Wednesday 15 February 2017

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

The next leg of the journey is to Mysore and then to Bangalore where we catch a flight to the Andaman Islands,first a little unfinished business after the tigers.
 ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZAEDS
 SAMBA STAG AND COMMON MYNA
 SAMBA STAG
 STREAK THROATED WOODPECKER


 BLACK RUMPED FLAMEBACK.
 BLACK FACED LANGURS.


 THIS ONE HAS A BABY IN ITS LAP  She is eating bark from the cottonsilk tree.
 AN OLD BOY I THINK.
 ANOTHER SAMBA STAG
 COPPERSMITH BARBET
We have now left Kabini River Lodge at Nagarhole and are on the road to Mysore.
 There`s a tractor and trailer there somewhere.
 WOOD SANDPIPER
 GLOSSY IBIS


 PHEASANT TAILED JACANA


 INDIAN GREY HORNBILL
BRONZED DRONGO
THE BEST GREEN MARIGOLD HOTEL MYSORE.
The Green Hotel Mysore was built in1916 as a palace for the Maharajahs sisters, it is now run as a charitable institute with all profits ploughed back into the local community,we were told that most of the staff were local people taken off the streets and trained as porters waiters gardeners etc,super place shame we had to stay in the annexe.
Next morning,our last day on the mainland we left here for Bangalore.Of course there was time for a little birding on the way.
 THE MORNING AFTER
 READY FOR THE OFF

 A boat ride around the lake gave us the opportunity to get up quite close to the birds here.

 WIRE TAILED SWALLOW
 SPOT BILLED PELICAN COLONY
 PAINTED STORK

 INDIAN THICK KNEE

 LIFE IS SO TIRESOME.
 BLUE TAILED BEE EATER
 WHERE DOES A FRUIT BAT HIDE HIS FRUIT? HE DOESN`T.
 SPOONBILL



 SEVERAL CROCODILES HERE THEY LIVE ON YOUNG BIRDS AND FISH NOT HUMANS WE WERE ASSURED.

 BLUE TAILED BEE EATER

 STORK BILLED KINGFISHER.





 OPEN BILLED STORK
 SPOT BILLED PELICAN




 PELICAN ARRIVING HOME.


 ALEXANDRINE PARAKEETS ARE VERY QUICK WORKERS...

HOPEFULLY VERY TRUE.

ONE LAST ROADSIDE STOP FOR THIS BLACK{ RED NAPED} IBIS, BEFORE BANGALORE.

1 comment:

  1. Another good day. Nice pitta shots - in Sri Lanka we only ever saw them on the ground.

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