NORTHERN INDIA - Birding Trip reports by Rob Goldbach

Moradabad and New Delhi, 23 November 2 ex. at Bindawas B.S.
13. LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta)
Almost daily 5 up to 50 ex. in all areas visited.
14. NIGHT HERON (Nycticorax nycticorax)
10 ex. in the mixed heronry in the New Delhi zoological garden,
15. GREATER FLAMINGO (Phoenicopterus ruber)
5 ex. in Bindawas B.S. on 23 November,
16. COMMON CRANE (Grus grus)
120 ex. in Bindawas B.S. on 23 November,
17. SARUS CRANE (Grus antigone)
5 ex. (2 pairs, one with juvenile) at Sultanpur jheel (14 November), and 2 ex. on 23 November in
Bindawas,
18. PAINTED STORK (Mycteria leucocephala)
On 10 November approx. 100 ex. in the mixed heronry in the New Delhi zoological garden.
19. ASIAN OPENBILL (Anastomus oscitans)
1 ex. flying over the New Delhi zoological garden on 10 November.
20. WOOLLY-NECKED STORK (Ciconia episcopus)
2 ex. at Sultanpur jheel on 14 November.
21. BLACK STORK (Ciconia nigra)
On 19 and 20 November 3 resp. 2 ex. near Dhikala in Corbett N.P.
22. BLACK-NECKED STORK (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
At Dhikala, Corbett N.P., 1 or 2 ex. on 18, 20 and 21 November.
23. BLACK-HEADED IBIS (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
2 ex. on 10 November at Delhi zoological garden, and approx. 100 ex. at Bindawas B.S. on 23
November.
24. RED-NAPED IBIS (Pseudibis papillosa)
6 ex. on 23 November at Bindawas B.S.
25. EURASIAN SPOONBILL (Platalea leucorodia)
150 ex. at Bindawas B.S. on 23 November
26. MALLARD (Anas platyrhynchos)
Only a single male on Bindawas jheel on 23 November.
27. SHOVELER (Anas clypeata)
75 ex. in the ponds in the New Delhi zoological garden, approx. 5000 ex. in the Yamuna river
near New Delhi, on route to Naini Tal, and 250 ex. in Bindawas B.S. on 23 November.
28. GADWALL (Anas strepera)
2 ex. on 18 and 21 November in the Kosi river near Ramnagar, 500 ex. in Bindawas B.S. on 23
November.
29. PINTAIL (Anas acuta)
200 ex. on the ponds in the New Delhi zoological garden on 10 November, 2 ex. near Ramnagar