One of the things which i learned in Thattekkad was the importance of recognising the bird calls. Thattekkad forest is dense & it is very difficult to spot the birds like how i do in Bharatpur or Sultanpur etc, were all the birds are in the open & the vegetation is not thick.
Observing & birding with Girish, really showed me the importance of identifying bird calls. 9 out of 10 times Girish identifies birds by their calls. First he identifies the call & then zeroes in on the possible location.
Another highlight of this trip is; This is the first time that my bird count went over 100.......... as i got my list together, the final bird count goes like this : 2. White Bellied Treepie
3. Racquet Tailed Drongo
4. Ashy Drongo
5. Bronzed Drongo
6. Black Drongo
9. Black Hooded Oriole
10. Eurasian Golden Oriole
11. White Breasted Kingfisher
12. Common Blue Kingfisher
13. Pied Kingfisher
14. Jungle Babbler
15. Yellow Billed Babbler
16. Puff Throated Babbler
17. Dark Fronted Babbler
18. Indian Scimitar Babbler
19. Asian Brown Flycatcher
20. Asian Paradise Flycatcher
21. Blue Throated Flycatcher
22. Brown Breasted Flycatcher
23. Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher
24. Rusty Tailed Flycatcher
25. White Bellied Blue Flycatcher
26. Orange Headed Thrush
27. Malabar Whistling Thrush
28. Blue Bearded Bee Eater
29. Green Bee Eater
30. Heart Spotted Woodpecker
31. White Bellied Woodpecker
32. Lesser Yellow Naped Woodpecker
33. Black Rumped Flameback
34. Streak Throated Woodpecker
35. Brown Capped Pygmy Woodpecker
36. Greater Flameback
37. Plain Flowerpecker
38. Pale Billed Flowerpecker
39. Green Imperial Pigeon
40. Mountain Imperial Pigeon
41. Pompodour Green Pigeon
43. Hill Mynah
44. Common Mynah
45. Grey Jungle Fowl
48. White Cheeked Barbet
49. Crimson Fronted Barbet
50. Yellow Browed Bulbul
51. Ruby Throated Bulbul
53. Grey Headed Bulbul
54. Red Vented Bulbul
55. Red Wattled Lapwing
56. Scarlet Minivet
57. Small Minivet
58. Greenish Warbler
59. Forest Wagtail
60. Crimson Backed Sunbird
61. Purple Rumped Sunbird
63. Little Spiderhunter
64. Malabar Parakeet
65. Plum Headed Parakeet
67. Vernal Hanging Parrot
68. Black Headed Munia
69. Brown Cheeked Fulveta
70. Golden Fronted Leaf Bird
71. Asian Fairy Blue Bird
72. Eurasian Black Bird
73. Koel
74. Black Naped Monarch
75. Dollar Bird
76. Malabar Trogan
77. Jerdon’s Night Jar
78. Indian Pitta
79. Srilankan Frog Mouth
80. Intermediate Egret
81. Whiskered Tern
82. River Tern
83. Little Cormorant
84. Pond Heron
85. Darter
86. Bronze Winged Jacana
87. White Breasted Waterhen
88. Ashy Wood Swallow
89. Red Rumped Swallow
90. Indian Swiftlets
91. Brown Shrike
92. Large Wood Shrike
93. Large Cuckoo Shrike
94. Drongo Cuckoo
95. Crested Goshawk
96. Black Baza
97. Black Eagle
98. Crested Serpent Eagle
99. Booted Eagle
100. Brown Fish Owl
101. Mottled Wood Owl
102. Brown Hawk Owl
103. Jungle Owlets
104. Oriental Honey Buzzard
105. Shikra
106. Brahminy Kite
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great place i want to visit, pluide where it is.
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