Sterling Mt Abu
04-Dec-2023
4:35 PM
Traveling
0.87 km
58 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
30 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
15 Laughing Dove (Little Brown Dove)
8 Red-wattled Lapwing
1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
1 White-throated Kingfisher
5 Rose-ringed Parakeet
1 Ashy Drongo
4 Red-rumped Swallow
2 Red-vented Bulbul 1 Indian Robin
15 Jungle babbler
35 House Sparrow
1 Gray Wagtail
1 Little Cormorant
Number of Taxa: 15
We walked down from Sterling onto Pilgrim Road. A casual stroll after an afternoon snooze that followed an overnight train journey that reminded us that India had over one billion people. People who are generally courteous and adjusting, but with no sense of 'personal space'. Interestingly, no in your face aggression that I was mentally steeling myself for, as we jockeyed for seats and luggage space in an overcrowded compartment, with the usual negotiations for those lower berths.
What a help to have Vish lift those bags with ease. 😄
So, it was good to be out and on our feet, relative quiet, and bird song A little nullah flowed by the roadside.
It was a sunny evening with clear blue skies. In contrast to the battering my dear Chennai was receiving at the hands of Cycline Michaung. I missed Vish, working in hazy Mumbai, whom we left behind.
Cacti, lantana, neem, palm trees dotted the rocky hill face.
04-Dec-2023
4:35 PM
Traveling
0.87 km
58 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
30 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
15 Laughing Dove (Little Brown Dove)
8 Red-wattled Lapwing
1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
1 White-throated Kingfisher
5 Rose-ringed Parakeet
1 Ashy Drongo
4 Red-rumped Swallow
2 Red-vented Bulbul 1 Indian Robin
15 Jungle babbler
35 House Sparrow
1 Gray Wagtail
1 Little Cormorant
Number of Taxa: 15
We walked down from Sterling onto Pilgrim Road. A casual stroll after an afternoon snooze that followed an overnight train journey that reminded us that India had over one billion people. People who are generally courteous and adjusting, but with no sense of 'personal space'. Interestingly, no in your face aggression that I was mentally steeling myself for, as we jockeyed for seats and luggage space in an overcrowded compartment, with the usual negotiations for those lower berths.
What a help to have Vish lift those bags with ease. 😄
So, it was good to be out and on our feet, relative quiet, and bird song A little nullah flowed by the roadside.
It was a sunny evening with clear blue skies. In contrast to the battering my dear Chennai was receiving at the hands of Cycline Michaung. I missed Vish, working in hazy Mumbai, whom we left behind.
Cacti, lantana, neem, palm trees dotted the rocky hill face.
The Changeable Hawk Eagle was the highlight of our stroll. Sitting in a neem tree, while the babblers moved in agitated fashion all around.
The CHE flew across the nullah - we probably startled it, and fixed us with a glare. The parakeets and babblers feasted on grains put on the temple wall, buffaloes with immense horns made their way up the hillside, and we stayed out of their way.
We were off to the other side of Mt Abu - closer to Delwara temples, later in the day.
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