Silly Reflections
Archive for April, 2012
Little Cormorant
Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger) The smallest cormorant species found naturally in India, these Little Cormorants are just like any other cormorant species, swimming and diving in to feed on fish. They spend much of their time on tree branches or pond banks drying up their wings and then immediately going [...]
Blue Throated Barbet
Blue-Throated Barbet (Megalaima asiatica) This bird is so colorful that its hard to miss it when among the woods, but once inside dense foliage, no matter how hard you try, you wont be able to spot it. Perhaps Blue-throated Barbet’s colorful head will be of help in this situation, with [...]
Common Tailorbird
Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) Tailorbirds are very famous in India especially amongst children, with stories of their fascinating stitching skills which rival that of best tailors. They first stitch a big leaf in form of a container in which they build their nest. This little bird was a surprise spotting [...]
Crimson Sunbird
Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) Named after their most prominent looking color, Crimson Sunbirds are nectar feeders mistaken by many as hummingbirds in India which are never found outside of Americas in nature!! The flamboyant crimson color and high pitched calls of chweet-chweet-chweet make it easy to notice this bird though [...]
Taiga Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) Very small birds, almost completely hidden from eye sight because of the surroundings. These are mainly winter visitors, but surprisingly they are still seen inside the campus when most of the migratory birds have left. Have a constant short bursting sounds of trcht trcht, they are [...]
Red Wattled Lapwing
Red Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) These Lapwings are very very vigilant and noisy. Trust me when I say noisy as I had first hand experience as I ventured near them to take some photographs and all of a sudden, both the male and female started flying in circles overhead and [...]
Cinnamon Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Cinnamon Bitterns are very rarely seen, but always heard easily when we stray close enough. Most of the times, they behave as if they are in stealth mode, hunting solely for food in the Ghorajan river weeds, or small reedbeds under the Bamboo plants. Mostly seen [...]
List of Birds of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati
A total of 134 species across 45 families were spotted by me in Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati over a span of 4 years. Though this list is not yet exhaustive, I am striving to make it one. Many of them are common birds of India and can be found [...]
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