Mayem Lake
Off to Mayem Lake this morning. Got on the ferry to the Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary and went east. I walked around the Lakeview Hotel grounds.
Indian Yellow Tit (Parus aplonotus)
The only new bird was an Indian Yellow Tit.
Purple-rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica)
I could not tell if this was a Purple-rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica) or a Crimson-backed Sunbird (Leptocoma minima) but the green patch on the shoulder sold me on the purple-rumped.
Tickel’s Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae)
I think this bird is going from immature to adult. He is mixed.
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
After some bread rolls and subhji, I walked along this road near the village.
Grey-fronted Green Pigeon (Treron affinis)
Near Bicholim I found a track into the Namazgah protected archeological site. People had dumped rubbish all over the place. There were hardly any birds but I did find these green pigeons.
Mayem Lake bird list
Purple-rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica)
Tickel’s Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae)
Indian Yellow Tit (Parus aplonotus)
Grey-fronted Green Pigeon (Treron affinis)
Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Spotted Dove
Common Iora
Indian Golden Oriole (Oriolus kundoo)
Feral Pigeon
Common Tailorbird
Brahminy Kite
Green Bee-eater