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the Majestic Short-toed Snake Eagle

Rudy Birding & Wildlife Hotspots May 20, 2016May 12, 2018Birding, birdwatching, eagle, mayureshwar, Mayureshwar wildlife sanctuary, pune, raptor, short toed snake eagle 2 Comments

A visit to Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in midst of scorching heat this summer season threw up a pleasant surprise in form of a close encounter with the majestic Short-toed Snake Eagle that will be cherished forever. It was very much of an impromptu plan to visit this place in summers; and we are glad that we took the chance..! Read more

Birding in Tal Chhapar & Jorbeer

Rudy Birding & Wildlife Hotspots March 10, 2016May 14, 2018birding tal chappar Jorbeer, Blackbucks, Brown Rockchat, Cinereous Vulture, Common Starling, Egyptian Vulture, Eurasian Wryneck, Griffon Vulture, Indian eagle owl, Jorbeer, Laggar Falcon, Lesser Whitethroat, Long-legged Buzzard, Punjab Raven, Red-necked Falcon, Rufous-fronted Prinia, Saker Falcon, Tal chappar, Vairable Wheatear, Yellow-eyed Pigeons 0 Comment

For someone wants to observe the “birds of prey” up-close, Tal Chhapar and Jorbeer in Rajasthan are two names that come to mind. We had our Wild India Eco Tours trip to these areas in February this year and we were surely not disappointed, inspite of the overcast weather. We sighted over 80 species with three species each of the Vultures, falcons, eagles, two species of buzzards that included some rare birds like the Saker Falcon, Long-legged Buzzard along with Indian Spotted Creeper Read more

Bird-watching around Ratnagiri

Rudy Birding & Wildlife Hotspots October 17, 2015November 29, 2017bird-watching at Ratnagiri, Bird-watching in konkan, birds at atithy parinay, blue-eared kingfisher konkan, caspian terns konkan ratnagiri, Kotwade, Nilgiri Wood Pigeons, Stork-billed Kingfisher 6 Comments

As the winters are round the corner, we planned a quick trip to Kotawade – Ratnagiri again this year and yes; we stayed at the same place as last time (Atithy Parinay). This time we decided to spend more time relaxing and spending some time at the pristine beaches around the place. Read more

Bird-watching at Sinhagad Valley

Rudy Birding & Wildlife Hotspots October 30, 2014May 12, 2018asian paradise flycatcher, birding at Sinhagad, Sinhagad valley, ultramarine flycatcher 17 Comments

If you are into bird watching and from Pune, then Sinhagad is surely one of the must visit places. Till now I have visited Sinhagad multiple times, out of which we have trekked all the way up to the fort twice.

Birding in Goa

Rudy Birding & Wildlife Hotspots, Travel blogs September 6, 2014November 29, 2017black kite, black throated munia, brahminy kite, chestnut headed bee-eater, cinamon bittern, common kingfisher, common tern, darter bird, flame throated bulbul, Greater racket tailed drongo, grey headed bulbul, lesser golden backed woodpecker, little spiderhunter, lotens sunbird, malabar grey hornbill, pompadour green pigeon, scarlet minivet, Shikra, square tailed bulbul, vernal hanging parrot, white bellied Drongo, white rumped Munia, wooly necked stork, yellow browed bulbul 0 Comment

It was our 1^st trip to Goa after we got into birding, so obviously we were all eager and geared up to check-out the birds in Goa. Couple of birding friends also suggested some hotspots for birding in Goa; however due to Ganesh Chaturthi and just 6 days at hand, we had to drop quite a no. of these hotspots. We finalized on driving through the Bhagwan Mahaveer Wild-life Sanctuary right up-to Tambi Surla and also check the Carambolim Lake specifically for birding apart from being on look-out for birds at all times. Best part was that we had decided to drive down from Pune to Goa via Belgaum through Chorla ghats, which did turn out to be very eventful!

We started out journey from Pune at 5 AM. Just as we crossed Katraj ghat and sun was rising, I saw a Shikra perching on a branch right next to the road. That was the 1^st stop of the many stops which followed later :D. As we approached Satara, we saw quite a no. of large grey babblers, laughing doves and long tailed shrikes all along the way. We halted at Karad for breakfast and then resumed our journey.

Ranthambore National Park

Rudy Birding & Wildlife Hotspots July 19, 2014November 16, 2017Bengal Tiger, Jungle Safari, National Park, Ranthambore, Treepie 0 Comment

This trip was probably my 1st interaction with nature and wildlife. We were just planning out which places we should visit in north as we had to attend a close friend’s wedding in Delhi and Ranthambore just happened! It was actually part of a full 5 day trip where unfortunately we had allocated just a day’s stay at Ranthambore. We boarded our train from Mumbai Central which reached Kota at around 4 AM. Read more