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Wildlife at Mayureshwar Sanctuary, Pune

Rudy Birding & Wildlife Hotspots, Featured February 17, 2017May 12, 2018birding in pune, bonellis eagle, chestnut bellied sandgrouse, Chinkara, eurasian sparrowhawk, Hoopoe, Indian Silverbill, Indian stone-curlew, Indian thick-knee, Indian Wolf, Indian wolf at mayureshwar, Laggar Falcon, laggar falcon at mayureshwar, Mayureshwar wildlife sanctuary, Pune-Solapur road, Red collared Dove, short toed snake eagle, striped hyena, striped hyena mayureshwar, striped hyena pair at mayureshwar, striped hyena pune, whistling trails 21 Comments

Situated at around 70 KMs from Pune, Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Tehsil Baramati in Pune district. The sanctuary is mostly made up of dry deciduous scrub forest and has a variety of flora and fauna specific to grasslands. Being a very small sanctuary (smallest in India), it can be easily covered in a day and is one of our favourite places for bird-watching as we have come across a good number of bird species as well mammals in the sanctuary. Read more

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

tete-a-tete with an Indian Wolf

Rudy Birds, Nature, Wildlife December 22, 2015October 9, 2017booted eagle, Indian Wolf, pune grasslands, pune outskirts, quails, scrub lands, short toed snake eagle 7 Comments

It was yet another bird-watching session in Pune outskirts; and again in the arid grassland habitats. Its been around 6-8 months we have been visiting these habitats and we have been pleasantly surprised with the wide variety of wildlife these grasslands have to offer. This time was no different, rather it was our best outing in the grasslands till date as we got blessed by nature to observe the Apex predator of grasslands – Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes). Read more