South India, Sri Lanka, & the Andaman Islands

watercock, tissa 201113

yellow bittern juv, tissa 201113

yellow bittern, tissa 201113

yellow-eyed babbler udawalawe 181113

yellow-eyed babbler udawalawe 181113

yellow-wattled lapwing udawalawe 181113

andaman boobook, chiriyatappu 021113

andaman coucal, chouldari 311013l

andaman cuckoodove mt harriet 011113

andaman scops owl, mt harriet 301013

andaman scops owl mt harriet 301013

andaman serpent eagle, chiriyatappu 301013

andaman serpent eagle, mt harriet 011113

andaman teal, chouldari 311013

andaman woodpigeon, jirkatang 311013

asian brown flycatcher, jungle hut 061113

barred buttonquail, udawalawe 191113

black-rumped flameback, chennai 031113

brown-capped babbler, kitulgala 141113

brown wood owl, jungle hut 051113

ceylon blue magpie, sinharaja 161113

ceylon frogmouth, kerala 121113

ceylon frogmouth, sinharaja 161113

ceylon whistling thrush, hortonplains 211113

ceylon woodpigeon, surrey estate 201113

ceylon woodshrike, bundala 191113

chammy on dugout, kitulgala 141113

changeable hawk eagle juvenile, chiriatappu 311013

chestnut-backed owlet, kitulgala 151113

chestnut-headed bee-eater, ooty 081113

clipper, mt harriet 011113

collared kingfisher, sippighat 011113. andaman race

common hawk cuckoo, jungle hut 051113

crimson-backed flameback, kitulgala 131113

cruiser, mt harriet 011113

dragonfly, kitulgala 151113

dusky-blue flycatcher, nuwara eliya 201113

elephant face, udawalawe 191113

emerald dove inside hotel! kandy 231113

spot-bellied eagle owl, kandy 221113

grey-headed fish eagle, bundala 191113

grey tit, ooty 061113

group on dugout, kitulgala 141113

heart-spotted woodpecker, parambikulam 091113

himalayan cuckoo juvenile, south andaman 021113

indian blackbird male, ooty 071113

indian blackbird female, ooty 071113

indian pitta, kitulgala 131113

indian scops owl, embilipitiya 181113

indian scops owl, embilipitiya 181113

indian scops owl, embilipitiya 181113

jerdon’s baza, sinharaja 181113 with half-grown tail

jerdon’s bushlark, udawalawe 191113

jerdon’s bushlark, udawalawe 191113

jerdon’s leafbird male bundala 191113

jungle nightjar, jungle hut 051113

jungle nightjar, jungle hut 051113

jungle owlet, parambikulam 081113

jungle prinia, kitulgala 131113

kashmir flycatcher, nuwara eliya 201113

kerala laughingthrush, munnar 111113

white-browed wagtail, jungle hut 051113

layard’s parakeet, kitulgala 131113

legge’s flowerpecker, sinharaja 161113

legge’s hawk eagle, kitulgala 141113

malabar giant squirrel, ooty 071113

malabar giant squirrel, ooty 071113

malabar pied hornbill, udawalawe 181113

mugger, tissa 201113

nilgiri flowerpecker, munnar 101113

nilgiri flycatcher, munnar 111113

nilgiri langurs, ooty 071113

nilgiri laughingthrush, doddabetta 071113

nilgiri tahr munnar 111113

painted bushquail, kalhatty 061113

painted bushquail, kalhatty 061113

palms, tissa 201113

pied cuckoo, jungle hut 051113

purple heron, tissa 201113

red spot duke: dophla evelina, sinharaja 161113

shikra in garden of trident hotel, chennai 281013

ceylon junglefowl & birdquest group, sinharaja 161113

sleeping man with birdquest group, south andaman

spot-billed pelican, tissa 201113

spot-winged thrush at nest, kitulgala 191113

streak-throated woodpecker, lockhart gap 111113

terek sandpiper, port blair 021113

tree nymph, mt harriet 011113

tufted grey langur, bundala 191113

tufted grey langur, bundala 191113

walden’s scops owl, chiriyatappu 291013

White-bellied Minivet male, Mudumulai 22.11.11

Blue-bearded Bee-eater, Mudumulai 22.11.11

Crested Hawk Eagle, Chinnar 27.11.11

Indian Jungle Nightjar, Mudumulai 21.11.11

Jerdon’s Nightjar, Mudumulai 22.11.11

Jungle Mynas, nr Mudumulai 23.11.11

Jungle Owlet, Perambikulam, 27.11.11 ‘malabaricum’ race.

Nilgiri Laughingthrush, Ooty 24.11.11

Nilgiri Woodpigeon, Munnar 29.11.11

Oriental Scops Owl, Chiriyatappu, South Andaman 15.11.11. Taken with compact camera at 2m range!

savanna nightjar, mudumulai 21.11.11

spotted owlet, mudumulai 22.11.11

Spot-winged Ground Thrush, Kitulgala 01.12.11

Brown Fish Owl, Kandy 09.12.11

Brown Wood Owl, Welimada 07.12.11

Ceylon Frogmouth, Sinharaja 03.12.11

Ceylon Grey Hornbill, Kitulgala 02.12.11

Indian Peafowl, Uda Walawe 06.12.11

Indian Pitta, Uda Walawe 06.12.11

Pied Ground Thrush, Nuwara Eliya 08.12.11

Blyth’s Pipit, Uda Walawe 06.12.11

Brown Shrike, Nuwara Eliya 09.12.11

Dusky-blue Flycatcher male, Horton Plains 08.12.11

Indian Scops Owl, Embilipitiya 06.12.11

Jungle Myna, Kalhatty 22.11.11

Legge’s Hawk Eagle, Sinharaja 02.12.11

Lesser Whistling Duck, Debera Wewa 07.12.11

Malabar Pied Hornbill, Udawalawe 06.12.11

Yellow-wattled Lapwing, Bundala 06.12.11

Ceylon Frogmouth, Top Slip 26.11.11

Crested Hawk Eagle, Chinnar 27.11.11

Indian Jungle Nightjar, Mudumulai 21.11.11

Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Debera Wewa 07.12.11

Serendib Scops Owl, Kitulgala 01.12.11

Spot-winged Ground Thrush, Kitulgala 01.12.11

Yellow-wattled Lapwing, Bundala 06.12.11

Andaman Bulbul, Chiriyatappu 16.11.11

Andaman Cuckoo Dove Mt Harriet 17.11.11

Andaman Serpent Eagle, Chiriyatappu 18.11.11

Andaman Serpent Eagle, Chiriyatappu 18.11.11

Andaman Teal, Chouldary 15.11.11

Andaman Woodpecker, Mt Harriet 17.11.11

Andaman Woodpigeon, S. Andaman 17.11.11

Andaman Woodpigeon, S. Andaman 18.11.11

Bay Island Hotel, Port Blair. What a glorious location, with White-bellied Sea Eagles and Brown-backed Needletails zooming past at close range!

Black Baza, Chiriyatappu, S. Andaman 16.11.11

Buffalo & Curlew Sandpipers, Sippighat, S. Andaman 20.11.11

Crested Hawk Eagle, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka 01.12.11

Greater Racket-tail Drongo, Mt Harriet, S. Andaman

Lesser Hill Myna, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka 01.12.11

Long-tailed Parakeet, Chiriyatappu, S. Andaman 16.11.11

Orchid sp, Mt Harriet, S. Andaman

South Andaman

female, Mt Harriet, South Andaman

male, Mt Harriet, South Andaman

juvenile, South Andaman

South Andaman

South Andaman

South Andaman

South Andaman

Topslip, Tamilnadu

Periyar, Kerala

male, Munnar, Kerala

Mysore, Karnataka

Periyar, Kerala

Munnar, Kerala

malabaricum race, Periyar, Kerala

male, Munnar, Kerala

South Andaman

Mudumulai, Tamilnadu