Winter Bird Monitoring Program (2023-24)

Highlights

Note: Figures within bracket in sl. no. 1, 2 & 3 are 2023 data of recent single day census

1. Collected data from 148 (125) locations spread over Mysore- Mandya – Chamarajanagar districts (completed in a single day)

2. Observed 226 (215) bird species including 153 residents, 56 migratory, 17 EG/WG (Gundu Patna, Taraka & Punajur) and counted 40,435 (27,043) Birds.

3. Totally 20 teams consisting of 64 (55) birders took part, among them 6 teams were fully led by Women and 6 partially, totally 21 women took part.

4. Highest, 18 number of locations visited resulting in 120 species by Dr Abhijith APC, Pavan Ramachandra & Amathya Chandra

5. Highest, 146 species observed from 14 locations by Sahana M & Dr Rama MV

6. Most abundant Species (total count from all the locations) –Cattle Egret (2824 nos), Bar headed Goose (2738 nos), Eurasian Coot (2095 nos), Spot bill Duck (2042 nos), and Glossy Ibis (2036 nos)

7. Most abundant Species (in one location): Bar headed Goose (1500 nos in Nugu backwaters), Spot billed Pelican (830 nos in Ranganathittu) *, Northern Pintail (800 nos in KRS), Cattle Egret (550 nos in Adiganahalli), Glossy Ibis (500 nos in KRS). Breeding population is marked *.

8. Species occurrence out of 148 lists in %: Indian Pond Heron (73%), Little Cormorant (68%), Brahminy Kite (68%), Red wattled Lapwing (62%) and Spotted Dove (57%).

9. Most count recorded in (all species in total): KRS 1 (3163 nos), Nugu Backwaters (1630 nos), Tailuru (1517 nos), Ranganathittu bird Sanctuary (1165 nos) and KRS 2 (957 nos)

10. Species richness in numbers: KRS 1 (107), Muganahundi (95), KRS 2 (84), Melkote (78) and Hadajana Kere (77).

11. Interesting sightings:

    1.  Wing tagged (no. 12) Pelican observed in Karanji Kere by 8-member team – Dr Meenal A, Renu PM, Veda Balaram, Chetna L, Vishwanath S, Lokanath M, Shylajesha S & Ravikumar UN. It’s a male and was tagged by a Scientist stationed at Kokkare Belluru on Feb 2023 (Communication by Harsha NR)

    2. Barn Owl, Black headed Bunting, Red headed Bunting, Red Spurfowl and Ruff in known Plain habitat; Banded Bay Cuckoo, Black throated Munia, Brown Wood-Owl, Green Imperial Pigeon, Malabar Barbet, Nilgiri Flowerpecker, and Southern Hill Myna from WG bordering Piriyapatna.

12.  Trip report link - https://ebird.org/tripreport/197634

Participants: Abhi DN, Dr Abhijith APC, Akshatha G, Amanullah Khan M, Amathya Chandra, Amruth S, Anjali M, Arun Simha YJ, Chetak KN, Chetna L, Chidananda Swamy V, Dinesh KS, Dr. Fathe Khan H, Dr. Gayathridevi BM, Girija T, Guruprasad P, Harsha Kogalimath, Harsha NR, Harsha Periyapatna, Jaishankar, Joshika TK, Kashyap R, Lasya H, Laxmi Dinesh, Lokanath M, Manish Machaiah, Dr Meenal Alagappan, Murali DC, Naveenkumar HC, Navya R, Prabhakar K, Prakalathan D, Dr Raghunandan KS, Rajesh M, Rakesh MN, Dr Rama MV, Ramesh R, Rashmi GR, Raveesha HN, Ravikumar UN, Renu Priyadarshini M, Rujan Sarkar, Sahana M, Samartha SG, Shivakumar MN, Shivaprakash A, Shylajesha S, Sreekanta N, Dr Srinivasa Murthy, Suchitra VC, Syed Ateeq, Syed Muzamil, Tanmayee G, Tanuja DH, Tushar Kaushik, Usha N, Vedavathi Balaram, Vaibhavi ASG, Veerabhadra Swamy, Vijayalaxmi Rao, Vinuraj Urs, Vishwanath S, Yashas S and Yogendra HS.