Wild life of India in my camera: Birds of Ahmedabad

National bird of India is a very common species in Ahmedabad

A variety of local bird species in Gujarat has attract bird watchers from across the globe awestruck. As reported by Times of India, Jan 2012 almost 500 species of bird found all over Gujarat state and among them almost 300 species can be seen nearby Ahmedabad, so Ahmedabad although be a metro city of India it is very reach of Avis life. The green vegetation around has made it possible. Two famous bird sanctuary called Thol wildlife sanctuary and Nalsarovar bird sanctuary are very close proximity to the city.

But my focus areas are the villages in vicinity to the city, I normally roaming those uncommon places from where I had got my collections. All the species photographs was captured almost 10-12 km circle nearby villages of Ahmedabad during morning season in my Canon SX50,

List of species are as follows,

A. Wood Land birds

Ashy prinia male

Asian koel male

Bank myna

Brown rock chat/ Indian chat

Common babbler

Siberian stone chat

Common tailor bird

Common cuckoo

Coppersmith barbet

Booted worbler

Black rumped wood packer

Flying fox, though this is belongs in the class of mammalia, but as those photo are clicked during my birds photography season in the kankaria lake of Ahmedabad, I had incorporate in the seris

Greater cougal

Green bee eatter

Grey Francolin

Rosy starling

Common Hoopoe

Indian robin male

Indian Roller

Indian silver Bill

Eurasian thick knee

Jacobin cuckoo

Chatak bird, bird as per Indian mythology that waits for rains to quench its thirst.

Jungle babbler

Asian brown flycatcher

Night jar, this bird was captured in the Gir wild life sanctuary,

Purple ramped sunbird

Oriental macpie robin(female)

Indian peafowl national bird of India

Peahen

Pigeon

Purple sun bird

Red rumped shallow

Red vented bulbul

Ring necked dove

Rose ringed parakit

Shikra Female

Shakira male

This picture captured at bhagwat vidyapit near Gota

Spotted owl

White throughted frontel

Red ramped swallow

Wire tailed shallow

Yellow footed green pegion

Yellow throated sparrow

white eyed buzzard

Daskey Crag martin

Grey wagtail

Golden oriole

White wagtail

Yellow wagtail

B. Wet Land birds

Wetlands birds are among the most productive ecosystems in the world, they mainly feeds on fish and insects, this is a common attraction for birds photographers as it can be easy to shoot then wood land birds, mainly live in flock also much easier to sopt.

My shooting areas are small ponds and lakes nearby villages of Ahmedabad, major photographs are taken near lapkamand lake