Bengal Birds

Hi Friends!!



We five friends had a visit at Purbasthali on 4th Jan. It was a
wonderful trip with good birding. Two more species i want to add with
the Sumit da's trip report - A) Cotton Pygmy goose (2 pair of them i
just find) B) Purple heron (3 of them at the mid of the lake)



Here is our birding list:



1. Red whiskered bulbul (on the way)


2. Gadwall

3. Common Teal

4. Northern Pintail

5. Common Kingfisher

6. White-throated Kingfisher

7. Stork billed kingfisher

9. Eurasian Wigeons

8. Northern Shoveler

10. Red-crested Pochard

11. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

12. Snipe

13. Little Ringed Plover

14. Cattle Egret

15. Intermediate Egret

16. Common Coot

17. Marsh Harrier

18. Little Cormorant

19. Indian Pond Heron

20. Barn Swallow

21. Common Sandpiper

22. Wood sandpiper

23. Little Grebe

24. Open billed stork

25. Cotton pygmy goose

26. Purple heron




Thanks,



Amit