Sunday, April 26, 2015

Bird Watching at Big Beach, Pondicherry

Me and my family regularly visit a resort owned by Club Mahindra called Big Beach.  I love visiting that place as they have a nice beach and also because of the activities & yummy food :) .  I heard a lot of chirping in the trees and wondered how the birds looked like.  So I took up the activity of birding also known as bird watching.  Here are some of the photographs of the birds I took:


House Crow
To attract some birds I put some fresh fruit in the balcony.  The only things I attracted were insects and crows.  Here is a photo of a House Crow having watermelon.
Red-vented Bulbuls
Red-vented Bulbul
These are some photos of Red-vented Bulbuls enjoying the shade and protection of the tree.  I was happy to spot these beautiful birds.
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Here is a photo of a female Purple-rumped Sunbird.  I consider myself lucky for being able to take a photo of this bird because a group sunbirds were flying everywhere really fast and I thought couldn't take a photo, but, luckily a female sunbird happened to perch on a branch and suck some nectar from the flowers, and then I took the photo :) .
Helmeted Gunieafowl

Helmeted Guineafowls
Near the beach I happened to see a rasp of  Helmeted Guineafowl.  These birds were very noisy.
Oriental Garden Lizard
I even took photographs of other animals like this beautiful Oriental Garden Lizard and......
Butterfly
a Butterfly with 2 separate heads!  Other than these I also spotted a Purple Sunbird and a Babbler (not sure whether Yellow-billed Babbler or Jungle Babbler).
My trip to Pondicherry was a very memorable trip and I will always be eager to go back for another visit.

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