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
