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Main Details

Location Manivilundhan Old Tank (Manivizhundhan Lake) மணிவிழுந்தான் பழைய ஏரி
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Additional Details

People

Owner Salem Ornithological Foundation (Group Account)

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Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  2
  • Distance:  1.5 km

Checklist Comments

* First Record for Salem: Blue-cheeked Bee-eater!
* A day when I wasn't done cursing myself enough for not carrying a camera but why would you carry a camera while going to a restaurant when it's just like any other day. Besides it's not a migratory season and I never expected to find a new record in the mid of July. I can keep finding reasons to myself but the thing is I missed clicking two important observations--one is the Blue-cheeked Bee-eater and other is a Green Vine Snake with a fresh kill of a young Oriental Magpie-Robin in its mouth, surrounded by very agitated parent Magpie-Robins, White-rumped Munias, Yellow-billed Babblers, Baya Weavers, Indian Robins and Purple Sunbirds.

Totals

33
Species Observed
116 individuals
1
Species with Audio

Observations

  1. Indian Peafowl

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    Seen 3; Heard 1

  2. Gray Francolin

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Heard

  3. Spotted Dove

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    Seen 3; Heard 1

  4. Greater Coucal

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Heard

  5. Asian Koel

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Heard

  6. Common Hawk-Cuckoo

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Heard

  7. Asian Palm Swift

    Number observed:  10

  8. Red-wattled Lapwing

    Number observed:  3

  9. Little Cormorant

    Number observed:  1

  10. Little Egret

    Number observed:  1

  11. Indian Pond-Heron

    Number observed:  4

  12. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    "I woke up late and went for breakfast near Samiyar Kinaru area (camera at home and binocular in the vehicle). On the return, I casually decided to visit western side of the Manivilundhan Lake. Initially I overlooked the birds and assumed them to be Blue-tailed Bee-eaters as I saw a couple of BTBE at Oonaiyur Big Tank in Pudukkottai, just three days ago. Besides, the weather today was cloudy and the birds were perched on electric line against light. So the colors weren't clear. However, when one of the birds uttered a mild call, I immediately knew they weren't BTBE and looked through binoculars to get a visual treat to the brilliantly flashy blue cheeks! Voice recorder was switched on and I tried to get a binocular plus mobile click. Before I could focus with the mobile, the birds took off towards West and kept calling in flight. The birds, both adults were in their passage I believe. It is my Lifer and my species No. 302 for Salem." - Ganeshwar.

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  13. White-throated Kingfisher

    Number observed:  2

  14. Rose-ringed Parakeet

    Number observed:  5

  15. Black Drongo

    Number observed:  4

  16. House Crow

    Number observed:  1

  17. Common Tailorbird

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Heard

  18. Ashy Prinia

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    Seen 1; Heard 3

  19. Plain Prinia

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Seen 1; Heard 1

  20. Zitting Cisticola

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    Seen 2; Heard 1

  21. Red-vented Bulbul

    Number observed:  5

  22. Large Gray Babbler

    Number observed:  2

  23. Yellow-billed Babbler

    Number observed:  8

  24. Brahminy Starling

    Number observed:  2

  25. Common Myna

    Number observed:  15

  26. Indian Robin

    Number observed:  4

  27. Oriental Magpie-Robin

    Number observed:  2

  28. Pied Bushchat

    Number observed:  2

  29. Purple-rumped Sunbird

    Number observed:  2

  30. Purple Sunbird

    Number observed:  4

  31. Baya Weaver

    Number observed:  10

  32. White-rumped Munia

    Number observed:  2

  33. White-browed Wagtail

    Number observed:  2
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