Tidbits
Mischief of a Baya Kid
Baruipur | Sept 22, 2019 | Pampa Mistri
Scaly-breasted Munia Feeding
Rajarhat | Aug 16, 2020 | Bhaskarjyoti Banerjee
Baya Weaver female feeding chick with grass-seeds
Rajarhat | Aug 15, 2020 | Aprotim Kundu
Scaly-breasted Munias (juvenile) feeding on grass-seeds
Rajarhat | Aug 16, 2020 | Bhaskarjyoti Banerjee
Green Sandpiper Foraging
Rajarhat | Aug 15, 2020 | Bhaskarjyoti Banerjee
Spotted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher is passage migrant which spend few weeks in Western India in monsoon during their pathway to wintering in Africa. It's bit strange to see this bird wintering in India, specially in the eastern part of the country. Probably this is the first record from West Bengal.
Bali Island, Sundarban | Jan 22, 2019
Sumanta Pramanick
Broad-billed Sandpiper
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.
Jambudwip, West Bengal | Feb 13, 2020
Sumanta Pramanick
Ashy-crowned Sparrowlark dust-bathing
Dust bathing (also called sand bathing) is an animal behavior characterized by rolling or moving around in dust, dry earth or sand, with the likely purpose of removing parasites from fur, feathers or skin. Dust bathing is a maintenance behavior performed by a wide range of mammalian and avian species.
Rajarhat | 2nd August 2020 | Sujan Chatterjee
Courtship of Tricolored Munia
Rajarhat.
28th July 2020.
Sanchita Dey
Ashy-crowned Sparrowlark dust-bathing
Dust bathing (also called sand bathing) is an animal behavior characterized by rolling or moving around in dust, dry earth or sand, with the likely purpose of removing parasites from fur, feathers or skin. Dust bathing is a maintenance behavior performed by a wide range of mammalian and avian species.
Rajarhat | 2nd August 2020 | Sujan Chatterjee
Yellow-bellied Prinia
Habitat: tall grasses and reed-beds, lowland fields, wetlands by paddy fields, tamarisk thickets, grassy side of mangroves. Singly or in pairs. Forages low in vegetation, flicking its tail constantly. Food: mainly insects and their larvae; small spiders and butterflies. Song: distinctive; a cascading series of twitters following a buzzing introductory note.
Joka | June 17, 2020 | Pampa Mistri
Long-tailed Shrike working through a grasshopper
Rajarhat.
2nd August 2020.
Sujan Chatterjee
Black Kite Feeding While Flying
Kolkata | May 24, 2020 | Pampa Mistri
Spotted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher is passage migrant which spend few weeks in Western India in monsoon during their pathway to wintering in Africa. It's bit strange to see this bird wintering in India, specially in the eastern part of the country. Probably this is the first record from West Bengal.
Bali Island, Sundarban | Jan 22, 2019
Sumanta Pramanick
Sanderling Foraging
Foraging behaviour of Sanderling. In the estuary, Sanderlings forage in muddy-sand areas during low tide which helps in achieving higher intake rates than in sandy areas.
Frasergunj estuarine , West Bengal | Sep 18, 2019
Sumanta Pramanick
Broad-billed Sandpiper
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.
Jambudwip, West Bengal | Feb 13, 2020
Sumanta Pramanick