Broad-billed Sandpiper in Jambudwip

“We found 8 birds were roosting amongst a large mixed flock of Curlew Sandpipers, Lesser/Greater Sand Plovers, Sanderlings and Dunlins. They were seen on the beach of Jambudwip (approx 8km south-west from Fraserganj coast in Bay of Bengal) during high tide.” Observer: Sumanta Pramanick Species: Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) Date & Time: Feb 13, 2020

Tricolored Munia Courtship

“Courtship display of Black Headed Munias…Rajarhat, 28.7.20 It was about 7.15 am and a lot of activity was noticeable among the reed beds….baya weavers, prinias, ziting cisticolas, striated grassbirds, pied starling baibies screeching out from almost everywhere, with black and cinnamon Bitterns flying in and out from inside the reeds. This pair alighted right in