I'm just beginning to see (notice) a lot of birds. Still need help from more experienced people to distinguish a sandpiper from a painted snipe. But that makes life exciting. Best part is these are all seen at one place, an area of a few acres behind a shopping mall, that has turned into a mini swamp thanks to a malfunctioning sewerage line and some kind of pumping station that discharges some surplus water on to the ground.
In that small patch one gets to see Ibis, cattle egret, small egret, pond heron, white bellied kingfisher, Purple sunbird, ashy prinia, tailorbird, Indian Myna, Asian Pied Starling, blue pigeons, doves, wire tailed swallow, Indian silver bill, sparrow, black winged stilt, common sandpiper, painted snipe, black kite, egyptian vulture, bee eater, white breasted water hen, red wattled lapwing, an occasional parakeet, crows and probably a few I have not seen yet. Isn't that amazing?
