Hidden Mumbai Part 3

Blyth’s Reed
warbler- their song is
a mixture of warbling
phrases and guttural,
croaking notes.
It is given from a
prominent perch such
as the top of a reed
stem or bush.
Oriole
Rosy starlings (Pastor Roseus) are highly
gregarious birds, and often form large, noisy
flocks, which can on occasion be a pest for
growers of cereal crops or orchards; the
birds are strongly attracted to flowering
trees. However, they are also greatly
beneficial to farmers because they prey on
pests such as locusts and grasshoppers,
thereby limiting their numbers. The birds
breed in tight colonies in a very short
breeding season timed to take advantage of
peak abundance of grasshoppers between
months of May to June.
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