Weekend birding at Gadiara

[ By Amit Kumar Ghosh ]
Date of posting: Tuesday June 2009
Dear friends!!!



This weekend - me and my wife spent a wonderful evening on the riverside of
Rupnarayan. Yes - we were at Gadiara. Saturday with a family friend - we
started around 2.15 PM in noon and reached Gadiara at around 4.45 pm. It was just a scorching heat all over; The whole evening we spent by seating on the
riverside. It was a full moon night - so the water level was much more than
other days. The next day morning we did birding for say 2 hours. We woke up
around 5.15 am and started walking through the green farming land between
new chalantika and river view hotel. There we watched good number of scaly
bellied munia, white throated fantail. While moving towards Ferry ghat - we
found Great tit and Streak throated wood pecker. The rupnarayan tourist
complex is also a good place of birding. Hope - in winter time much more
species can be found in Gadiara. After taking some breakfast we left from
Gadiara at around 10 and reach kolkata by 1.00 PM.



1. White throated fantail


2. Scally bellied munia


3. Red vented bulbul


4. Red whiskered bulbul


5. Rose ringed parakeet


6. Asian palm swift


7. Coppersmith barbet


8. Lineated barbet


9. White throated kingfisher


10. Stork billed kingfisher


11. Common kingfisher


12. Purple sunbird (male & female)


13. Chestnut tailed starling


14. Yellow footed green piegon


15. Black hooded oriole


16. Great tit


17. Black rumped flameback


18. streak throated woodpecker


19. Spotted dove


20. Black drongo




So - lets pack your bag and leave for Gadiara in any weekend morning; Hope
you will enjoy the birding along with nature, greenaries and calmness of
Rupnarayan.




Thanks,




Amit & Debapriya




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