{"id":3939,"date":"2012-04-04T14:31:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T05:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=3939"},"modified":"2012-04-04T14:31:34","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T05:31:34","slug":"uiwang-reservoir-april-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=3939","title":{"rendered":"Uiwang Reservoir, April 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Birds News From Subhojit Chakladar<\/strong> <\/p>\n

A cloudless blue sky at dawn, (relatively) moderate temperatures and low winds – its the kind of day birders look forward to! After the brutal winter, it was an absolute pleasure to walk around the Uiwang reservoir. A total of 30 species spotted in about 4.5 hours of birding. <\/p>\n

It started with White Wagtails<\/strong> (both lugens<\/em> and leucopsis<\/em>) playing around in the rice stubble. Followed by some courtship display by 3 pairs of Great Crested Grebes<\/strong>. The numbers seems to be a bit reduced when compared to last weekend but the courtship displays are becoming more intimate. There were also a couple of them in their winter plumage. However, the Little Grebes<\/strong> were all in their summer plumage, and one of them gave close and prolonged views near the eastern shores of the lake. There is a housing construction going on in the North-eastern corner of the lake but inspite of the noise and distraction, I found quite a few birds in the woods around, including a nesting Marsh Tit<\/strong> and a couple of extremely inquisitive Varied Tits<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

In the farms on the western periphery of the lake, I found a couple of obliging Long Tailed Tits<\/strong> and Naumann’s Thrush<\/strong>. There was also a Grey Headed Woodpecker<\/strong> in the woods and a Common Buzzard<\/strong> in the sky. I searched for the Red-Billed Starling<\/strong> that I spotted last Sunday but no signs of it. Instead, I found a Red-Flanked Bluetail <\/strong>(which is a lifer for me). There were plenty of Barn Swallows<\/strong> on the wires and moving around.<\/p>\n

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White Wagtail Motacilla alba leucopsis<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Subhojit Chakladar.<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n

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Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Subhojit Chakladar.<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n

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Varied Tit Poecile varius<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Subhojit Chakladar.<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n

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Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Subhojit Chakladar.<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n

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Naumann’s Thrush Turdus naumanni<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Subhojit Chakladar.<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n

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Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Subhojit Chakladar.<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n

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Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Subhojit Chakladar.<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n

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Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 Subhojit Chakladar.<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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