Birds of IIT Bombay

It was the winter of 2016, when, severely down with illness and unable to work, I decided to photo-chronicle the birds inhabiting the campus at IIT Bombay. It was a journey I was glad I undertook, for the peace it brought about in me. Over the next 3 months, I spent all my time in the lakeside or on the hillside, throughout morning and late afternoon, trying to spot birds. It resulted in 105 different species, not all identified though.

1)

2)

Common Kingfisher'

3)

Grey heron

4)

Goose

5)

House sparrow(male)

House sparrow(female)

6)

Crow

7)

White breasted kingfisher

8)

Coppersmith barbet

9)

Owl

10)

Purple sunbird

11)Unknown

12)

Jungle babbler

13)

Black drongo

14)

Pond heron

15)

Pond heron closeup

16)

Rock thrush(female)

17)

Green bee eater

18)

Asian koel(male)

19)

Rose ringed parakeet

20)

Red whiskered bulbul

21) Unknown

22)

Grey headed shrike

23)

Indian robin(female)

24)

Ashy Drongo

25)

Cattle egret

26)

Blue tailed bee eater

27)

Red breasted flycatcher in non-breeding plumage?

28)

Indian silverbill

29)

Scaly breasted munia

30)

Spotted dove

31)

Shrike

Shrike

32)

33)

34)

35)

Eurasian marsh harrier

White breasted kingfisher

Cattle egret

36)

Spot billed duck

37)

Purple heron

38)

Osprey

39)

Yellow footed green pigeon

40)

Little egret

41)

Purple swamphen

42)

Plain Prinia

43)

Tailor bird

Purple heron juvenile

White breasted kingfisher

44)

45)

Blue fronted redstart (male)

Asian koel(female)

46)

Citrine wagtail

47)

Eurasian marsh harrier

48)

White breasted waterhen

49)

Night heron

50)

51)

Red vented bulbul

52)

Black naped monarch

Purple swamphen

53)

Coot

54)

55)

56)

Red wattled lapwing and black winged stilt

57)

Cormorant

58)

Bronze winged Jacana

59)

Rock pigeon

60)

61)

Asian Paradise flycatcher

62)

Chestnut tailed starling

63)

Wagtail

64)

65)

Common Iora

66)

Great egret and little egret

67)

Ashy prinia

68)

69)

Black kite

70)

Purple rumped sunbird

71)

72)

73)

Common myna

74)

Oriental magpie robin(female)

75)

76) and 77)

78)

Paddyfield pipit

Shrike

Three species of ducks

79)

Asian Pied Starling

80)

81)

82)

83)

Grebe

84)

Gulls

85)

Oriental magpie robin(male)

86)

Glossy Ibis

87)

For all 105 species, check
https://www.facebook.com/amrita.mukherjee.562/media_set?set=a.10154366616766492.1073741861.537411491&type=3