October 2013:
in Southern India
"Birds of Southern India"

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Part 1: From Bangalore to Ranganathittu
Part 2: From Ranganathittu to Mudumalai
Part 3: From Mudumalai to Coimbatore

►PART 2.1: Mysore and Bandipur
26th October 2013,

26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Mysore Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Mysore Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Mysore Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Mysore Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
Mysore	4 on a bike	Mysore	Temple

26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Mysore Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Mysore Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Mysore Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Mysore Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
Living on board of a river	detail from foto left	Bird species 020 (Lifer) Painted Stork 156/1 Mycteria leucocephala "Buntstorch"	Bird species 021 (Lifer) Spot-billed Duck 54/4 Anas poecilorhyncha

26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Mysore Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Mysore Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Mysore Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Mysore Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
wall under construction	Bird species 022  (Lifer) Black Ibis 154/5 Pseudibis papillosa	right: Bird species 023:  (Lifer) Great Bittern?  152/5 Botaurus stellaris	Bird species 024: (Lifer) a heron 148/4?

26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Bandipur Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Bandipur Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Bandipur Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Bandipur Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
street scene	5 on a bike	Bird species 025 (Lifer) Rock Pigeon 86/1 Columba livia "Felsentaube"	Bird species 025: Rock Pigeon 86/1 Columba livia "Felsentaube"

26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Bandipur Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Bandipur Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Bandipur Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Bandipur Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
truck	Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) "Rhesusaffe"	Indian Elefant (Elephas maximus) "indischer Elefant"	Indian spotted Deer "Chital"  (Axis axis) "Axis-Hirsch" Bird species  026 (Lifer) Common Myna (186/6) Aridotheres tristis "Hirtenmaina"

26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Bandipur Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400

Bird species 027 (Lifer) Spotted Dove (86/6) Streptopelia chinensis "Perlhalstaube"

►PART 2.2: Tamil Nadu
up to now 27 bird species includig 24 "Lifer", 1 big-year-lifer, 2 bird species seen before

26.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Karnataka x Bandipur Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
Border control between State Karnataka and Tamil Nadu	Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) "Rhesusaffe"  in Bandipur tiger reserve at the border between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu	tufted gray langur (Semnopithecus priam) "Südlicher Hanuman-Langur" in Mudumalai tiger reserve	tufted gray langurs (Semnopithecus priam) "Südlicher Hanuman-Langur" in Mudumalai tiger reserve

26.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
Chital is native to india: Indian spotted Deer "Chital"  (Axis axis) "Axis-Hirsch"	an eurasian wild pig (Sus scrofa) "europäisches Wildschwein"	unidentified animal, rather big. We thought this could be a really big wild pig

26.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
Elefant feeding area in Mudumalai tiger reserve	Bird species 028 (Lifer) Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch (188/1), male Sitta castanea	Bird species 029 House sparrow (214/1), male Passer domesticus "Haussperling"	Bird species 030 (Lifer) Indian Swiftlet Aerodromus unicolor Malabarsalangane	Bird species 030 Indian Swiftlet Aerodromus unicolor Malabarsalangane

26.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	26.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
wounded bison with blooding neck in the night in Mudumalai tiger reserve: Indian bison (Bos gaurus) "Gaur"	wild elefant in the night in Mudumalai tiger reserve: Indian Elefant (Elephas maximus) "indischer Elefant"

rest under construction: Mudumalai day1

►PART 2.3: Birdingtour 1 in Mudumalai
Birdwatch in Mudumalai at sunrise,

27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
at sunrise in Jungle Hut Resort in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve: The "chital" is native to india	Bird species 031: (Lifer) Oriental White Eye (194/9) Zosterops palpebrosus	Bird species 032: (Lifer) Red-vented Bulbul (192/4) Pycnomotus cafer	Bird species 033: (Lifer) Ashy Drongo (170/2) Dichrurus leucophaeus

27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
Our Guide was an expert for birds	Bird species 034: (Lifer) Brahminy Starling (186/2) Sturnus pagodarum	Bird species 035: (Lifer) Long-tailed Shrike (164/8) Lanius schach	Bird species 036: (Lifer) Scaly breasted Munia 216/6 Lonchura punctulata

27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
The chital buck became aware of us: Indian spotted Deer "Chital"  (Axis axis) "Axis-Hirsch"	again Bird species (027): Spotted Dove (86/6) Streptopelia chinensis "Perlhalstaube"	Bird species 037: (Lifer) Common Iora (172/5) Aegithina tiphia	Bird species 038: (Lifer) White-bellied Drongo (170/3) Dichrurus aeneus

27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
Bird Fotographers	Bird species 039: (Lifer) Yellow-billed Babbler 204/7 Turdoides affinis	Bird species 040: (Lifer) Small Minivet 168/7 Pericrocotus cinnamomeus	also Bird species (040?) Small Minivet 168/7 Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
again Bird species (019): Purple-rumped Sunbird (208/7) Nectarinia ceylonica "Ceylonnektarvogel"	Bird species 041: (Lifer) Oriental Magpie Robin (f) (182/5) Copsychus saularis

►PART 2.4: Birdingtour 2 in Mudumalai
Birdwatch in Mudumalai with spotted owlett and Viewpoint

27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Foto Bala Vignesh	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
Bird species 042: (Lifer) Bay-backed Shrike (164/7) Lanius vittatus	Bird species 043: (Lifer) Spotted Owlet (80/8) Athene brama	(again Bird species 043): Spotted Owlet (80/8) Athene brama	(again Bird species 043): Spotted Owlet (80/8) Athene brama

27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
Indian grey mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) "Indischer Mungo"	Bird species 044: (Lifer) Grey francolin 46/1 Francolinus pondicerianus "Wachtelfrankolin"	Bird species 045: (Big-Year-Lifer) Common Hoopoe (66/1) Upupa epops "Wiedehopf"	(again Bird species 041): Oriental Magpie Robin (m) (182/5) Copsychus saularis

27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
Viewpoint over an elefant area	Bird species 046: (Lifer) Jerdons Bushlark (206/3) Mirafra affinis	Bird species 047: (Lifer) Crested Lark! 206/7 Galerida cristata One adult and two children (thanks to Tobias Epple for this hint in 4/2014)	again Bird species 047 Crested Lark 206/7 Galerida cristata

27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Kamera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 100-400
in the nature in Mudumalai tiger reserve:	again Bird species (026): Common Myna (186/6) Aridotheres tristis "Hirtenmaina"	Bird species 048: (Lifer) Indian Robin (m) 184/1 Saxicoloides fulicata	Bird species 049: (Lifer) Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense

27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Foto Bala Vignesh	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Foto Bala Vignesh	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Foto Bala Vignesh	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Foto Bala Vignesh	27.10.2013 India - Tamil Nadu x Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Foto Bala Vignesh
Viewpoint	Bird fotographer	again Bird species (039): Yellow-billed Babbler 204/7 Turdoides affinis	again Bird species (032): Red-vented Bulbul (192/4) Pycnomotus cafer	again Bird species (027): Spotted Dove (86/6) Streptopelia chinensis "Perlhalstaube"

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More Pictures from Southern India are available from this trip. Will be added step by step in the next weeks

-> 49 different Bird species during part 1+2
    (16+28= 44 "Lifer" for me, additional two "big-year-lifer" and three species i have already seen in Europe but two of them are very rare in europe)

Part 1: From Bangalore to Ranganathittu
Part 2: From Ranganathittu to Mudumalai
Part 3: From Mudumalai to Coimbatore

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