We started 'birding' in the beginning of the year 2014. Most
of our trips have been just the two of us or with another bunch of people as
inexperienced as us. On such occasions, we would carry our Grimmet book and
head out to identify the birds. But most of the times the birds are quite far
away and the camera doesn’t capture them in detail. Other times you only get a
glimpse of the bird and that is too short a time for identifying it.
This is where the bngBirds group helped. Being part of a
birding session with an experienced birder makes all the difference. You get to
know about the birds habitats, calls, food and exactly where they can be found
at a place.
We reached Lalbagh around 7:30 in the morning near the
bandstand. There was a small group of about 15 people standing and staring at
the sky – this was our groupJ.
We joined them and soon we spotted ard 30 birds in 2 hours. The last time we
visited Lalbagh for the flower show we hardly noted 10 of them.
Heres the list of birds we noted – also updated on the
“Birds” page.
- Asian Koel
- Common Mynah
- White cheeked barbett
- Spot billed Pelican
- Night heron
- Little egret
- Intermediate Egret
- Large egret
- Great Cormorant
- Little Cormorant
- Purple Swamphen
- Purple heron
- Grey Heron
- Pond Heron
- Rose ringed parakeet
- Magpie Robin
- Common moorhen
- Southern Coucal
- Greenish warbler
- Common Tailorbird
- Jungle Mynah
- Ashy Drongo
- Mottled Wood Owl
- Spotted Owl
- Great tit
Bng birds is a group of bird loving people in Bangalore.
They meet at different places on every Sunday of the month.
1st Sunday – Hebbal
2nd Sunday – Lalbagh
3rd Sunday – Near Bannerghetta
4th Sunday – Sarjapur
If interested you can join this community by sending a
request mail to bngbirds-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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