Friday, July 3, 2020

Birds at FUNDERA PARK , Yelagiri

Birds at FUNDERA PARK , Yelagiri

During our trip to Yelagiri early last year we visited the Fundera park, Yelagiri. 
This park has all the farm animals - rabbits, guinea pigs, pony horse, goats, cows, different species of hens and roosters from different parts of the world, colorful chickens, and different kinds of parrots. 
The parrot house to walk around was the highlight of the place. 

You can see bird from different continents living together in harmony, the birds are not in cages but out in the open reserve.

we reached there late in the afternoon, but managed to get some pictures of the beautiful birds out there. i couldn't cover all due to the time constraints. some of the bird pictures from that visit 


Blue-and-yellow Macaw

The Blue-and-yellow Macaw, is a large South American parrot 





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White Cockatoo

The white cockatoo, also known as the umbrella cockatoo, is a medium-sized all-white cockatoo endemic to tropical rainforest on islands of Indonesia. 




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The Eastern Rosella

The eastern rosella is a rosella native to southeast of the Australian continent and to Tasmania.




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Pink and Grey cockatoo

The galah, also known as the pink and grey cockatoo, is one of the most common and widespread cockatoos and it can be found in open country in almost all parts of mainland Australia.


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Grey parrots

African grey parrots are also one of the most intelligent. they are capable of amassing vocabularies of up to 1,000 words or more, and using the words that they learn to speak in context



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Conure

Conures are a diverse, loosely defined group of small to medium-sized parrots.


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Cinnamon Conure




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Green Cheeked Conure



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References
Wikipedia

Pictures:
Fundera park, Yelagiri (2019)

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The number of photos is more, so splitting this into 2 post, the next one with will be posted soon.




Thursday, July 2, 2020

Bird Watching - Jungle Myna

Jungle Myna



Jungle Myna is very much like Common Myna but more greyish brown overall; with similar white wing patches, conspicuous in flight. absence of bare bright yellow skin round eyes, and the bushy upstanding tuft of feathers on forehead are diagnostic points.

Local names : Jangli Myna (Hindi)
                     kinnarimyna (Malayalam)

Scientific name: Acridotheres fuscus

Jungle mynas are omnivorous feed mainly on insects, fruit and seeds, for which they forage mainly on the ground often in the company of other myna species. Also eats wild figs and berries and flower nectar

Nest is a collection of twigs, roots, grass and rubbish stuffed in a tree hole or in the weep-holes of a roadside revetment. eggs is 3 or 4 glossy turquoise blue.Both sexes take part in nest building, incubation and feeding the young

References
The Book of Indian Birds (Salim Ali)
Wikipedia

Pictures:
Wayanad, Kerala (2019)

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I just have one picture of this bird and is taken on the road-side during our wayand trip.

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Bird Watching - Black-headed Ibis

Black-headed Ibis



The black-headed ibis , also known as the Oriental white ibis, Indian white ibis, and black-necked ibis.It is a large white marsh bird with naked black head and neck and long , stout, black, downcurved curlew-like bill. Males and females look similar and both have grayish tail feathers. 


Local Names : Munda / Safed baza (Hindi)
                     Thalaikaththi chondan (Tamil)
                     Kashandi kokku (Malayalam)

Scientific Name : Threskiornis melanocephalus


The black-headed ibis is very versatile being able to use a large variety of natural and man-made habitats. Walks about actively on marshy land probing with its bill into the soft mud, mandibles partly open like forceps.



They mostly feed on fish, frogs and other water creatures, as well as on insects.


It nests in heronry colonies near wetlands. The nests are shallow cup-shaped platforms of sticks, grasses or reeds that are typically situated on trees near a body of water, such as rivers, swamps or lakes. The average clutch consists of 2 – 4 eggs. Bluish or green white, sometimes with delicate spots of yellowish brown.



References
The Book of Indian Birds (Salim Ali)
Wikipedia

Pictures:
Kaikondrahalli Lake , Bangalore (2019)