Started out o the long drive to Gir National Park, stopping
at an arid hilly area en-route for a walk and found Paddyfield, Long-billed
and Tawny Pipits, Sykes’s Warbler, Sykes’s Lark, Eastern Orphean
Warbler, Indian Bushlark and
other commoner species.
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| Eastern Orphean Warbler |
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| Green Bee-eater |
We eventually arrived at Gir Birding Lodge around
3.30pm having had to take a long detour, but it was a relief to finally reach
this lovely lodge. After a nice cup of tea and dumping our luggage in the rooms
we went out for a walk down to the nearby river.
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| Brown-breasted Flycatcher |
Here we had nice looks at
several Greenish Warblers, White-browed Wagtail, Eurasian Wryneck, Brown-breasted, Tickell’s
and Verditer Flycatchers, White-browed Fantail, Common Kingfisher, a brief Yellow Bittern, Common Iora, Cinereous Tit,
and 3 dark-phase Crested Honey Buzzards. The bird guide from the lodge, Raman
Singh, was very knowledgeable and helpful here.
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