on a pond, village tank, and jheel swimming about like a miniature duck and diving like Little Cormorant. The birds were often seen in twos or threes but congregations of 50 and more could be seen on larger water bodies.  Little Grebe पनडुब्बी, पांतिरी, डूबडुबी, चरुका (Tachybaptus ruficollis) are astonishing divers. It is said, if fired at by s shotgun it will vanish underwater before the charge reaches it. Their food primarily consists of aquatic insects and larvae, tadpoles, snails, and small fishes.  Hindi name of   Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis):  पनडुब्बी, पांतिरी, डूबडुबी, चरुका  Birds Around Me - Unfinished List (अपूर्ण  सूची)  Ashutosh Jhureley  @BirdsAroundMe https://birds.rekabira.in/p/this-i

Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) छोटा पनकौवा, slightly larger than the Jungle Crow, is a shabby looing glistering black duck-like water bird with logins stiff tail and slender compressed bill. The bill is sharply hooked at the tip. There is a small white patch on the throat and a kind of crest on the back of head.  Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) छोटा पनकौवा Sanjivini Nagar, Jabalpur, India Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) छोटा पनकौवा is usually found singly, in small flocks or lar close-knit congregations, on village ponds, jheels, and large inland waters. The birds perch on rocks or trees overhanding water, sunning themselves with outspread wings. Their food is mainly fish and are accomplished swimmers and divers. All their fishing is done underwater. The bird comes out of the water with catch held crosswise in the bill, and with a jerk shifts them into position for being swallowed head first. They immediately dive for the next excursion and keep going on. At times they cat

Tricolored munia नकलनौर, तेलिए मुनिया, सिंगबाज़, पोरा मुनिया, तिरंगा मुनिया (Lonchura malacca), also known as Black-headed munia, are small gregarious bird which feeds mainly on grain and other seeds. It inhabits wet grassland habitats. The adults are black from the head to the throat and breast, and from the belly to under tail coverts and thighs. White-colored between and belly and on its flanks. Tricolored munia नकलनौर, तेलिए मुनिया, सिंगबाज़, पोरा मुनिया, तिरंगा मुनिया (Lonchura malacca) Sanjivini Nagar, Jabalpur, India Tricolored munia नकलनौर, तेलिए मुनिया, सिंगबाज़, पोरा मुनिया, तिरंगा मुनिया (Lonchura malacca) has unique mating ritual between males and females. The courtship starts with the male flying about with a length of grass in its beak. Then will perch next to a female, drop the blade of grass, and begin its dance. The male will bob its head up and down, becomes more energetic, and start jumping up the perch. The mating dance is followed by a mating song that humans can'

The Red avadavat or Red Munia (Estrilda amandava) लाल मुनिया is smaller than a sparrow. The male is crimson with sparse white spots. In non-breeding plumage the male and female are alike: brownish, sparse white spots, and only bill and rump crimson. The tail is rounded, not pointed as in  0040. Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata) . It is a typical munia in habits and behavior, keeping in flocks in tall flowering grass and reeds in damp localities such as the margins of the jheels. It lives on grass seeds and insects.  Red avadavat or Red Munia (Estrilda amandava) लाल मुनिया Sanjivini Nagar, Jabalpur Breeding   Red avadavat or Red Munia (Estrilda amandava) लाल मुनिया  males utter a low continuous twittering song. Although a popular caged bird is considered a bad omen in some places, anyone shooing them off is destined to die soon.  Hindi name of Red avadavat or Red Munia (Estrilda amandava): लाल मुनिया -- Ashutosh Jhureley  @BirdsAroundMe Unfinished List of Birds (पक्षियों की अपू