These 2-3 Birding sites can be combined for a good Long Birding Morning. Unfortunately because of widespread destruction at URAN, the same cannot be recommended as a standalone site anymore.
NAVI MUMBAI TALAWE SITE MAP - (immediately next to TS Chanakya Building on Palm Beach Road, Vashi)
(Red dot indicates the 2 opposite Talawe sites. The small pond on the opposite side of Navi Mumbai Talawe also can yield good bird sightings)
Karnala Bird Sanctuary Map
(The best Birding site in Karnala is just next to Rest Houses (Some Birds are kept in Cages here) at the Entrance of the Sanctuary. There are benches placed overlooking the forest. Atleast 45 Mins should be spent here. I would recommend taking 2-3 trails which branches out from this site where Cages are kept. One should not climb the hill or go deep in the trail just be in circumference of this Main Site (Cages).
Note - Uran map is not given as one just has to drive on the Uran Road / Jasai area and keep looking for ponds on either sides. The earlier established big ponds are destroyed now.
Trip report by my companion Petros
List of birds observed
1. Little Cormorant
2. Indian Pond-heron
3. Eastern Cattle Egret
4. Great Egret
5. Intermediate Egret
6. Little Egret
7. Eurasian Spoonbill
8. Lesser Flamingo
9. Lesser Whistling-duck
10. Indian Spot-billed Duck
11. Black Kite
12. Crested Serpent-eagle
13. White-eyed Buzzard
14. Purple Swamphen
15. Black-winged Stilt
16. Red-wattled Lapwing
17. Rock Pigeon
18. Greater Coucal
19. Brown-headed Barbet
20. House Crow
21. Large billed Crow
22. Common Myna
23. Paddyfield Pipit
24. Common Iora
25. Common Woodshrike
26. Black-hooded Oriole
27. Black Drongo
28. Ashy Drongo
29. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
30. Ashy Prinia
31. Plain Prinia
32. Red-whiskered Bulbul
33. Common Tailorbird
34. Oriental Magpie-Robin
35. White-rumped Shama
36. Indian Black Robin (Indian Robin)
37. Indian Pitta
CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE IMAGES or FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW -
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=171003&id=536552549&l=89102ff86e
NAVI MUMBAI TALAWE SITE MAP - (immediately next to TS Chanakya Building on Palm Beach Road, Vashi)
(Red dot indicates the 2 opposite Talawe sites. The small pond on the opposite side of Navi Mumbai Talawe also can yield good bird sightings)Karnala Bird Sanctuary Map
(The best Birding site in Karnala is just next to Rest Houses (Some Birds are kept in Cages here) at the Entrance of the Sanctuary. There are benches placed overlooking the forest. Atleast 45 Mins should be spent here. I would recommend taking 2-3 trails which branches out from this site where Cages are kept. One should not climb the hill or go deep in the trail just be in circumference of this Main Site (Cages).Note - Uran map is not given as one just has to drive on the Uran Road / Jasai area and keep looking for ponds on either sides. The earlier established big ponds are destroyed now.
Trip report by my companion Petros
List of birds observed
1. Little Cormorant
2. Indian Pond-heron
3. Eastern Cattle Egret
4. Great Egret
5. Intermediate Egret
6. Little Egret
7. Eurasian Spoonbill
8. Lesser Flamingo
9. Lesser Whistling-duck
10. Indian Spot-billed Duck
11. Black Kite
12. Crested Serpent-eagle
13. White-eyed Buzzard
14. Purple Swamphen
15. Black-winged Stilt
16. Red-wattled Lapwing
17. Rock Pigeon
18. Greater Coucal
19. Brown-headed Barbet
20. House Crow
21. Large billed Crow
22. Common Myna
23. Paddyfield Pipit
24. Common Iora
25. Common Woodshrike
26. Black-hooded Oriole
27. Black Drongo
28. Ashy Drongo
29. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
30. Ashy Prinia
31. Plain Prinia
32. Red-whiskered Bulbul
33. Common Tailorbird
34. Oriental Magpie-Robin
35. White-rumped Shama
36. Indian Black Robin (Indian Robin)
37. Indian Pitta
CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE IMAGES or FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW -
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=171003&id=536552549&l=89102ff86e
Wonderful. Thanks for the red dot on map.... For talawe... Hv been looking around for the exact location for so long.... Is it ok to go there by myself without a guide or help?
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