chandan
January 8th, 2009, 02:01 PM
Hi everyone,as I got a chance to visit my hometown in Assam after a year I visited my favourite Kaziranga as well as Orang National parks on 31st and 28th Dec respectively.
This was my first visit to Orang so I was pretty excited though I was sure it won't be even half as rewarding as Kaziranga.We entered the park in our own cars in the afternoon.Saw only the following few species:
Grey headed fish eagle
Crested serpent eagle
Peregrine falcon
Lesser Adjutant stork
Rose ringed parakeets
Also saw an Indian Rhino at very close range.
On 31st Dec,visited the Agoratoli (Eastern) range of Kaziranga. This range is famous for birds.Last visited this place in 2001 and there have been a couple of changes including a newer longer tourist route and a new beautiful resort.
Saw the following:
Species count
Bar headed goose 200+
Greylag goose 100+
Common teal
Mallard
Pintail
Shoveler
Ferruginous pochard 40+
Spotbill duck
Ruddy shelduck 2
Spotted redshank 20
Common greenshank 2
Marsh sandpiper 1
Common sandpiper 1
Northern lapwing 1
Grey headed lapwing 1
Red wattled lapwing 1
Darter 1
Great cormorant 70+ on the Brahmaputra River
Pallas's fish eagle 1
Greyheaded fish eagle 1
Osprey 1
Slender billed vulture 1
Purple heron 1
Grey heron 1
Bronze winged jacana
Common moorhen
Lesser Adjutant stork
Pied kingfisher
Alexandrine parakeet
Red brested parakeet
Green imperial pigeon
Yellow footed green pigeon
Black winged cuckoo shrike
Green billed malkoha
Lesser racket tailed drongo
Grey backed shrike
Grey headed starling
Red vented bulbul
Also saw 1 Rhino, 2 wild buffaloes, 4-5 elephants, 1 Sambar, 1 Rhesus macaque and many Hog deer.
Sadly this time didn't saw a single Spotbill pelican as the track to their breeding colony was damaged.
Also saw a large number of Common teals and Pintails, 37 Bar headed geese, Openbill Stork, Wild buffaloes and hog deers from a viewpoint on the highway near Kanchanjuri area.
On 3rd Jan,saw two small flocks of 7 and 9 Greater Adjutants and 2 Ruddy shelducks on the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati.
Oh,and wishing everyone a very happy new year!!
This was my first visit to Orang so I was pretty excited though I was sure it won't be even half as rewarding as Kaziranga.We entered the park in our own cars in the afternoon.Saw only the following few species:
Grey headed fish eagle
Crested serpent eagle
Peregrine falcon
Lesser Adjutant stork
Rose ringed parakeets
Also saw an Indian Rhino at very close range.
On 31st Dec,visited the Agoratoli (Eastern) range of Kaziranga. This range is famous for birds.Last visited this place in 2001 and there have been a couple of changes including a newer longer tourist route and a new beautiful resort.
Saw the following:
Species count
Bar headed goose 200+
Greylag goose 100+
Common teal
Mallard
Pintail
Shoveler
Ferruginous pochard 40+
Spotbill duck
Ruddy shelduck 2
Spotted redshank 20
Common greenshank 2
Marsh sandpiper 1
Common sandpiper 1
Northern lapwing 1
Grey headed lapwing 1
Red wattled lapwing 1
Darter 1
Great cormorant 70+ on the Brahmaputra River
Pallas's fish eagle 1
Greyheaded fish eagle 1
Osprey 1
Slender billed vulture 1
Purple heron 1
Grey heron 1
Bronze winged jacana
Common moorhen
Lesser Adjutant stork
Pied kingfisher
Alexandrine parakeet
Red brested parakeet
Green imperial pigeon
Yellow footed green pigeon
Black winged cuckoo shrike
Green billed malkoha
Lesser racket tailed drongo
Grey backed shrike
Grey headed starling
Red vented bulbul
Also saw 1 Rhino, 2 wild buffaloes, 4-5 elephants, 1 Sambar, 1 Rhesus macaque and many Hog deer.
Sadly this time didn't saw a single Spotbill pelican as the track to their breeding colony was damaged.
Also saw a large number of Common teals and Pintails, 37 Bar headed geese, Openbill Stork, Wild buffaloes and hog deers from a viewpoint on the highway near Kanchanjuri area.
On 3rd Jan,saw two small flocks of 7 and 9 Greater Adjutants and 2 Ruddy shelducks on the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati.
Oh,and wishing everyone a very happy new year!!