Rangnatittu - 26th jan -09 Asawari Wrote:In the morning at 5:30 we left. On the way we had breakfast in IndraDanush. It took us three hours to reach Rangnatittu bird sanctuary. Kaveri river flows through Ranganatittu and there are many trees around. You will find water birds and land birds. The bird sanctuary opens at 7:30am and closes at 6:30pm - all days. My first bird was Paradise fly catcher. We took a boat and went around the river and looked at the water birds.

We then went towards the car and we saw a Grey Hornbill eating seeds. We went along the river for some time and saw many birds. I did photography. It was fun. Our last bird was the Crested Serpant Eagle. We think it is a female we don't know really. Bird List Paradise Flycatcher - long tail, creste head Red Whiskered Bulbul - red near the eye and under tail Painted Stork - Rose pink on wings, orange beak Asian Open bill - gap in the middle of the bill Grey Heron - Grey body, black line on neck, yellow bill Night Heron - Red eye, grey black body Pond heron - head, neck , breast spotted Littel Egret - White body, bill and legs black medium Egret - bigger than little egret, orange bill Spoon Bill - white bird, black bill yellow tip Darter bird - Snake like neck, white neck Large Pied wagtail - large black and white eye Stone Plover - ground bird, brown with blacl line Grey Hornbill - Grey bird, yellwo and white bill Asian Koel - Green bill, red eye, M-blavk, F- white brown Littel Cormorent - Black bird, yellwo bill Indian Cormorent - black bird, yellow bill Pied Kingfisher - white and bcal bird Common Iora - yelloe greenish bird, black crown Ashy Prinia - Grey crown, red eyee, rufous crown, brown bird Purple Rumped Sunbird - yellow belly, purple rump Tickel Blue Flycatcher - Orange breat, blue head, black tail Common myna - brownish bird, grey white belly House crow - greyesh bird found in city Tickles flower Packer - olive brown bird, grey-white belly Crested Serpant Eagle - yellow around the eye,, white on the beak Other animals Cricodiles We went to Mysore zoo. At Zoo we saw Golden Oriole - golden yellow, bla wings and tail Blue rck Pigeon - grey bird, green purple neck Ashy Drongo - grey bird with fork tail BIRD of The DAY - GREY HORNBILL

Mama wrote:- It was great to see birds busy building nest. Its amazing that how they do they choose any one place suitable for their nesting and breeding. Asawari was trying hard to catch flying Painted stork - finally she got. Thanks to digital cameras we could afford to click more than 15 pics to get one flying bird in our camera :). Dhrupad was busy making trails and collecting sticks. He too was carrying his Binoculars - but wanted to see the other way round. He was excited to see Crocodiles.

Papa wrote:
These birds are so beautifyul that one can watch them whole day.
These kids are so enthusiastic that one can watch them work whole day!
These places are so divine that one easily do satsang (with birds) whole day :~: