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Tag: Northern Pintail

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Winter Birding - Seasonal migrants like Rosy Starlings add some panache

Winter birding – it isn’t over until it’s over

March 7, 2016 Beej

Visiting the same location time and again has been the secret of this year’s winter birding escapades. It’s March but the migrants are still here. Among this week’s surprises was a flock of Garganey, wintering ducks from Europe that I have observed at Kaikondrahalli for the first time Continue reading Winter birding – it isn’t over until it’s over

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Northern Pintails and other finds at Kaikondrahalli Lake

February 8, 2016February 13, 2016 Beej

Though winter has been erratic these last few years, migrants are still seen in Bangalore’s dwindling lakes. At Kaikondrahalli, the sighting of two Northern Pintail drakes is a cause for celebration, however minor Continue reading Northern Pintails and other finds at Kaikondrahalli Lake

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