Birding

As we approach the end of our holiday I went out with Vijay to find some birds in nearby Arpora woods.

He had arranged to meet up with Raymond, local taxi driver and owner of a telescope. He is a good birder and he had 3 English people with him. 

First he found Indian pitta which is very hard to see in the dry season but easy in the monsoon. This was why we met at 7 am.

Then, a first for me, an Indian yellow tit with lovely crest. On  the track we had great views of golden fronted and Jerdon's leaf birds, white browed fantail and ....great excitement...pair of Indian pied hornbills.

It was a very successful morning birding with a total of 25 species in two hours 

Back at the apartment the electricity is off all day while the workmen improve the connections by digging up the road. We hauled the washing out of the machine and wrung it out manually. Then the apartment owners dropped in for a final check and farewell.

We are off to the pool and then to Taj holiday village to meet friends from Ireland.