Vijay: 2013

ढाकोबा किल्ल्यासाठी अंबोली हे पायथ्याचे गाव, जे जुन्नर पासून २२ km अंतरावर आहे.

दुर्ग आणि ढाकोबा हे दोन शेजारी किल्ले आहेत. आमच्या सुरुवातीच्या योजनेनुसार आम्ही ढाकोबा वरून दुर्गला जाणार होतो, पण आम्हाला ढाकोबा वरून दुर्ग चा रस्ताच सापडला नाही म्हणून आम्ही ढाकोबा उतरून अम्बोली गावी आलो आणि गाड़ी ने दुर्गावाडी पर्यंत गेलो आणि दुर्ग किल्ला केला.

ढाकोबाची गुहा

ढाकोबाच्या पायथ्याला अंतेरलेले लाल फुलांची मखमली चादर

ढाकोबा

रानफूले

ढाकोबाच्या घुहेतुन झालेले मनोहारी सूर्योदय दर्शन

घुहेतील आमचे वास्तव्य

ढाकोबाच्या गुहेतून बाहेर पडताना एक सुंदर दृश समोर दिसले, एक हरणटोळ साप (Green Vine snake) सापसुरळीची (Ophisops Beddomie) शिकार करत होता

पूर्ण भक्ष गिळंकृत केल्यानंतर

ढाकोबा उतरून अम्बोली गावाच्या दिशेने जाताना, समोर दिसणारा दर्या घाट

दुर्गगड

पांढरा सापकांदा

अंकुर

दुर्गगडावरील एक दृष

This is my blog of Christmas 2012 birding trip to Jamnagar.
We traveled Jamnagar from Pune by car and spent 3 days in Jamnagar. There we visited Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary, Narara Marine National Park and Lakhota Lake in heart of Jamnagar city.

Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary also known as safe haven for birds located in Jamnagar district of Gujarat, India. It has about 300 varieties of migratory birds.
You need to get permission at gate of sanctury, charges Rs 200 per vehicle + Rs 100 per camera, this permit is valid through out the day.
We entered in the park early in morning in our car and returned back @ 4 pm for Rosy Starling flock show at Lakhota Lake.

Narara Marine National Park in the Gulf of Kutch is situated on the southern shore of the Gulf of Kachchh. In 1980, an area of 270 km2. from Okha to Jodiya was declared Marine Sanctuary. Later, in 1982, a core area of 110 km2 was declared Marine National Park under the provisions of the Wildlife (protection) Act, 1972 of India. It is the first national marine park of India. There are 42 islands on the Jamnagar coast in the Marine National Park, most of them surrounded by reefs.
This is almost 60km from Jamnagar city so you need to start early to reach Narara in morning. Sighting of marine life is mostly dependent on high tide / low tide. If you reach there at high tide then water level increases and you won't be able to see marine life much so you need to wait for low tide to happen. Permission charges are same as for Khijadia we paid Rs 200 + Rs 100 as camera charge.
Make sure you enter with guide otherwise you won't be able to see marine life, guide is provided by forest dept (no extra charges) for a group of 15-20 people.

Sarus Crane

The Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to 1.8 m (5.9 ft).

Prinia

Pied Kingfisher
The Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) is a water kingfisher and is found widely distributed across Africa and Asia. Their black and white plumage, crest and the habit of hovering over clear lakes and rivers before diving for fish makes it distinctive.

Green Bee Eater

Common Crane
The Common Crane, also known as the Eurasian Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. A medium-sized species, it is the only crane commonly found in Europe besides the Demoiselle Crane.

Western Reef Heron
The Western Reef Heron also known as the Western Reef Egret, is a medium-sized heron. It occurs mainly on the coasts in tropical west Africa, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and east to India.

Greater Flamingo

Pied Avocet
The Pied Avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta, is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family.

Green Bee Eater with catch

Spoonbill
Spoonbills are a group of large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the Ibises.

Grey Heron
The Grey Heron, is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in the milder south and west, but many birds retreat in winter from the ice in colder regions.

Black-headed Ibis
The Black-headed Ibis or Oriental White Ibis is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae which breeds in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia from northern India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka east up to Japan.

Spot-billed Duck
The Spot-billed Duck also known as the Spotbill, is a dabbling duck which breeds in tropical and eastern Asia. It has three subspecies: the Indian Spot-billed Duck, Eastern Spot-billed Duck, and Burmese Spot-billed Duck.

Lesser Sand Plover
The Lesser Sand Plover is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is commonly given as Lesser Sandplover, but the official British Ornithologists' Union spelling is Lesser Sand Plover.

Osprey
The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), sometimes known as the sea hawk, fish eagle or fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts, with a black eye patch and wings.

Common Greenshank
The Common Greenshank is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. Its closest relative is the Greater Yellowlegs, which together with the Spotted Redshank form a close-knit group

Great Egret
The Great Egret, also known as Great White Egret, Common Egret, Large Egret or Great White Heron, is a large, widely-distributed egret.

Black-winged Stilt/Common Stilt

Lesser Flamingos in flight

Neptune Crab
This crab has broken arm which will grow again at Narara Marine Sanctury.

Pufferfish

Rosy Starling in a Flock

Grey-headed Gull
The Grey-headed Gull is a small gull which breeds patchily in South America and Africa south of the Sahara. It is not truly migratory, but is more widespread in winter. This species has occurred as a rare vagrant to North America and Spain.