Red-necked Falcon Archives - Whistling Trails

a day with the Falcon!

Rudy Wildlife Experiences July 11, 2017May 13, 2018birding at veer dam, common hawk cuckoo, falcon, Mayureshwar wildlife sanctuary, painted francolin, Red-necked Falcon, Veer dam 7 Comments

With the onset of monsoons around a month back, we had started exploring relatively drier regions of Pune – Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary & Morgaon. However the rains seemed to have halted for sometime, which made us take a chance of birding at Veer Dam last Sunday. What followed next was a close encounter with the small yet beautiful Red-necked Falcon (Falco chicquera). Incidentally, this day also happened to be 3rd anniversary of Whistling Trails! 😀 Read more

Bird-watching at Veer Dam – Pune

Rudy Birding & Wildlife Hotspots May 21, 2017May 12, 2018Bar headed goose, Birding, birding at veer dam, geese, grey headed canary flycatcher, Indian Courser, mottled wood owl, oriental pratincole, Red-necked Falcon, Veer dam 31 Comments

Veer Dam is a key bird-watching hotspot around Pune; especially famous for the Bar-headed Geese & Demoiselle Cranes. We have done multiple trips to this place in different seasons and have been pleasantly surprised with some of the sightings at this place. Till date we have sighted over 170 different species of birds at Veer Dam. One of the best parts about this place is that you will get to see Waders, Raptors as well as Flycatchers in and around Veer Dam. Not many places offer such variety.. Located around 70 KMs from Pune, this place offers a good stretch of 7-8 KMs along the river Nira. This entire belt along the river is extremely rich with Avifauna.

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 at Little Rann of Kutch & Thol Bird Sanctuary

Rudy Birding Hotspots, Birds January 14, 2015November 28, 2017Bluethroat, Demosile Crane, Desert Fox, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Great White Pelican, Indian Wild Ass, Khur, Lesser Flamingo, Little Rann of Kutch, LRK, Macqueens Bustard, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Red-necked Falcon, Sarus Crane, Short-eared Owl, Thol Bird Sanctuary, White-tailed Lapwing, www.wild-india.in 17 Comments

Being avid birders, winter is THE season we look forward to. When Wild India announced the birding trip to Little Rann of Kutch and Thol, we registered instantly as we couldn’t have asked for better company to do birding with. The Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) is world famous for the Indian Wild Ass (Khur) and hence a majority of LRK areas is declared as Wild Ass Sanctuary. More information on LRK and Indian Wild Ass at the end of the report. Read more