Birds are also sighted near Dive ghat (Pune Saswad route).
Directions: After Dive ghat ends (going from Pune-20kms),
take a right after Hotel Garwa. The bird trail begins.Travel alongside the farms till you reach Pilaji Jadhavrao farms which is restricted area.
But outside its entrance, towards the right one comes across a huge crater that once used to be a lake-talao (alongside is a dug up well).
Birds seen: Green bee eater, black drongo, grey hornbill,
larks,bay backed shrike, black kites, eurasian collared doves, laughing dove,hoopoe etc.
Photos:
Pic: Bay backed shrike
Pic: Black drongo
Pic: Bramhini starling
Pic: Eurasian collared dove
Pic: Green bee eater
Pic: Grey hornbill
Pic: Bush lark
Pic: Hoppoe
Pic: Indian silverbill
Pic: Lark
Pic: Robin
Pic: Wire tailed swallow
Pic: Red wattled lapwing
Pic: Rufous tailed finch lark
Pic: Jungle crow
Pic: Black kite
Pic: Short toed eagle
Pic: Short toed eagle
Pic: Laughing dove
Pic: Bush lark
Pic: Bay backed shrike
Text and photographs by Abhijit Rajadhyaksha
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