Rajasthan
राजस्थान
History and Geography
Rajasthan, area-wise the largest State in India area-wise prior to Independence was known as Rajputana. The Rajputs, a martial community ruled over this area for centuries.
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| Miniature painting of a mine exploding during the siege of Chittorgarh in the Akbarnama, c. 1590–95. |
The history of Rajasthan dates back to the pre-historic times. Around 3,000 and 1,000 BC, it had a culture akin to that of the Indus Valley civilisation. The Chauhans who dominated Rajput affairs from seventh century and by 12th century they had become an imperial power. After the Chauhans, the Guhilots of Mewar controlled the destiny of the warring tribes. Besides Mewar, the other historically prominent states were Marwar, Jaipur, Bundi, Kota, Bharatpur and Alwar. Other States were only offshoots of these. All these States accepted the British Treaty of Subordinate Alliance in 1818 protecting the interest of the princes. This naturally left the people discontented.
After the revolt of 1857, the people united themselves under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi to contribute to the freedom movement. With the introduction of provincial autonomy in 1935 in British India, an agitation for civil liberties and political rights became stronger in Rajasthan. The process of uniting scattered States commenced from 1948 to 1956 when the States Reorganisation Act was promulgated. First came Matsya Union (1948) consisting of a fraction of states, then, slowly and gradually other states merged with this Union. By 1949, Major States like Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer joined this Union making it the United State of Greater Rajasthan. Ultimately in 1958, the present State of Rajasthan formally came into being, with Ajmer state, the Abu Road Taluka and Sunel Tappa joining it.
The entire western flank of the State borders with Pakistan, while Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh bound Rajasthan in north-east, south-east and Gujarat in south-west.
Rajasthan Bird watch
Rajasthan state has a vast diversity of bird life. Nearly 630 species have been recorded in the state. The national parks/sanctuaries, water bodies, grasslands and river beds offer wonderful bird watching. There are 28 national parks/sanctuaries that are administered by the Department of Forests. The Keoladeo National Park, located near the city of Bharatpur, has the most potential for bird watching. One can log 100 species in a day visit to this 29 km2 park, of which about 6 km2 is aquatic. It is celebrated for resident breeding species of birds such as Open-billed Storks, Painted Storks, Herons, Egrets, Spoonbill, Ibis, Kingfishers, Jacanas, Cotton Teal, Comb Duck, and Whistling Duck etc. During winter, its shallow lakes teem with thousands of migratory ducks and geese besides waders, warblers and numerous other forest/land birds. The park is also noted for raptor species such as harriers, eagles, buzzards, falcons, kites, & Shikra etc. Keoladeo National Park is one of the two Ramsar Sites in Rajasthan.
Sambhar lake, another Ramsar Site is located west of Jaipur. About 80 species of birds can be sighted here during winter season. It is a haven for waders, flamingos and some ducks. Ranthambhor Tiger Reserve, and Sariska Tiger Reserve, are the other two national parks in Rajasthan. Each has nearly 250 species of birds besides some spectacular mammals in their wilderness, Ranthambhor being noted as a nursery for tigers.
Rare Species – Rajasthan has some of the rarest of Indian species such as Lesser Adjutant Stork, Great Indian Bustard; Lesser Florican, Stoliczka’s Bushchat, Vultures etc. The Bustard presents a rare example, having been saved from the brink of extinction through public agitation against illegal hunting during the late seventies (led by this contributor – Harsh Vardhan).
Common Birds – ‘Every day’ species in Rajasthan include Peacock, Pigeons, Doves, Mynas, Sparrows, Crows, Koels, Partridges, Parrots, Babblers, Tailor Birds, Sunbirds, Green Bee-eater, Red-vented Bulbul, Kite, Hoopoe, Drongos etc.
Trip plan 6th-20th December 2025
“Rajeshthan and Gujrat Tiger and bird tour”
DAY 1, 6TH DEC 2025- New Delhi to Ranthambhore. 4 to 5 hrs drive. Stay at Tiger Home.
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| Ranthambore Tiger Home ( Home Away From Home ) |
Arrive early morning at Indra Gandhi international airport, New Delhi. Receive and drive to Ranthambhore in Rajeshthan. It will take us about 4 to 5 hrs drive. We shall do afternoon safari today.
DAY 2, 7th Dec 2025- Two safari in one full day at Ranthambhore.
Tiger Home 9414030850
During our stay of 2 nights at Tiger home, we will have total of 3 safari in the different zones of Ranthambhore Tiger reserve. In this period of time we will have maximum chances of seeing Tigers.
DAY 3, 8th DEC 2025- Ranthambhore to Jaipur. 3 hrs drive. Sty in hotel.
Hotel Arya Niwas 9829040549
we will go birding outside the National Park to look for Indian Skimmer. There are good chances of seeing Skimmer in the Chambal river. Afternoon we will drive to Jaipur for the overnight stay.
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| level in the rivers goes down during summer. Skimmers nest on sandbars. Photo by Rito1987/Wikimedia Commons. |
DAY 4, 9TH DEC 2025- Jaipur to Tal Chhapar. 4 to 5 hrs drive.
Rapotr's Inn homestay 8826907085
We shall checkout from hotel early today. After checkin in homestay at Tal Chhapar we shall go birding to look for Spotter Creeper.
DAY 5, 10TH DEC 2025- Tal Chhapar to Sam village at Jaisalmere via Jorbeer and Bikenere. 7 hrs drive.
Today is going to be our one of the longest journey to Desert National Park. Our stay will be closer to the DNP in the village called Sam. This place is going to be one of the our big target place as we look for critically endangered species of bird called Great Indian Bustard. This bird is our top most bird of the trip.
Our long drive of about 7 hrs to Sam village will be via Jor Beer carcass dump. We shall stop here for few minutes to look for Raptors. The interesting bird here will be a wintering Yellow-eyed Pigeon. The carcass will be full of Steppe Eagle, Egyptian Vultures, Himalayan Griffon etc.
DAY 6, 11th DEC TO DAY 8, 13TH DEC 2025- Three full days at DNP.
Musa's Desert nest 9929663413
Sam Sand Dunes
It is a popular sightseeing destination. With the desert stretching as far as the eye goes, it is an absolute delight to watch the sunrise or sunset here. Local villagers also sing and dance to entertain tourists.
exploring the desert is by jeep safari or camel safari.
Gadesar Lake
The lake is a rainwater conservatory that is used to provide water to the nearby regions during droughts. On the banks of the enthralling lake you can spot different types of birds. It also has small temples in its vicinity with beautiful carvings.
DAY 9, 14TH DEC 2025- DNP to Mount Abu. 8 hrs drive.
Today is our another longest journey to Mount Abu. This place is famous for an endemic Green Munia also known as Green Avadavet.
DAY 10,15TH DEC 2025- Full day at Mount Abu.
Sirohi
We will have a full day today because our main bird here is Green Munia. In this full day of birding we will have maximum chances of seeing this endemic bird. Apart from this bird there are several other birds too.
DAY 11, 16th DEC 2025- Mount Abu to Lodai village at Greater Rann of Kutch (GRK) in Gujrat. 8 hrs
After a quick morning session at Mount Abu we shall continue our long journey to GRK in Gujarat. It will take almost about 8 hrs on road today to our homestay at Lodai village which is going to be a base of our GRK birding for 4 nights. We will have 3 full days of time to explore maximum areas and the maximum target birds of the GRK.
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| Lodai’s craft |
DAY 12-14 17TH DEC -19TH DEC 2025- Three full days at GRK.
Epicenter homestay 9925313696
During our three full days of excursion at GRK we will go in different places for birding. Grass, desert, thorny scrubs and wetlands will be the different habitat during our birding.
The Great Rann of Kutch (IPA: [ɾən...kət͡ːʃʰ]) is a salt marsh in the Thar Desert in the Kutch District of Gujarat, India. It is about 7500 km2 (2900 sq miles) in area and is reputed to be one of the largest salt deserts in the world.This area has been inhabited by the Kutchi people.
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| Dholavira (Gujarati: ધોળાવીરા) is an archaeological site at Khadirbet in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District, in the state of Gujarat in western India, which has taken its name from a modern-day village 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of it. This village is 165 km (103 mi) from Radhanpur. Also known locally as Kotada timba, the site contains ruins of a city of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization.Earthquakes have repeatedly affected Dholavira, including a particularly severe one around 2600 BCE. |
| Banni grassland reserve |
DAY 15, 20TH DEC 2025- GRK to Ahmadabad airport via birding at Nal Sarover.
Today we will checkout at start our drive to Nal Sarover which is another important birding hotspot in Gujarat. It will take about 5 hrs drive to Nalsarover from GRK. We shall spend our full afternoon birding in this important birding hotspot before we head out to Ahmadabad airport which is 2 hrs rive from Nalsarover.
TOTAL PAX: 09
TOTAL ROOM: 04 TWIN AND 01 SINGLE
TRANSPORTATION: 01 MINI BUS AND 03 SAFARI CAR.
TRANSPORTATION IN RANTHAMBHORE: 02 JYPSY
TOTAL COST PER PERSON: INR 126,000/-
Actually What we have done…
from Delhi to Ahmadabad in 15 Day
Stop A.Day1-2 Ranthambhore
Embark On A Fascinating Journey Through Rajasthan, Starting With A Thrilling Wildlife Experience In Ranthambore National Park, Home To Bengal Tigers. Explore The Historic Ranthambore Fort And The Trinetra Ganesha Temple. Next, Head To Udaipur, The "City Of Lakes," Known For Its Stunning Palaces, Lakes, And Rich Cultural Heritage. Finally, Visit Mount Abu, Rajasthan's Only Hill Station, Offering Beautiful Landscapes, Serene Lakes, And The Famous Dilwara Temples. This Tour Combines Wildlife, History, And Natural Beauty For An Unforgettable Experience.
Ranthambore National Park -Safari Zones and Wildlife Information
Ranthambore National Park Offers An Incredible Opportunity To Explore The Untamed Wilderness And Witness The Majestic Wildlife In Their Natural Habitat. As You Plan Your Visit To This Renowned National Park, It’s Essential To Understand The Pricing Structure For Safaris To Make Informed Decisions And Ensure An Unforgettable Experience Within Your Budget. Ranthambore Is Among The Top Choices For Wildlife Safari In Rajasthan, Attracting Nature Enthusiasts Eager To Spot Tigers In Rajasthan’s Dense Forests.
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เป็นทริปที่ใช้เวลาคุ้มค่ามาก พวกเราเดินทางออกจาก กรุงเทพ 4 ทุ่ม มาถึง เดลลี ประมาณ ตี2 จัดการเรื่องเข้าประเทศ ใช้เวลาไมถึงชั่วโมง ออกจากอาคารสนามบิน ไกด์ลักปามารับตรงเวลา และเดินทางไป Ranthambore โดยใช้ทางด่วน ถนนโล่งเงียบมากดูไม่เป็นอินเดียเอาซะเลย ถึง Ranthambor ประมาณ 9โมงกว่า เข้าเช็คอินที่โรงแรมไทเกอร์ที่ Sawai Madhour เพื่อเอาฤกษ์เอาชัย เราจะเข้า ซาฟารี รอบบ่าย ตอนเช้ามีเวลา หลังอาหารเช้า ลักปาเลยพาไปดูนกแถวๆทะเลสาป ก่อนถึงทะเลสาป มีปลักควายเล็ก ( ที่ไม่มีควาย) ที่บ่อนี้เราได้เจอนกหลายชนิด จนคาดไม่ถึง..
Sawai Madhopur is a historic city in southeastern Rajasthan, India, famous as the gateway to Ranthambore National Park, a prime tiger-spotting destination. Named after Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh I, who founded the city in 1763, it's known for its rich history, cultural heritage, abundant greenery, and unique 'Madhopur guavas'. Key attractions include the park, ancient temples like Amreshwar Mahadev, and historical sites like the old fort, offering a mix of wildlife, history, and natural beauty.
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| Bedroom at Tiger home hotel |
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| Friendly students in the community nearby our hotel. |
The large bird in the foreground is a Painted stork
The River turn
The river tern or Indian river tern (Sterna aurantia) is a tern in the family Laridae, the largest species currently included in the genus Sterna of typical terns. It is a resident breeder along inland rivers from Pakistan east through the Indian subcontinent, to Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia, where it is uncommon. Unlike most Sterna terns, it is almost exclusively found on freshwater, rarely venturing even to tidal creeks.
The Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), or common spoonbill, is a wading birdof the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, native to Europe, Africa and Asia. The species is partially migratory with the more northerly breeding populations mostly migrating south for the winter.
Mansarovar Lake is a picturesque water body located near Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, India. This lake is renowned for its tranquility and the diverse array of wildlife that can be spotted here, making it a favorite among nature lovers and birdwatchers. The lake is surrounded by lush greenery and is in proximity to the celebrated Ranthambore National Park, which adds to its charm and biodiversity. One of the lake's most notable features is its position as a wintering ground for migratory birds, turning the area into a vibrant and lively spot for avian enthusiasts. The reflective waters of the lake provide a scenic backdrop, especially during sunrise and sunset, when the hues of the sky cast a golden glow on the surface. Apart from bird watching, visitors can indulge in peaceful boat rides or simply unwind by the serene water. The lake's ecosystem supports a variety of flora and fauna, making it an integral part of the regions natural heritage.
The nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) (/ˈnilˌɡaɪ/, literally meaning "blue cow") is the largest antelope of Asia, and is ubiquitous across the northern Indian subcontinent. It is the sole member of the genus Boselaphus, which was first scientifically described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1766. The nilgai stands 1–1.5 metres (3.3–4.9 ft) at the shoulder; males weigh 109–288 kilograms (240–635 lb), and the lighter females 100–213 kilograms (220–470 lb). A sturdy thin-legged antelope, the nilgai is characterised by a sloping back, a deep neck with a white patch on the throat, a short crest of hair along the neck terminating in a tuft, and white facial spots. A column of pendant coarse hair hangs from the dewlap ridge below the white patch. Sexual dimorphism is prominent – while females and juveniles are orange to tawny, adult males have a bluish-grey coat. Only males possess horns, 15–24 centimetres (5.9–9.4 in) long.
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| Greater Coucal |
Jeep and Canter safari
Safari in Ranthambore 1st Drive
Experience The Raw Wilderness Of Ranthambore National Park, One Of India’s Most Iconic Tiger Reserves. Spot Majestic Bengal Tigers, Leopards, Sloth Bears, Hyenas, And Over 270 Bird Species In Their Natural Habitat.
There are total 10 options of safari zones of Ranthambore National Park. Guest may choose any of zone for safari booking. Zone 1 to zone 5 are considered core zone which offers better opportunities of tiger spotting on account of big water bodies, prey base.
While zone 6 to 10 are more hilly zones and offer less tiger spotting so these are less preferred for safaris although when 1 to 5 get sold out or if there is good spotting is reported in any of zone from 6 to 10, preference for 6 to 10 suddenly spikes.
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| Bengal Tigers |
Leopards are present in Ranthambore National Park, coexisting with the more famous tigers, and can be spotted in areas like the Kachida Valley due to its rocky outcrops and dense vegetation. While sightings are special because leopards are solitary and shy, they are a part of the park's diverse wildlife alongside other animals like deer and sloth bears.
ตอนบ่ายเราเข้าซาฟารี ใน อุทยานแห่งชาติ Ranfhambore และเนื่องได้ช่วงนี้มีนักท่องเที่ยวเยอะต้องแย่งกันจอง ไดรพ์นี้ไกลักปาจองได้เป็น รถจิ๊บ2คน แต่ต้องแยกกันไปเป็น2 โซน คือ โซน 2 กับโซน4ในกลุ่มเราใครไปโซนไหน มี่ชื่อลงทะเบียนกำหนดไว้เรียบร้อยแล้ว เลือกไม่ได้ดวงใครดวงมัน
รถคันเราได้ โซน2 รอบบ่าย เกจเปิด บ่าย2โมงเรามาถึงก่อนเวลาเล็กน้อย ต้องราเกจเปิดถึงเวลา เรนเจอร์มาเช็คชื่อและหน้าตาให้ตรงกับใน พาสปอตเล็กน้อยก็เข้าได้ โซน2 จะเป็นโซนที่วิ่งขนานไปกับ ปราสาทRanthambore
Ranthambore Fort is believed to have been constructed by the Chauhan’s in the 10th century owing to safety measures. Eventually in the 13th century, the Delhi Sultanate captured the fort. Visitors will find here elements from Rajasthani architecture: towering gates, domes, stone pathways, thick walls, water tanks, and temples. Visitors will enter via one of the seven gates, namely, Ganesh Pol, Andheri Pol, Navlakha Pol, Hathi Pol, Satpol, Suraj Pol and Delhi Pol. Mahadeo Chhatri, Toran Dwar, and Sametonki Haveli are other attractions not to be missed. The on-site Ganesha Temple is widely known among devotees and draws crowds in large numbers.
The panoramic views of the National Park alone make this a worthy visit. The fort is free for all, and opens from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Visitors should try to catch the sunset here. The best time to visit the Ranthambore Fort is from April to October.
The history of the Ranthambore Fort is a history of the many different kingdoms that fought and conquered it throughout the centuries. Located among the forests of Sawai Madhopur, the fort’s creation is accredited to the Chauhan Dynasty, under the reign of King Sapaldaksha, around 944 CE, with some records also suggesting the fort was built under the the initiative of another Chauhan king, King Jayant in 1110 CE, but then captured by the Ghirudi Empire in 1192. Later, the fort was said to have been captured by the Mamluk Dynasty in 1226, under the rule of Sham Ud-din Iltutmish, after which the Chauhan Dynasty recaptured the fort in 1235.
ที่โซนสองเราเจอนกและ Mammal หลายชนิดแต่ไร้วี่แววของเสือ
The sambar (Rusa unicolor) is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent, South China, and Southeast Asia that is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red Listsince 2008. Populations have declined substantially due to hunting, local insurgency, and industrial exploitation of habitat
The chital, also called spotted deer and axis deer, is a deer species native to the Indian subcontinent. It was first described by Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777. A moderate-sized deer, male chital reach 90 cm and females 70 cm at the shoulder. While males weigh 70–90 kg, females weigh around 40–60 kg.
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เพื่อนอีกกลุ่มของเรา เข้าชมที่โซน4 ทราบมาว่าเข้าไปจากเกจไม่ไกลก็เจอเสือนอนอยู่ใกล้ถนนและอยู่เฝ้ากันจนเกือบ5โมงเสือจึงลุกเดินไปที่ลำธาร ได้ถ่ายภาพกันจุใจ
The Bengal tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies. It ranks among the largest of wild cats. It is distributed from India, southern Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan to Southwestern China. Its historical range extended to the Indus Basin until the early 19th century, and it is thought to have been present in the Indian subcontinentsince the Late Pleistocene about 12,000 to 16,500 years ago. It is threatened by poaching, habitat loss and habitat fragmentation.
People on safari jeebs waiting a Bengal tiger change motion to move around from resting in the grass. Tiger appears to be a sub-adult male.
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| Photo by Weranut-Chairatana |
Drive#2 Zone3
6.30 am. เรามารอที่หน้า Jogi Mahal gate เพื่อเข้าซาฟารี โซน3 สำหรับไดรพ์นี้พวกเราจะเข้า โซน 3 ทั้ง2คัน เกจเปิด 7 โมง พื้นที่บริเวณนี้จะเป็นทั้งประตูที่ขึ้นพระราชวัง และเข้าประตูเข้าพระราชอุทยานเพื่อล่าสัตว์ด้วย
6.30 am. เรามารอที่หน้า Jogi Mahal gate เพื่อเข้าซาฟารี โซน3 สำหรับไดรพ์นี้พวกเราจะเข้า โซน 3 ทั้ง2คัน เกจเปิด 7 โมง พื้นที่บริเวณนี้จะเป็นทั้งประตูที่ขึ้นพระราชวัง และเข้าประตูเข้าพระราชอุทยานเพื่อล่าสัตว์ด้วย
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| The Jogi Mahal gate a historical building located inside the Ranthambore National park |
Ranthambore Jogi Mahal
Jogi Mahal is a historic hunting lodge located within the Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan, India. It was built in the late 19th century by the Maharaja of Jaipur, and was later converted into a forest guest house.The Jogi Mahal is located near the Padam Talao (lake) and offers stunning views of the lake and the surrounding forest. It is a popular spot for wildlife enthusiasts, as it is a great place to spot tigers, leopards, deer, and a variety of bird species.Jogi Mahal is also home to the second largest banyan tree in India, which is estimated to be over 700 years old. The tree covers an area of over 300 meters and is considered to be a sacred site by the locals.Today, Jogi Mahal serves as a popular tourist destination and offers accommodation facilities to visitors who want to explore the Ranthambore National Park. The lodge is managed by the Rajasthan Forest Department and is open to visitors throughout the year.
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| The entrance and part of the wall of the Ranthambore Fort |
Ranthambore National Park's Zone 3 is a highly popular and picturesque safari area known for its scenic lakes, historic ruins, and frequent tiger sightings, making it ideal for photographers and wildlife enthusiasts seeking an authentic Ranthambore experience with rich biodiversity. It's part of the core zones (1-5) considered prime for tiger viewing, offering stunning landscapes and frequent tiger activity, often featuring in wildlife media.
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Drive#3 Zone 2
ซาฟารีรอบ3 บ่ายนี้ เราจะกลับเข้าไปซ้ำที่โซน2 อีกครั้ง เพระมีการคาดการณ์ว่าจะมีโอกาสเจอเสือได้มากที่สุด ส่วนโซน1 แทบจะไม่มีโอากาสเจอเลย ไกด์จึงจัดให้สมาชิกที่เคยเจอแล้วแบบใกล้ชิดในไดรพ์แรก ไปโซน1 แทนกลุ่มเราที่ตามกำหนดเดิมต้องไป โซน 1 เพราะโซน 2 เคยไปแล้ว
In Ranthambore, "Ganesh" refers to the famous male tiger, T-120, known for his bold demeanor and dominance in the lake areas (Zones 2, 3, 4), often seen near the fort, a popular draw for photographers, a descendant of the legendary Krishna (T-19), and the subject of a recent documentary, Ganesh: Lord of the Lakes, for his quest to establish his lineage.
เราเฝ้ารออยู่สักพัก มีรถนักท่องเที่ยวเข้ามาเพิ่มขึ้นเรื่อยๆหลายคนดูร้อนรน กระสับกระส่าย ที่ไม่สามารถเข้าถึงจุดที่มองเห็นเสือได้แม้ว่าจะอยู่ใกล้ๆ จนในที่สุดไกด์ของเราต้องปรึกษาพวกเราจะเราถอยให้คนอื่นเข้ามาดูได้ไหม เพราะยังไงเสือก็อยู่ท่าเดิมจนกว่าจะถึงเวลา พวกเราก็โอเคยอมถอยออกมา
To truly appreciate this encounter, one must know Ganesh’s backstory. T-120 is a relatively young male tiger, about 6–7 years old as of 2025. He was born around September 2018 in a remote part of the reserve . His lineage is royal: he is the grandson of the famous tigress Krishna (T-19) and son of T-63 (Chanda), who was one of Krishna’s daughters . As a cub, Ganesh grew up away from tourist zones in the Lahpur Valley, learning survival alongside his mother and a sibling. In 2021, upon reaching maturity, he left his mother’s side to carve out his own territory. His first foray into the tourism zones was recorded in March 2021 , and even then, guides took note of his bold demeanor.
Seeing Ganesh (T-120) in the wild is not just a thrilling experience for tourists; it also highlights the success of Ranthambore’s conservation efforts. As a strong male tiger, T-120 plays a crucial role in the park’s ecosystem. He occupies a large territory overlapping zones 3 and 4, which includes vital water sources like Malik Talao and Rajbagh. By marking and defending this territory, he ensures no two adult males roam the same area, which helps reduce fights and stabilize tiger populations. Within his domain live several females, including the famous Riddhi (T-124) – the current queen of the lakes area and great-granddaughter of Machli. In fact, Ganesh is Riddhi’s mate and the father of her cubs . This makes him vital for the next generation of tigers in Ranthambore. Visitors in 2025 might even hear stories from guides about a tigress with cubs seen in Zone 3 or 4 – those are Riddhi’s young ones, and Ganesh is their father. While male tigers don’t directly raise cubs, by guarding his territory Ganesh indirectly protects his offspring by keeping rival males away. The healthy presence of T-120 indicates a balanced food chain – he preys on deer, wild boar, and occasionally even larger animals, keeping herbivore populations in check which in turn maintains the vegetation balance.
ไกด์นำรถมาจอดห่างจากจุดที่ Ganesh นอนประมาณ 100 เมตร เขาชี้ให้พวกเราดูว่าเมื่อถึงเวลา เค้าจะเดินออกมาทางนี้ เรารอจนถึงประมาณ 3 โมงครึ่งเค้าก็เดินออกมาจริงๆ หลังจากหยุดมองมาทางเราสักครู่ เค้าก็เดินเลี่ยงไปอีกทาง
ฝูงชนเริ่มขยับตามมาเป็นขบวนจนเราต้องขยับหนีไปตั้งหลักอีกจุดที่ริมลำธาร มีช่องเล็กมองทะลุลงไปเห็นริมลำธารได้อยู่เจ้าเสือก็โผล่หน้าออกมาใกล้จนเราหดเลนส์ไม่ทัน ดูเหมือนจะเคลื่อนตัวช้าๆแต่ทำไมเค้ามาถึงเร็วแบบนี้น่าแปลกใจ ยิ่งได้เห็นอุ้งเท้าอันใหญ่โตยิ่งทำให้ใจเต้น แรง
Encounter with Ganesh (T-120): The Charger of Ranthambore’s Zone 4 , From now I think he try to became the Lord of Zone2 aswell.
Tigers are highly territorial, solitary animals that establish and defend their home ranges to ensure sufficient access to essential resources like prey, water, and safe spaces for raising cubs. They use a variety of sophisticated methods to build and maintain their territories, which can vary significantly in size based on the environment.
อีกครั้งที่เราย้ายออกจากจุดที่เสืออยู่เพื่อให้รถคันอื่นได้เข้ามาดูความน่ารักของเจ้าเสือบนโขดหิน
คราวนี้เป็นคิวของการยึดพื้นที่ถนน Ganesh เดินปล่อยละอองฉี่ไปตามข้างทางเป็นระยะๆ เมือนเจอพวกเราก็เดินหันหบังกลับแย่างเสียไม่ได้ แต่ก็ไม่ได้เดินลงจากถนนและยังคงเดินดมกลิ่นและ ปล่อยฉี่กลบกลิ่นเก่าไปเรื่อยๆ จนไปเจอกับขบวนรถที่สวนมาจึงเดินลงไปในป่าข้างทาง
People Were Horrified by the Roar of Tiger Ganesh on the Road to gate.
People Were Horrified by the Roar of Tiger Ganesh on the Road to gate.
Roads in and around Ranthambore National Park are very much tiger territory, with tigers frequently crossing, resting on, and claiming these roads as part of their hunting and territorial grounds, including the Ranthambore Fort road, requiring visitors and locals to be extremely cautious and aware of their presence.
Tigers love water because of their natural habitat and learned behaviors, whereas domestic cats have no evolutionary need to enjoy it.
Tigers need regular access to water and will drink
once or twice daily, consuming a significant amount, especially in hot weather. They are fond of water and often use ponds, lakes, and rivers to cool down. 
Tigers drink by rapidly lapping up water with their tongue, much like a domestic cat, quickly closing their jaws around the column of liquid.
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Drive#3 Zone 1
ที่ โซน1 ซึ่งคาดกันว่าจะไม่มีโอาสเจอเสือใน drive นี้แต่เพื่อนๆของเราก็โชคดีได้เจอแม่เสือสาวในระยะใกล้เช่นกัน และที่ดีกว่านั้นคือมีรถนักท่องเที่ยวน้อยจึงสะดวกในการเก็บภาพวิดิโอสวยๆ
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Rajasthan 🇪🇹Day3
Sawai Madhopur
ก่อนอาหารเช้า เราไปกำลังกายด้วยการ ตามหานกเป้าหมายรองอีกตัวคือ Painted Sandgrouse ไปถึงหมาย 3 ไกด์ ช่วยกันเซิทหาตามเนินทราย ไม่นานก็เจอ ฝูงนก3ตัวบินขึ้น เดินตามไปลงตรงจุดที่นกลงเกาะก็ได้ภาพมาแบบไม่ค่อยดีเท่าที่ควร เพราะเข้าใกล้นกก็บิน เวลาที่เหลือก็ก็เก็บนกตามพุ่มหนามจนหมดเวลา 1ชั่วโมง
Birding outside Ranthambore national park offers great variety, focusing on dry-deciduous species like Jungle Babblers, Rufous Treepies, Peacocks, Parakeets (Plum-headed), Bulbuls, Sandgrouse, and Quails, often near water bodies or in the park's buffer zones and surrounding landscapes, using safaris or local guides for exploration, especially in early mornings when birds are most active.
The painted sandgrouse (Pterocles indicus) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family Pteroclidae found in India and Pakistan. The painted sandgrouse is found in dry regions in rough grassland, rocky areas and scrub and feeds mainly on seeds. It is gregarious and groups congregate at waterholes to drink.
The large gray babbler (Argya malcolmi)
This long-tailed and large babbler has a brown body with creamy white outer tail feathers which are easily visible as they fly with fluttery wing beats low over the ground. The lores are dark and forehead is grey with white shaft streaks on the feathers. The rump and uppertail covers are pale grey. The mantle has dusky blotches and no shaft streaks. The three outer tail feathers are white and the fourth pair has the outer web white. The wings are darker brown. The iris is yellow and the upper mandible is dark brown while the lower mandible is yellowish. The tail is faintly cross barred.Abnormal specimens showing albinism or leucism have been reported
The bay-backed shrike (Lanius vittatus)
It is smallish shrike at 17 cm, maroon-brown above with a pale rump and long black tail with white edges. The underparts are white, but with buff flanks.The crown and nape are grey, with a typical shrike black bandit mask through the eye. There is a small white wing patch, and the bill and legs are dark grey.
It is smallish shrike at 17 cm, maroon-brown above with a pale rump and long black tail with white edges. The underparts are white, but with buff flanks.The crown and nape are grey, with a typical shrike black bandit mask through the eye. There is a small white wing patch, and the bill and legs are dark grey.
The tawny-flanked prinia (Prinia subflava)
The tawny-flanked prinia is 11–12 cm (4.3–4.7 in) in length with a long, narrow, graduated tail and a fairly long, slender bill. The tail is often held erect or waved from side to side. The upperparts are grey-brown with rufous-brown edges to the flight feathersand a rufous tinge to the rump. The throat and breast are whitish while the flanks and vent are warm buff. There is a whitish stripe over the eye and the lores are dark. The tail feathers have a white tip and a dark subterminal band.
The rufous-fronted prinia (Prinia buchanani)
The rufous-fronted prinia is a small stocky bird, generally 12 cm long and weighing between 5 and 6 grams. The upper parts are sandy color. The lower parts are off-white. The legs and toes are pink. Remiges and tail feathers are also sandy color. The underside of the tail is creamy white. The head is olive brown, and the bird has a pale eyebrow and a thin red eye circle. The beak is a classic insectivore, thin and slightly curved, and the eyes are reddish-orange.
The Indian robin (Copsychus fulicatus)
The Indian robin is sexually dimorphic in plumage, with the male being mainly black with a white shoulder patch or stripe whose visible extent can vary with posture. The northern populations have the upper plumage brownish, while the southern populations are black above. The males have chestnut undertail coverts and these are visible as the bird usually holds the 6–8 cm long tail raised upright. The females are brownish above, have no white shoulder stripe and are greyish below, with the vent a paler shade of chestnut than the males. Birds of the northern populations are larger than those from southern India or Sri Lanka. Juvenile birds are much like females, but the throat is mottled.
The brahminy starling or brahminy myna (Sturnia pagodarum)
This myna is pale buff creamy with a black cap and a loose crest. The bill is yellow with a bluish base. The iris is pale and there is a bluish patch of skin around the eye. The outer tail feathers have white and the black primaries of the wings do not have any white patches. The adult male has a more prominent crest than the female and also has longer neck hackles. Juveniles are duller and the cap is browner.
หลังจากกลับไปทานอาหารเช้าที่โรงแรมเสร็จเราก็เช็คเอาท์โรงแรมเพื่อเดินทางต่อไป Tal Chhapa โดยจะแวะล่องเรือเพื่อตามหา นกกรีดน้ำ
Day3 Chambal River
Indian skimmer bird, a vulnerable species that lives near rivers like the Chambal, or a trash skimmer machine used for cleaning floating waste from waterways. Jaipur is located on the Banas River, a tributary of the Chambal. Some Indian skimmer sightings are reported in the Chambal River area, which is near Jaipur and is known for sandbars, a favorite nesting site for the bird |
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ตอนทานข้าวเช้าลักปาแจ้งข่าวว่าตอนนี้ระดับน้ำในแม่น้ำ chambal ยังไม่ลดลงเท่าที่ควร ดังนั้นโอกาสที่เราจะเจอ นกกรีดน้ำแทบจะไม่มีแต่ยังไงก็ตามเราก็คงไปตามแผนเดิมเผื่อจะมีโชคบ้าง
The Chambal River is a tributary of the Yamuna River in Central and Northern India, and thus forms part of the drainage system of the Ganges.The river flows north-northeast through Madhya Pradesh, briefly flowing through Rajasthan, then forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh before turning southeast to join the Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh state. The Chambal finds mention in ancient Hindu scriptures. The Hindu epic Mahabharata refers to the Chambal River as Charmanyavati: originating from the blood of thousands of animals sacrificed by the King Rantideva.
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This species prefers gravel banks along rivers or large lakes, and also beaches. It is mainly nocturnal or crepuscular like other stone-curlews, but can frequently be seen foraging during the day, moving slowly and deliberately, with occasional short runs. It tends to be wary and flies off into the distance ahead of the observer, employing powerful, rather stiff wingbeats. The call is a wailing whistle, given mainly at night, as with other birds in this family. The great thick-knee eats crabs, large insects, and other animal prey. A single egg is laid in a bare scrape on the open shingle.
the Marsh Crocodile (Mugger Crocodile, Crocodylus palustris) is a key species in the National Chambal River Sanctuary, living alongside the critically endangered Gharial, with muggers actually becoming quite common and playing vital roles in maintaining river biodiversity, adapting well to freshwater marshes, lakes, and rivers, and sometimes even venturing into nearby villages, requiring rescues by wildlife organizations like Wildlife SOS.
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The desert wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) is a wheatear, a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher (Muscicapidae). It is a migratoryinsectivorous species, 14.5 to 15 cm (5.7 to 5.9 in) in length. Both western and eastern forms of the desert wheatear are rare vagrants to western Europe. The western desert wheatear breeds in the Sahara and the northern Arabian Peninsula. The eastern race is found in the semi-deserts of Central Asia and in winter in Pakistan and northeast Africa.
English common names for this species include the white-necked stork, white-headed stork, bishop stork and parson-bird. More recently, the African and Asian populations are considered to be two different species, the African woolly-necked stork and the Asian woolly-necked stork. This is based purely on geographical isolation,but there is no morphological or phylogenetic evidence yet to support this split.
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Rajasthan 🇪🇹Day4
Jaipur
ก่อนออกจากเมืองชัยปุระ ไกด์ลักปาไม่ลืมที่จะพาเรา short brief นั่งรถเข้าชมถนนหน้าพระราชวังสีชมพู ไฮไลท์ของชัยปุระ 1 รอบ ยอมรับว่าสวยเสียจนไม่ได้ดูรายละเอียด เพราะต้องรีบกดภาพรัวๆ ไว้ค่อยมาซูมดูภายหลัง ระหว่างทางแวะซื้อผักและผลไม้ตุนไว้เป็นอาหารเสริม เพราะเราทราบมาว่าที่พักคืนนี้ มังสะวิรัต 100% จร้า
City Palace, Jaipur
The City Palace, Jaipur is a royal residence and former administrative headquarters of the rulers of the Jaipur State in Jaipur, Rajasthan.Construction started soon after the establishment of the city of Jaipur under the reign of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, who moved his court to Jaipur from Amber, in 1727. Jaipur remained the capital of the kingdom until 1949—when it became the capital of the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan—with the City Palace functioning as the ceremonial and administrative seat of the Maharaja of Jaipur.[2] The construction of the Palace was completed in 1732, and it was also the location of religious and cultural events, as well as a patron of arts, commerce, and industry. It was constructed according to the rules of vastushastra, combining elements of Mughal and Rajput architectural styles.[1] It now houses the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, and continues to be the home of the Jaipur royal family. The royal family has around 500 personal servants.
The palace complex has several buildings, various courtyards, galleries, restaurants, and offices of the Museum Trust. The MSMS II Museum Trust is headed by chairperson Rajamata Padmini Devi of Jaipur (from Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh).Princess Diya Kumari runs the Museum Trust, as its secretary and trustee. She also manages The Palace School and Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh School in Jaipur. She founded and runs the Princess Diya Kumari Foundation to empower underprivileged and underemployed women of Rajasthan, and is also an entrepreneur. In 2013, she was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan from the constituency of Sawai Madhopur.
The City Palace is in the central-northeast part of the Jaipur city, which is laid in a unique pattern with wide avenues. It is a unique and special complex of several courtyards, buildings, pavilions, gardens, and temples. The most prominent and most visited structures in the complex are the Chandra Mahal, Mubarak Mahal, Shri Govind Dev Temple, and the City Palace Museum.
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Sarvato Bhadra (Diwan-e-Khas)
The Sarvato Bhadra is a unique architectural feature. The unusual name refers to the building's form: a Sarvato Bhadra is a single-storeyed, square, open hall, with enclosed rooms at the four corners.[11] One use of the Sarvato Bhadra was as the Diwan-e-Khas, or the Hall of Private Audience, which meant the ruler could hold court with the officials and nobles of the kingdom in a more private, intimate space than the grand spaces of the Sabha Niwas in the next courtyard, which was open to more people. But it's also one of the most important ritual buildings in the complex, and continues to be so today, representing as it does, 'living heritage'. Because of its location between the public areas and the private residence, it has traditionally been used for important private functions like the coronation rituals of the Maharajas of Jaipur.
This gateway is located neart the Hawa Mahal.
A variety of fresh produce on display at a market
StopC.Day4 Tal Chhapar
Chhapar is a small village in Jhajjar district in the state of Haryana, India. It is 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Jhajjar, which is both the District & Sub-District headquarters. It is 88 kilometres (55 mi) from New Delhi and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from National Highway 71 on the road from Kulana to Kosli. It had a population of 2,878 among 567 households.
The native language of Chhapar is Haryanviand most of the village people speak Haryanvi. People of Chhapar use Hindi and English languages for their official communications.
เดินทางออกจากชัยปุระ เพื่อไปตามหานกเป้าหมายหลัก ของหัวหน้าทริป #Spotted creeper ที่เคยพลาดจากทริปที่แล้ว เราเดินทางครึ่งวันถึงเมือง Chahapar เข้าเช็คอินที่โฮมสเตย์ ทานอาหารเที่ยงมังสะวิรัต เรียยร้อย รถจิ๊บ2 คัน ก็พาเราไปตามหาเป้าหมายกันเลย
ออกจากที่พักมาไม่ไกลก็ถึงหมาย เป็นเทุ่งโล่งเขตห้ามล่า ที่เค้านำทรากสัตว์ชั้นสูง มาทิ้งไว้ และคงรวมถึง พวกที่เดินมาละสังขารเพื่อเป็นทานแก่นกกา ผ่านจุดสัตว์กินทรากก็เข้าบริเวณ ป่าพุ่มหนาม เป็นป่าโปร่ง พื้นทรายะเอียด มีไม้ยืนต้นไม่สูง (ไม่ทราบชื่อ) ลำต้นมีเปลือกไม้หนา แตกเป็นร่องลึก ที่ซุกซ่อนอ่อารถูกจริต นกเปลือกไม้แน่นอน เรากระจายกำลังกันออกหา ตลอดทั้งบ่าย บนพื้นที่หลายร้อยไร่ ไม่เจอแม้แต่วี่แวว ได้นก2-3 ชนิดให้ได้ตามถ่ายแก้ง่วง
famous for the adjacent Tal Chhapar Sanctuary, a grassland reserve known for its blackbucks and birdlife, often called the "Savannah of India".
Tal Chhapar Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in the Churu district of northwestern Rajasthan, in the Shekhawati region of India. It is known for blackbucks and is also home to a variety of birds. It is situated on the fringe of the Great Indian Desert and between Ratangarh and Sujangarh on the Nokha-Sujangarh state highway.
The sanctuary is named after Chhaparvillage which is located at 27°-50' North and 74°-25' East. It is a flat saline depression locally known as a "tal" that has a unique ecosystem in the heart of the Thar Desert. It is at a height of 302 metres (990 feet) above sea level, and covers 719 hectares.Tal Chhaper Sanctuary, with almost flat tract and interspersed shallow low-lying areas, has open grassland with scattered Acacia and Prosopis trees which give it an appearance of a typical savanna. The word "tal" means pond or 'talab' in Hindi. The rain water flows through shallow low-lying areas and collect in the small seasonal water ponds.
The red-naped ibis (Pseudibis papillosa) also known as the Indian black ibis or black ibis
Early observers and investigations of stomach contents showed their diet to include crustaceans (prawns, crabs), insects (beetles, grasshoppers, crickets), scorpions, carrion and frogs. In small towns, red-naped ibis hunt adult Rock Pigeons and predate their eggs from nests on buildings. Near towns, ibises ate road kills and pulled out marrow of bones of cattle dead from collisions with traffic.During droughts they were seen feeding on carrion and insect larvae that were feeding on meat. They also feed on groundnut and other crops. In British India, indigo planters considered them useful as they appeared to consume a large number of crickets in the fields earning them the moniker "planter's friend". Adult and juveniles birds in Delhi dig into flowers of Bombax ceiba seemingly drinking nectar.Fishing by red-naped ibis is rare and has been observed in reservoirs.
The Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), also called the white scavenger vulture or pharaoh's chicken
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The yellow-crowned woodpecker (Leiopicus mahrattensis) or Mahratta woodpecker
A medium-small (17.5 cm, 6.9 inches, 28-46 grams, 1–1.6 ounces), pale-headed, pied woodpecker. Upper-parts black, heavily spotted and barred white. Underparts dark, streaked dingy white with red belly patch. Irregular brown cheek and neck patches. Female has yellowish crown and nape. In male nape scarlet and fore-crown yellow.
A "jungle fox" isn't one specific species, but refers to foxes (or fox-like canids) living in jungle/forest environments, like the adaptable Red Fox or the newly discovered Borneo Bay Cat (which looks like a fox). While many foxes prefer grasslands or deserts, some, like the South American Gray Fox or Red Fox, thrive in varied habitats, including forests, showing their adaptability to different climates and diets, but true foxes aren't primary jungle dwellers like tigers or monkeys.
The blackbuck is active mainly during the day. It forms three types of small groups: female, male, and young bachelor herds. Males often adopt lekking as a strategy to garner females for mating. While other males are not allowed into these territories, females often visit these places to forage. The male can thus attempt mating with her. The blackbuck is an herbivore and grazes on low grasses, occasionally browsing as well.
ก่อนพระ อาทิตย์ตกเราได้ตื่นเต้นกับ การวิ่งตามหมาป่าอินเดีย 1 ตัว แต่สุดท้ายก็ได้ภาพมาแบบเลือนลาง พอเป็นเรคคอร์ด เราอยู่ต่อกันจนหมดแสงก็ยอมแพ้ เดินทางกลับที่พัก…อากาศหลังอาทิตย์ลับฟ้าคงยิ่งเพิ่มความหนาวเย็นให้กับร่างกายที่อ่อนล้าของพวกเราในวันนี้ แบบไม่ต้องสงสัย..
Rajasthan 🇪🇹Day5
Tal Chhapar Sanctuary recovery
The Indian Spotted Creeper is a unique and distinctive bird, characterized by its mottled brown and white plumage with fine spotting, providing excellent camouflage against tree bark. It forages by spiraling up tree trunks, probing for insects. It is native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.#บอกไม่ถูกเลยว่าดีใจสักเท่าไหร่
เมื่อคืนตอนหลังทำเช็คลิสต์หลังอาหารค่ำ เราได้เฮ เมื่อไกด์ลักปาแจ้งข่าวว่าเราจะมีการเปลี่ยนแผนสำหรับพรุ่งนี้เล็กน้อย โดยจะตื่นเช้าขึ้น หลังทานน้ำชาตอนเช้ามืดเราจะแพคกระเป๋าขึ้นรถและแวะซ่อมนกที่เป้าหมายที่แห้วมาเมื่อวานอีกครั้ง
และแล้วในที่สุดเมื่อเวลามาถึงพวกเราก็ทำสำเร็จ ได้มอบของขวัญวันเกิดให้กับพี่ต่ายPiyapong Chotipuntu ของขวัญเป็นนก🐦⬛ลายจุดขาวดำที่ไม่สวยงามแต่มีคุณค่าทางใจ เพราะพี่ท่านพลาดโอกาสมาหลายครั้ง…
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เช้านี้อากาศหนาวกว่าทุกวัน แต่พวกเราก็พร้อมที่จะลุกขึ้นมาเพื่อทำให้ความหวังที่เหลือน้อยนิดเป็นจริงให้ได้เพื่อเป็นของขวัญให้กับใครบางคนที่พลาดโอกาสมาแล้วถึง 4 drives เราเหมือนเดินงมเข็มในมหาสมุทรไปทั่วเพื่อหวังว่าจะโชคดี เข็มบังเอิญมาตำเท้าเข้าบ้าง แต่ก็ไม่ลืมที่จะชมบรรยากาศของทะเลที่สวยงามไปด้วย
Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary
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The white-eared bulbul is rotund in appearance, and has a brownish-grey body. The tail of this bird is relatively long, tapering outwards. Starting off black, the tail feathers end in white tips. The head of the white-eared bulbul is black, with the area around its cheeks bearing a large white spot. The eye rings of the bulbul are bare, and the beak short. The vent of the bird is bright yellow.
Final moment with our target bird
Indian spotted creeper
The Indian species is nowhere common but is found in locations scattered around parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat,Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, central India (Bandhavgarh,Jabalpur,Bastar district) Orissa,northern Andhra Pradesh (Adilabad, Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary). In the past the slightly paler plumaged population in the arid zone of the Aravalli hills was separated as a subspecies rajputanae by Richard Meinertzhagen (and his wife) but this is treated as part of a single population and combined into a single (nominate) subspecies.
This hard-to-spot bird occurs in north-central India. There are two sub-species, the Salpornis spilonota rajputanae is found in central & southeast Rajasthan. While the Salpornis spilonota spilonota is found in eastern Gujarat, southern Haryana, northern Uttar Pradesh, northern Bihar, south to eastern Maharashtra, northern Andhra Pradesh, southeast Madhya Pradesh, Goa.
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ผมเดินลงบันไดจากห้องพักชั้นสองของ Raptors Inn ก้าวช้าๆไปที่ละสเตป ลงบันไดหินลื่นๆอย่างระมัดระวัง Lakpa Tenzing Sherpa " ลักปา" ไกด์คู่ใจ ยืนรอที่ล็อบบี้ ยิ้มกว้างกล่าวคำว่า “Happy Birthday!”
อ้าว…จริงสิ มันวันเกิดนี่นา ผมนี่คิดไม่ทันเลย เพราะโดยปกติผมแทบไม่เคยให้ความสำคัญกับวันเกิด อยู่ๆ ก็รู้สึกเหมือนถูกปลุกให้ตื่นจากความเคยชินที่ไม่ค่อยสนใจอะไรเป็นพิเศษ เมื่อคืนชายวัย 70 ปีบริบูรณ์ก็นอนหลับสบายไม่ได้อธิษฐาน แต่มีความหวังอยู่ในใจอันหนึ่ง พอได้ยินคำอวยพรนั้น ความทรงจำหนึ่งก็ผุดขึ้นมา…
ย้อนกลับไปเมื่อสองปีก่อน วันที่ 10 ธันวาคม เราก็เคยมาพักกันที่นี่แล้วครั้งหนึ่ง และใช้เวลาสามวันในการตามหานกตัวหนึ่ง—นกที่ขึ้นชื่อว่าหาตัวยากพอๆ กับการรอให้โชคเข้าข้าง "Indian Spotted Creeper"
นกที่ทำให้เราลุ้นกันจนเหนื่อย แล้วสุดท้ายก็ต้องยอมแพ้กลับไปมือเปล่า ดังนั้นปีนี้ ผมเลยพูดกับลักปาและทุกคนแบบติดตลกแต่จริงใจว่า “ของขวัญวันเกิดปีนี้ ผมไม่อยากได้อะไรมาก…แค่นก Indian Spotted Creeper ตัวเดียวก็พอ”
ประโยคที่เหมือนจะพูดเล่นนั้น กลับทำให้เช้าวันเกิดปีนี้มีแววตื่นเต้นขึ้นมาอย่างประหลาด เหมือนว่าวันนี้อาจเป็นวันที่ธรรมชาติเตรียม “คำตอบ” นี่เราถึงกับเดินทางข้ามน้ำข้ามทะเลมายังที่เดิมเพื่อสิ่งนี้อย่างนั้นหรือ”
ขอบคุณสมาชิกทริป Weranut-Chairatna Nilnond Amdang Chotipun Suwanna Mookachonpan Uthaiphan Harnjai Lilin Songpasook Jiew Penchun Ratchanee Satrulee
Before noon we stop at Jor Beer carcass dump.
“Due to its popularity, the Rajasthan Forest Department has converted Jorbeed into a Conservation Reserve, which is open to birdwatchers keen on seeing and photographing these species. Jorbeed isn’t every birder’s cup of tea, but it can be richly rewarding. As Dr Rahmani advises, “Wear a mask to reduce the smell and enjoy the grand birds.”
The Steppe Eagle (a powerful hunter/scavenger) and the Egyptian Vulture (a smaller, white-plumaged scavenger) are both large birds of prey in the same family (Accipitridae) that share overlapping ranges, especially in India, often seen together at feeding sites like Jorbeer, India, despite being different in appearance (brown eagle vs. white vulture) and primary food (mammals/birds vs. carrion/insects/reptiles). Both face severe threats, with the Steppe Eagle listed as Endangered globally and the Egyptian Vulture also endangered due to habitat loss, persecution, and electrocution.
The Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. It is also known as the griffon vulture,although this term is sometimes used for the genus as a whole.
The yellow-eyed pigeon, pale-backed pigeon, yellow-eyed dove or yellow-eyed stock dove (Columba eversmanni) is a member of the family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). It breeds in southern Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, north-east Iran and extreme north-west China. It winters in north-east Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir and parts of Rajasthan (including Tal Chhapar Sanctuary and Jorbeer, Bikaner).
D.Day5-8 Sam village Jaisamer
Sam village is a small village near Jaisalmer famous for its nearby Sam Sand Dunes, located about 42–45 km from Jaisalmer city. It is a popular destination for tourists to experience the desert, often visited for activities like camel rides,Desert National Park: A Guide to the Sand Dunes of Rajasthan
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Striolated bunting |
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Great Indian bustard
The great Indian bustard is a large ground bird with a height of about one metre. It is unmistakable with its black cap contrasting with the pale head and neck. The body is brownish with a black patch spotted in white. The male is deep sandy buff coloured and during the breeding season has a black breast band. The crown of the head is black and crested and is puffed up by displaying males. In the female which is smaller than the male, the head and neck are not pure white and the breast band is either rudimentary, broken or absent.
The Asian houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii), also known as MacQueen's bustard, is a large bird in the bustard family. It is native to the desert and stepperegions of Asia, west from the Sinai Peninsula extending across Iran and further north toward Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
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Popular Birds at Desert National Park
Finsch’s wheatear Birds
Finsch’s wheatear is a wheatear, a small insectivorous passerine that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher of the family Muscicapidae
Cream-colored
The cream-colored courser is a wader in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. Both parts of the scientific name derive from Latin cursor, “runner”, from currere, “to run” which describes theirDuring our 4 nights of stay at Sam village at DNP we shall go birding in open topped jeep in the desert. Our important focus will be a Great Indian Bustard (GIB). There will be several other bird species also.
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เรามาถึงเขตที่มีการทำรั้วตาข่ายกั้นไม่ให้สัตว์ใหญ่รวมทั้งคนเข้าไปรบกวนเจ้า Bustsrd ในฤดูว่างไข่ ประมาณ 9.30 ไกด์ก็ชี้ให้เราดู นกเป้าหมายยืน ยู่บนคันดินไกลๆ ถ่ายภาพเป็นเรคคอ์ดช๊อตเรียบร้อยก็ขับรถอ้อมไปยังจุดที่ใกล้ขึ้น จึงได้ภาพที่ดีขึ้น แต่ก็ไม่ได้ใกล้มากเพราะติดขอบรั้ว พวกเราถ่ายกันจนนกบิน จึงยกขบวนกันไปหาพื้นที่ทาน าหารเช้ากลางแจ้งกัน
Today, the great Indian bustard occurs in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat states of India. Desert National Park, near Jaisalmer and coastal grasslands of the Abdasa and Mandvi talukas of Kutch District of Gujarat support some populations.Ghatigaon and Karera sanctuaries in Madhya Pradesh once held sizeable populations.Other sanctuaries with the species include Kutch Bustard Sanctuary of Naliya in Kutch, Karera Wildlife Sanctuary in Shivpuri district; Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary near Nannaj,It was also sighted near Solapur in Maharashtra, Shrigonda taluka in Ahmednagar district, near Nagpur and near Warora in Chandrapur district in Maharashtra and Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary, and near Kurnoolin Andhra Pradesh.A few birds were detected in a September 2013 survey of the Cholistan Desert in Pakistan
Among bustards, this species is smaller only than the Kori bustard and the great bustard in size. It is also the largest land bird in its native range. The great Indian bustard stands at about 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tall, having a somewhat long neck and quite long legs.The female as in most members of the bustard family are typically considerably smaller.
Males have a well-developed gular pouch which is inflated when calling during display and helps produce the deep resonant calls.
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The Indian desert jird is found in southeastern Iran and Pakistan to northwestern India. In India they can be found in Rajasthan and Gujarat. The jirds are gregarious and their burrows are seen close by. Each jird will have at least two or more entrances to his burrow complex. Often the entrance is in the shade of a tree or near the trunk of bushes. They feed on seeds, roots, nuts, grasses and insects.
The black-crowned sparrow-lark (Eremopterix nigriceps) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found across northern Africa from Mauritania through the Middle East to north-western India. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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บ่าย3 โมงเราออกมาที่ทะเลทรายอีกรอบเผื่อจะได้ภาพ Bustaมีฉากหลังเป็นพระอาทิตย์ตก แต่ก็ไม่ได้มีโชคขนาดนั้นเจอแค่ครีมคัลเลอร์ครูเซอร์หนึ่งฝูง
The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the peregrine.
The peregrine falcon has a body length of 34 to 58 cm (13–23 in) and a wingspan from 74 to 120 cm (29–47 in).The male and female have similar markings and plumage but, as with many birds of prey, the peregrine falcon displays marked sexual dimorphism in size, with the female measuring up to 30% larger than the male.Males weigh 330 to 1,000 g (12–35 oz) and the noticeably larger females weigh 700 to 1,500 g (25–53 oz). In most subspecies, males weigh less than 700 g (25 oz) and females weigh more than 800 g (28 oz), and cases of females weighing about 50% more than their male breeding mates are not uncommon.The standard linear measurements of peregrines are: the wing chord measures 26.5 to 39 cm (10.4–15.4 in), the tail measures 13 to 19 cm (5.1–7.5 in) and the tarsus measures 4.5 to 5.6 cm (1.8–2.2 in).
Cream-coloured courser
Cream-coloured coursers are found in the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, North Africa and Southwest Asia. Their two eggs are laid in a ground scrape. The breeding season extends from February to September, but they may also breed in autumn and winter when local conditions (especially rainfall) are favourable.They are partially migratory, with northern and northwestern birds wintering across the southern edge of the Sahara, in Arabia, and in northwestern India. The species also breeds in the southern desert regions in northwestern India and Pakistan,and has bred occasionally in southern Spain.
จบทริปวันที่6 นับนกได้ 121 ชนิด เป้าหมาย สุดท้าย 200 ชนิดมีเวลาอีก9 วันจะครบไม๊น้า ตอนนี้ชนิดใหม่ๆเริ่มตัน ลักปา หมอต้อ อาจารย์ชัยรัตน์ ตัวหลักในการค้นหา และทีมงาน สู้ๆ
Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus)
Montagu's harrier can be confused with several species that exist within the same range. The most similar are the hen harrier and the pallid harrier. The male is easily distinguished from other species as its plumage is distinctly darker and more mottled than in the males of hen or pallid harriers. However, distinguishing females and juveniles is more difficult. Usually, Montagu's harrier appears more slender in flight than the hen harrier, with a longer tail, longer and narrower wings and more pointed "hands". Also its flight is more elegant than the hen harrier, with more elastic, almost tern-like wingbeats. The distinction between female pallid and Montagu's harriers is the most delicate and can only be made in good conditions as the proportions are similar. The best recognition character is the pale collar around the neck of female and juvenile pallid harriers which is not present in Montagu's. |
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Montagu's harrier has a particularly graceful flight, with powerful and elegant wingbeats which give an impression of buoyancy and ease. In true harrier fashion it searches the countryside, flying low, and generally holds its wings with a marked positive dihedral.
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วันนี้ไปหานกสีทรายในทะเลทรายเพ่งสายตากันจนตาลาย
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The grey hypocolius or simply hypocolius (Hypocolius ampelinus) is a small passerine bird species. It is the sole member of the genus Hypocolius and it is placed in a family of its own, the Hypocoliidae. This slender and long tailed bird is found in the dry semi-desert region of northern Africa, Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and western India. They fly in flocks and forage mainly on fruits, migrating south in winter. During migration they are often found feeding on the fruits of Salvadora persica.
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Greater hoopoe-lark
Birds are seen singly or in pairs as they forage by running or walking in spurts, probing and digging the ground. They have been recorded to feed on the fruiting bodies of certain fungi. The breeding season is mainly after the first rains, in India most records are from March to July. Late records in August when the rains were delayed have been noted in India.
Greater short-toed lark
Several subspecies have been named but there is considerable geneflow and the species itself forms part of a larger complex. This is a small pale lark, smaller than the skylark. It is dark-streaked greyish-brown above, and white below, and has a strong pointed bill that is pinkish with a grey culmen. It has a pale supercilium, dark patches on each side of its neck and a dark tail. Some birds in the west of the range have a rufous crown. The sexes are similar. The greater short-toed lark is paler than the Mongolian short-toed lark which also has a shorter bill.In winter they fly in large and compact flocks that swing in synchrony.Care must be taken to distinguish this species from other similar larks, such as the Mediterranean short-toed lark.
Isabelline wheatear
The isabelline wheatear is an active and restless bird, moving across the ground with long hops, flitting into the air and perching on eminences or small bushes. Its posture is rather upright and it is constantly bobbing about and flaring, raising and lowering its tail. It sometimes flutters into the air to catch insect prey but mostly forages along the ground, probing the soil with its beak. Its diet includes ants, grasshoppers, moths, flies, mites, spiders and insect larvae, and it sometimes eats seeds as well.
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In flight, the steppe eagle appears as a large, impressive and visibly heavy raptor with a well-projecting large head and bill and rather broad neck and long, broad wings. They evidence proportionately long arms, especially in the larger eastern birds. The wings tend to be held almost parallel-edged and square-ended with 7 very elongated emarginations. Often juveniles can tend to appear somewhat narrower winged. The broad body of the species often looks suspended underneath and the tail appears rounded or even wedge-shaped, measuring about 3/4 of the length of wing-base. The wingspan is about 2.6 times greater than the total body length. On the upperwings, steppe eagles show a pale greyish primary patch that is often quite large and obvious (especially on non-adults), often being pale at the base on the greater primary coverts but on adults (especially dark birds) much less marked. On the underwing, a very small carpal crescent may be present but can vary from invisible to slightly more marked. The flight feathers are greyish and all have 7–8 well-spaced blackish bars (albeit less conspicuously than on spotted eagles), while the fingers are plain blackish. Adults are basically all fairly uniform dark brown (wings can be negligibly greyer or rarely yellowish brown). Adults may evidence in flight some whitish patches on back and tail coverts that are varying from insignificant to fairly prominent. Adult eagles that do show a dark-barred greyish primary patch usually have that confined to a wedge-shape on inner primaries though can sometimes be rather more prominent. Below adults show dark-barred grey flight feathers and tail with the broad blackish trail edges and wing ends being rather distinctive; the wing linings are often slightly paler to darker than remiges and often with an obscure remnant of broken paler central band.e
Cinereous vulture
The cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), also known as the black vulture, Eurasian black vulture, and monk vulture, is a very large raptor in the family Accipitridae distributed through much of temperate Eurasia. With a body length of 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in), 3.1 m (10 ft) across the wings and a maximum weight of 14 kg (31 lb), it is the largest Old World vulture and largest member of the family Accipitridae.Eurasian griffon vulture
The Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. It is also known as the griffon vulture, although this term is sometimes used for the genus as a whole. Griffon vultures have been used as model organisms for the study of soaring and thermoregulation. The energy costs of level flight tend to be high, prompting alternatives to flapping in larger birds. Vultures in particular utilize more efficient flying methods such as soaring. Compared to other birds, which elevate their metabolic rate to upwards of 16 times their basal metabolic rate in flight,soaring griffon vultures expend about 1.43 times their basal metabolic rate in flight. Griffon vultures are also efficient flyers in their ability to return to a resting heart rate after flight within ten minutes.
Himalayan vulture
The Indian silverbill or white-throated munia (Euodice malabarica) is a small passerine bird found in the Indian subcontinent and adjoining regions that was formerly considered to include the closely related African silverbill (Euodice cantans). This estrildid finch is a common resident breeding bird in the drier regions of the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. It has also been introduced into many other parts of the world and has become established in some areas. They forage in small flocks in grassland and scrub habitats.
The desert lark is not very sociable and does not form large flocks, being mainly encountered in small groups or as single birds. They are territorial when breeding, nesting on the ground under the shelter of a tussock or stone in a shallow scrape lined with plant material and having a rim of pebbles, which may surround the nest or be on the more exposed side of the nest. The clutch is 1-5 eggs and these are laid at different times in various parts of its range, e.g. January–February in the south and March–April in the north. The desert lark eats seeds and insects, the latter especially in the breeding season.
Trumpeter finch
The trumpeter finch is a small, long-winged bird. It has a large head and short, very thick bill. The summer male has a red bill, grey head and neck, and pale brown upper parts. The breast, rump and tail are pink, the last having dark terminal feathers. Winter males, females and young birds are a very washed-out version of the breeding male. The song of this bird is a buzzing nasal trill, like a tin trumpet.
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Sam Sand Dunes are famous, golden, rolling dunes in India's Thar Desert near Jaisalmer, offering iconic desert experiences like camel rides, jeep safaris, and cultural shows, with nearby desert camps providing accommodation, especially popular from October to March for stunning sunsets and desert life.
ที่แซมแซนดูน ไม่มีนกให้ชมเราจึงไม่มีซาฟารีสำหรับจุดนี้ ช่วงบ่ายเราจะไป อีกที่หนึ่งเพื่อตามหา Bimaculated lark
The ashy prinia or ashy wren-warbler (Prinia socialis) is a small warbler in the family Cisticolidae.This prinia is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent, ranging across most of India, Nepal, Bangladesh, eastern Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and western Myanmar.
Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse
The chestnut-bellied sandgrouse or common sandgrouse(Pterocles exustus) is a species of sandgrouse. It is a sedentary and nomadic species that ranges from northern and central Africa and further east towards western and southern Asia. There are six recognized subspecies.
The black-crowned sparrow-lark (Eremopterix nigriceps) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found across northern Africa from Mauritania through the Middle East to north-western India. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Bimaculated lark
In flight it shows short broad wings, which are grey-brown below, and a short tail with a white tip, but not white edges. The wing and tail patterns are distinctions from its more westerly relative.The song is like a harder version of that of calandra lark.
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เช้านี้เรากลับไปแถวเขตอนุรักษ์ Bustard อีกครั้งได้เห็น2 ตัวไกลๆ เดินอยู่บนเนินสักพักแล้วก็ลงเนินลับไปไม่กลับมาอีกเลยถือว่าปิดจ๊อป นกในอุทยานฯทะเลทรายแห่งนี้เรียบร้อย มีเวลาเหลือ เราเลยตระเวณดูเหยี่ยวและอินทรีย์ในทุ่งต่อไป
The eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)
The eastern imperial eagle is a member of the Aquilinae or booted eagles, a rather monophyletic subfamily of the accipitrid family. At least 38 species are currently housed in the subfamily, all with signature well-feathered tarsi. This species is a member of the genus Aquila, which are mostly large, fairly dark colored eagles distributed largely through the more open habitats of Eurasia and Africa (with one in North America and a couple in Australasia).
Steppe Eagle
Tawny eagle
The tawny eagle was previously treated as conspecific with the migratory steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis).These eagles were considered part of the same species as recently as 1991. The steppe and tawny eagles were split based on pronounced differences in morphology and anatomy. The steppe eagle is a larger bird, with a much more pronounced gape, and differs by appearance in its blockier frame, bigger wings and evinces different coloring at all stages of development, despite some morphs of the two eagles superficially resembling one another.Furthermore, the respective species differ in ecology (dietary biology, nesting habits) and are strongly allopatric in their breeding ground distribution.[6][21] Two molecular studies, each based on a very small number of genes, indicate that the species are distinct, but disagree over how closely related they are.[26][27] Genetically, the tawny eagle may cluster more closely with the imperial eagle species complex despite the steppe eagle being more sympatric with those northerly Eurasian eagles.
There are three described races of tawny eagles. The subspecific classification of the species has at times been considered complicated by variations and existence of different morphs; in turn they were once considered tentative. However, each subspecies is largely allopatric in geography, the primary ambiguities lying in the northern part of east Africa where both African races may intergrade.
Long-legged buzzard
In flight, the long-legged buzzards appears as a mid-sized rather broad-bodied raptor. Possessing an almost eagle-like silhouette, it tends to appear with a protruding head with a somewhat heavy bill, long broad wings with fairly straight edges and only slightly tapering hands with rounded five-fingered end. It is relatively long-tailed with the tail having a fairly rounded shape. Juveniles tend to be slimmer looking with narrower wings and more S-shaped trailing edges as well as a somewhat longer tail. Long-legged buzzards tend to fly with comparatively slow, deep beats and to have a relatively slow flight. The species glides with their arms raised and hands more level, wings noticeably kinked at carpals and soars in wide circles with the wings in shallow dihedral.
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The upward bent tips can enhance their eagle-like appearance. Long-legged buzzards often hover frequently and for extended periods.In the flight, the whitish based orangey tail often looks all white at a distance and to stand out in its paleness against the dark rear body and the rear wings. The primary coverts and many greater coverts are blackish in adult long-legged buzzards with the greater coverts pale tipped. Adults are dark grey on the flight feathers with blackish bars radiating outwards on wingtips and on the trailing edges. The underwing coverts are usually lightly streaked with rufous in pale adults, while intermediate adult has a stronger contrast from pale head and breast to darker, browner upperbody and wing coverts, breast and wing linings. The flying rufous adult tends to look more uniform above with colours varying from ochre to tawny to darker rufous brown and to possess richer coloured darker parts, with the tail very variable in rufous morph.[
Lunch Break
ไบล์ดหลังที่พัก ที่เจ้าของทำขึ้นมาเพื่อนั่งดูนกที่มาเล่นน้ำในบ่อที่เค้าใส่น้ำไว้ให้วัวที่เดินเร่ร่อนมาแวะดื่มได้ ตอนแดดร้อนจัดก็มีนกหลายชนิดมาอาศัยน้ำที่บ่อนี้ รวมถึงน้ำที่ไหลมาจากห้องครัวด้วย
Hume's wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Hume's wheatear is a large wheatear with a dark black head and back contrasting sharply with a pure white breast and belly. Both sexes exhibit this same coloration. While closely resembling the male of the 'picata' form of Variable wheatear, key distinctions include Hume's wheatear's larger size, a more substantial bill, and longer wings. Additionally, the black coloration on Hume's wheatear is restricted to the head and throat, while the white extends further up the back.
The great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large and predatory songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). It forms a superspecies with its parapatric southern relatives, the Iberian grey shrike (L. meridionalis), the Chinese grey shrike (L. sphenocerus) and the American loggerhead shrike (L. ludovicianus). Males and females are similar in plumage, pearly grey above with a black eye-mask and white underparts.
The Indian silverbill or white-throated munia (Euodice malabarica) is a small passerine bird found in the Indian subcontinent
The purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) is a small bird in the sunbird family. The species is distributed widely from West Asia through the Indian subcontinent and into Southeast Asia. They are resident birds in most parts of their range and do not move large distances. They are found in thin forest and garden land, including those in dense urban areas.Local movements are, however, noted especially in the drier parts of northwestern India and Pakistan where they are said to arrive in large numbers before summer. |
Green bee-eater The isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) The isabelline wheatear is a migratory species with an eastern palearctic breeding range. This extends from Southern Russia, the Caspian region, the Kyzyl Kum Desertand Mongolia to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan and Israel. It winters in Africa and northwestern India. It has occurred as a summer vagrant to Greece, Cyprus, Algeria and Tunisia. In the breeding season the isabelline wheatear is found in open country, barren tracts of land, arid regions, steppes, high plateaux and on the lower slopes of hills. In its winter quarters it occupies similar habitats in semi-arid regions, open country with sparse scrub and the borders of cultivated areas, showing a particular liking for sandy ground. |
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The white wagtail was one of the many species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, and it still bears its original name Motacilla alba.The Latingenus name originally meant "little mover", but certain medieval writers thought it meant "wag-tail", giving rise to a new false Latin word cilla for "tail".The specific epithet albais Latin for "white".
The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is an Asian lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae. Like other lapwings they are ground birds that are incapable of perching. Their characteristic loud alarm calls are indicators of human or animal movements and the sounds have been variously rendered as did he do it or pity to do it leading to the colloquial name of did-he-do-it bird. Usually seen in pairs or small groups not far from water, they sometimes form large aggregations in the non-breeding season (winter). They nest in a ground scrape laying three to four camouflaged eggs. Adults near the nest fly around, diving at potential predators while calling noisily. The cryptically patterned chicks hatch and immediately follow their parents to feed, hiding by lying low on the ground or in the grass when threatened.
Drive#5 DNP
ไดรพ์สุดท้ายของ อุทยานฯทะเลทราย ลักปาพาเราไปที่ Habitat ซึ่งอาจจะมีโอกาสเจอ Merlin ซึ่งเป็นทะเลสาปเล็กๆกลางทะเลทราย ที่นี้มีนกน้ำหลายชนิดแต่ซ้ำๆกับที่เจอมาก่อนหน้านี้แล้ว ที่เพิ่มมากจะมี Knob Duct เห็นอยู่ริมฝั่งตรงข้ามไกลสุดตา แต่ที่ทำให้พวกเราได้เพลิดเพลินก็คือได้เฝ้าดูเหยี่ยวโฉบจับเหยื่อหลายรอบ
Western marsh harrier
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E.Day9-10 Mount Abu
Sihori
We will have a full day today because our main bird here is Green Munia. In this full day of birding we will have maximum chances of seeing this endemic bird.
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Indian scimitar babbler
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 The red spurfowl (Galloperdix spadicea) is a member of the pheasant family and is endemic to India. It is a bird of forests, and is quite secretive despite its size. It has a distinctive call and is often hard to see except for a few seconds when it flushes from the undergrowth. It appears reddish and like a long-tailed partridge. The bare skin around the eye is reddish. The legs of both males and females have one or two spurs, which give them their name.  Crested Bunting Rajasthan 🇪🇹 Day9 วันนี้เราเดินทางออกจากหมู่บ้านแซม เมืองJaisamerเมืองแห่งสถานบันเทิงกลางทะเลทรายของคนมีอันจะกิน ผ่านตัวเมืองจะมองเห็น Jaisamer Fort ตระหง่านอยู่กลางเมืองสีทองที่สิ่งปลูกสร้างทั้งเก่าและกำลังปลูกสร้างใหม่ด้วยหินทรายสีทองสุกอร่ามดูตื่นตาเจริญรุ่งโรจน์ ออกจากตัวเมืองจะเห็นอุตสาหกรรมตัดภูเขาเพื่อนำมาปลูกสร้าง ปราสาทและคฤหาสน์ของผู้สูงศักดิ์และคหบดี ริมถนนพบกรรมกรผู้ใช้แรงงานใช้ค้อนใหญ่ทุบย่อยหินอยู่เรียงราย บ้านเรือนของพวกเขายังพบเห็นที่ยังคงสภาพเป็นบ้านดินหลังคากิ่งไม่ใบไม้ อยู่ไม่น้อย นี่คงเป็นความแตกต่างของคนที่เห็นได้ชัดเจนใน อีกบริบทหนึ่ง       Rajasthan 🇪🇹 Day10 หลังจากการเเดินทางยาว10ชั่วโมงของเมื่อวานจากจาก DNP มาถึง Mount Abu เข้าพักที่โฮมสเตย์ใหม่เอี่ยมมีห้องนอน 5 ห้องและห้องโถงทำสำหรับกิจกรรม อยู่ตรงกลางพักเฉพาะพวกเรา เป็นส่วนตัวดีมากมากๆ ไวไฟสัญญาณแรงดี มื้อค่ำเมื่อคืนนอกจากอาหารอินเดียที่ลักปาสั่งมาให้ทานเรายังได้ทำยำปลากระป๋องและ ก่อนอาหารมีมะม่วงน้ำปลาหวานของ ผอ.เก๋งมาช่วยให้หายจากอาการเมารถจากการที่โชว์เฟอร์ทะยานรถบัสของเราขึ้นภูเขามาแบบไม่ยั้งฝาเท้าสักโค้งเดียว
 เช้านี้เราไปที่ Sirohi จุดที่จะเจอ Green Munia นก endemic ตัวเป้าหมายที่เราดั้นด้นขึ้นมาถึงที่นี่ และไกด์ท้องถิ่นก็ไม่ทำให้เราผิดหวัง ได้ภาพกันมาคนละเยอะๆลบมานั่งลบกันเป็นวันๆเพร่ะส่วนใหญ่จะไม่ค่อยชัดเพร่ะนกตัวเล็กและ ปราดเปรียวมากๆ หลังจากได้นกเป้าหมายเรียบร้อยก็เก็บตกนกเล็กๆอีกนิดหน่อยก็กลับไปทานอาหารในตลาดที่เป็นศูนย์กลางการท่องเที่ยวบนพื้นที่ราบบนเทือกเขา Abu นี้  The Achaleshwar Mahadev Temple (Devanagari: अचलेश्वर महादेव मन्दिर, Acaleśavara Mahādeva Mandir) is a Shiva temple situated just outside the Achalgarh Fort, located in the Abu Road tehsil of Sirohi district, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. The temple is believed to have been constructed sometime in the 9th century AD, and by the Paramara dynasty, which is also credited with having constructed the original structure of the Achalgarh Fort, later reconstructed, renovated and named as Achalgarh by Maharana Kumbha in 1452 CE.  The temple was the victim of shoddy repair and renovation work. A thick layer of lime covered the intricate and fine filigree work and marble carvings of the temple interiors, for which the artisans of Rajasthan were famous, which resulted in the beauty of the temple being hidden and reducing it to an insignificant structure. However, this was a boon in disguise, for it protected the fine marble from damage over the years. In 1979, the crown prince of the Sirohi princely state chanced upon a piece of marble exposed under the lime, and that started the renovation work of the temple under the aegis of the crown prince. Skilled artisans began the work to restore the temple to its past glory by carefully removing the lime to reveal the underlying marble beauty. Pillars and columns were carefully removed, reworked on, and then set back in correctly.    Mount Abu is Rajasthan's sole hill station, an oasis in the Aravalli Range known for its cool climate, spiritual sites like the intricate Dilwara Jain Temples, Nakki Lake for boating, and scenic spots like Sunset Point, offering a blend of nature, pilgrimage, and history with attractions like Guru Shikhar(highest peak) and Achalgarh Fort, making it a popular tourist destination near the Gujarat border.   Mount Abu is an excellent birding destination and sits at an average altitude of 1,219 meters (4,000 feet). More than 250 species have been recorded within the Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary encompasses the hill station and is the primary area for birdwatching in the region. The Green Avadavat is an endangered finch and is the star attraction for birders. It is regularly seen in the scrub and fields, especially in the sanctuary's northern areas. Other interesting birds include Indian Scimitar-Babbler (Look for this endemic species in the forest areas), Grey Junglefowl (this bird is a specialty of the sanctuary) and raptors (Keep an eye out for birds of prey like Bonelli's Eagle).   Green avadavat The green avadavat or green munia (Amandava formosa) is a species of Estrildid finch with green and yellow on the body, a bright red bill and black "zebra stripes" on the flanks. They are endemic to the Indian subcontinent and were formerly popular as cagebirds. The name "avadavat" is a corruption of the name the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, which was a centre of bird trade  They have a restricted distribution and populations are threatened by the bird This species is found mainly in the dry scrub regions and agricultural lands and is often found close to water. The largest populations are in central and north-western India. A population of escaped birds once existed near Lahore. The key areas where they are well known are in central India, around southern Rajasthan specifically around Oriya village,[7][8] central Uttar Pradesh, southern Bihar and West Bengalextending south to southern Maharashtra and northern Andhra Pradesh. Some records are from further south from Wynaad in northern Keralabut it is unclear if these are wild populations.   The green avadavat has been a popular cage bird and has been in the bird trade since the late 19th century. It continues to be common in some areas such as Oriya village, Achalgarh and Guru Shikhar in Mount Abu, Rajasthan, but has declined mainly due to trapping.In trade the bird is called the green waxbill. Entire flocks are easily trapped using bait and decoy birds.Awareness and protection of habitats at Mt Abu have helped the continued existence of some populations. The bird has been considered a mascot for the district by the Rajasthan forest department.A 2020 study identified habitat loss as a major threat to the birds.      ภาพหมอต้อ suwanna  ภาพหมอต้อ suwanna      We saw Gadwall ,Northern pintail,Common Pochard,Tuft Duck and Little Grebe อาหารเช้าในตัวเมืองบน mount Abu  Chole bhature (Hindi pronunciation: [t͡ʃʰoː.leː bʱə.ʈuː.ɾeː]; also known as channa bhatura) is a North Indian dish pairing chickpea curry with bhatura, a deep-fried flatbread. A common street food, chole bhature is often eaten as a breakfast dish. It is associated with Punjabi cuisine, though various views exist on the dish's origin. It is also popular in Delhi, where it was introduced after the partition of India. By the 2010s, it had become a popular fast food across India. The Indo-Trinidadian dish doubles is controversially said to be an adaptation of chole bhature.  Home stay    หลังอาหารเช้า ไกด์ท้องถิ่นพาเราไปตามหา Indian Simitar babbler นกที่มีชื่อเสียงของที่นี่อีกชนิด บริเวณพื่นที่อนุรักษ์ซึ่งอยู่ใกล้โฮมสเตย์ของเราสามารถเดินไปได้ พื้นที่ดูน่าสนใจ แต่เนื่องจากเป็นเวลาใกล้เที่ยงแล้ว จึงเจอนกค่อนข้างน้อย เราจึงกลับเข้าที่พัก และไปทานอาหารกลางวันที่รีสอตหรูแห่งหนึ่ง บรรยากาศร่มรื่นมีนกให้ดูเพลิน อาหารรสชาติดีแต่ใช้เวลาทำเกือบ 2 ชั่วโมง     Siberian stonechat  Indian robin   Brown-headed barbetIt is widespread, with its range stretching from the Terai in southern Nepal in the north to Sri Lanka in the south, encompassing most of peninsular India, and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.  It is an arboreal species of gardens and wooded country which eats fruit and insects. It is fairly tolerant of humans and often seen in city parks. It nests in a tree hole, laying 2-4 eggs. It forages on mangoes, ripe jackfruit, papaya, banana, figs and similar cultivated fruit trees. Its habitat includes urban and country gardens; it tends to eschew heavy forest. It nests in a suitable hole in a tree that it will often excavate. Both sexes incubate the eggs and often communicate with each other using their Kura, kura calls 4โมงเย็นเรากลับไปบริเวณใกล้วัดอีกครั้งเพื่อตามหานกระวังไพรตัวเป้าหมายที่สองอีกครั้ง ลักปาและไกด์ท้องถิ่นอีกคนแยกกันตามหาและเปิดเสียงเรียก ในที่สุดคนที่เจอคือไกด์ท้องถิ่นขณะที่ไกด์ลักปาก็เจอนกอีแพรดที่เป็นนกประจำถิ่นอีกตัว ซึ่งภาพนกทั้งหมดในตอนเย็นต้องให้เครดิต หมอต้อ และอาจารย์ชัยรัตน์ ที่สามารถเก็บภาพนกไกลๆในตอนที่มีแสงน้อยๆในเวลานี้ได้อย่างสวยงาม Indian scimitar babbler The Old World babblers are a large family of passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage. They are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in southeast Asia. This species is very close to the Sri Lanka scimitar babbler which has in the past been treated as a subspecies. In the past, this species has been considered as a subspecies of the white-browed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus schisticeps) which is found along the Himalayan foothills.Molecular studies confirm this relatedness.  It is the only scimitar babbler in Peninsular India. This species is found south of a line between Rajasthan and Orissa. The Indian scimitar babbler is a resident breeder (non-migratory) bird. Its habitat is forest and secondary growth mainly in the hilly regions. They feed on insects on the ground or on vegetation. Hopping on the ground, they may turn over leaves or probe in leaf litter for prey.They may sometimes join mixed-species foraging flocks.They breed from December to May. The nest is a large and loose globular mass of foliage concealed in a bush on the ground or low down. They usually lay three eggs (but varies from two to four) which are pure white in colour. The white-spotted fantail or spot-breasted fantail (Rhipidura albogularis) is a small passerine bird. It is found in forest, scrub and cultivation in southern and central India. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the white-throated fantail. White-capped bunting  The white-capped bunting or chestnut-breasted bunting (Emberiza stewarti) It is found in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, boreal shrubland, and temperate grassland.  Male’s elegant black-and-white facial pattern is unique. Female is plain, streaky brown all over with faint white eye-ring, a weak hint of the male’s facial pattern, and a small white spot on the “ears”. Breeds in rocky gullies, valleys, and hillsides at middle to upper elevations; winters at lower altitudes, in fields, scrubland, and open dry forest. Song is a series of twanging buzzy pulses: “TZI-TZI-TZI-TZI-TZI.”  END OF RAJASTHAN TRIP |
E.Day11-14
Greater Runn of Kutch ( GRK)
Sites to be visited are likely to include:
Fot Mahadev thorn scrub forest
White-naped Tit, Marshall’s Iora, Rufous-fronted Prinia, White-bellied Minivet, Sykes’s Lark and Rock Bush Quail
Chhari-Dhandh Conservation Reserve and surrounding Banni Grasslands
a spectacular landscape in the Great Rann, with lots of raptors, cranes, pelicans, ducks and waders, as well as passerines including Greater Hoopoe-Lark, Asian Desert Warbler, Isabelline Shrike, White-browed (Stoliczka’s) Bushchat, and Red-tailed Wheatear
Day15 Nal Sarover
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, Ahmedabad District, Gujarat
Demoiselle Crane
Adults – pale bluish-grey body plumage, long white feather plume stretches from eye to beyond the head, long black feathers hang from breast, reddish-orange eyes, black legs, short bill; juveniles – pale ashy gray, with nearly white heads, gray tufts on the ear coverts.
Bar-headed Geese are found wintering in India, including areas near large water bodies like Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary in Gujarat, often alongside other winter visitors, and studies have tracked them wintering in places like Sur Sarovar in Uttar Pradesh before their epic Himalayan migration to Tibetan Plateau breeding grounds. They are famous for their incredible high-altitude flights over the Himalayas, using their unique physiology for oxygen-thin air, and are a significant part of India's winter birdlife.
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