Here is the link of Nilgiri Wood Pigeon (Columba elphinstonii), an IUCN red listed species ( as vulnerable) and endemic to Western Ghats complex. Photographed yesterday at Matheran.
Photo courtesy by Anish Kadam https://picasaweb.google.com/104099906169988727160/Birds#5715603484654468818 On 3 March 2012 00:52, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > It is (or it was) perceived that Malabar Whistling Thrushs are breeding > visitors in Mumbai wildlife region. Particularly in Monsson they are seen > and observed near the flowing streams. They are sometimes located and > identified through their typical whistling call adn sometimes through their > quick flight type appearance, in the wild. > > Today (i.e. 2nd March`12) my team were on our regular field visit and sat > near a small dam where water was leaking through a broken channel. Apart > from Asian Paradise Flycatchers (male & females), Red Whiskered Bulbuls, > Verditer Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail, Golden Chloropsis, Orange Headed > Thrush, Blue Capped Rock Thrush & Asian Brown Flycatcher, we observed the > continuous calls of Emerald Dove but as usual, this patch of evergreen > forest made us no ease in locating them. All of sudden a bluish bird > appeared from bushes with whistling note. The quick hit , in my mind, was > Malabar Whistling Thrush. But this is not the season for this bird to > appear, I argued myself. We all scanned the area adn waited there for good > 10 minutes. > > Anish Kadam & Mandar Sawant were told to keep their eyes open from > opposite side of the bushes and me & Raju Shelar were looking at this side > of the bushes. The bird , with its typical whistling call, appeared from > bushes and went inside the structure of damaged dam. And thereafter it > didnt appeared at all. All we could understand that it had something, which > we assumed to be, nesting materiel. Now the question or the query is (a) > Are they observed in this season, earlier? (b) Do they breed at this time > of the year, as well? > > The rest of the day was with few more good surprises such as 3 individual > Nilgiri wood Pigeons were observed. A long battle (fight for food) was > observed between Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard and Black Shouldered Kite, > subsequently. The Bombax cieba were in full bloom. The lone Bombax insigne > had no flowers today. Butea monosperma are fading now. Among several Kkusum > trees (Schleichera oleosa), one had started flowering now. > > Regards > Rajesh Sachdev > http://project-matheran.webs.com/ > http://www.facebook.com/leopardguy > > >
