Today morning while walking on the road of the birding spot, I heard the familiar puk-puk-puk sound of the Coppersmith Barbet. Tried to spot him, and he was just on the branch at the top of my head.
I observed an interesting behavior of Barbet. He was doing that 'puk-puk-puk' sound and his entire little body was shaking with that sound. Then he stopped for some time and stared again. Was this call for a partner? don't know. Both Male and Female Barbets make the same sound. After making that sound for few more time, he suddenly flew to the tree on my left hand side. I could not see properly but there was another Barbet there. And they flew frantically, almost as if they were fighting and our guy flew back to where he was again. Was that other guy also Male Barbet? Don't have a clew. Our guy was back to the tree on my right side(where he perched on the branch earlier) and he did frantic movements of neck (मान वेळावून इकडेतिकडे बघत होता) and then rested for a while and again flew. But now he went far away beyond my sight.
Spotted a few Warblers, but they are so shy and always keep jumping from one bush to other that its almost impossible to get a photograph of them. Still tried a got some photos of a distant Warbler.
Blyth's Reed Warbler
One more Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
One more Warbler
There was one nearby, but as soon as I tried to capture him, he went deep into the bushes never to be seen again.
Sighted a Purple Rumped Sunbird Male and Purple Sunbird Female at a far distance.
While coming back, sighted a resident Little Egret which stays nearby the small pond and finds food by fishing in the pond. I have seen him many times before from the window of the home, But today I caught a sight of him nearby.
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