1. Red Spurfowl [call only]
2. Grey Junglefowl
3. Lesser Whistling-Duck
4. Brown-capped Pygmy-Woodpecker
5. Common Flamebacked Woodpecker
6. Greater Flamebacked Woodpecker
7. Lesser Flamebacked Woodpecker
8. Heart-spotted Woodpecker
9. White-cheeked Barbet
10. Malabar Grey Hornbill
11. Indian Roller
12. White-throated Kingfisher
13. Green Bee-eater
14. Blue-tailed Bee-eater
15. Indian Cuckoo
16. Drongo-Cuckoo
17. Indian Hawk-Cuckoo
18. Asian

1. Aegithina tiphia, Common Iora
2. Dicrurus macrocercus, Black Drongo
3. Pycnonotus jocosus, Red-whiskered Bulbul
4. Pycnonotus cafer, Red-vented Bulbul
5. Pycnonotus luteolus, White-browed Bulbul
6. Pycnonotus xantholaemus, Yellow-throated Bulbul
7. Accipiter badius, Shikra
8. Neophron percnopteru

Dendrocygna javanica, or Lesser Whistling-Duck [~1500]
Anas acuta, or Northern Pintail [~20 pairs]
Anas strepera, or Gadwall [~50 pairs]
Anas clypeata, or Northern Shoveler [~10 pairs]
Nettapus coromandelianus, or Cotton Pygmy-Goose (Teal) [1 pair]
Metopidius indicus, or Bronze-winged Jacana [5]
Anas querquedula, or Garganey [unconfirmed]

-- Pitta brachyura, or Indian Pitta (1, seen foraging, just before dark)
-- Spilornis cheela, or Crested Serpent Eagle (a few individuals, on canopy)
-- Oriolus oriolus, or Eurasian Golden Oriole (a few, on trees)
-- Pandion haliaetus, or Osprey (3, on stumps in the reservoir)
-- Terpsiphone paradisi, or Asian Paradise Flycatcher (a few, one in white)
-- Myiophonus horsfieldii, or Malabar

Corvus splendens, House Crow
Corvus levaillantii, Jungle Crow
Acridotheres tristis, Common Myna
Milvus migrans, Black Kite
Orthotomus sutorius, Common Tailorbird
Copsychus saularis, Oriental Magpie-Robin
Dendrocitta vagabunda, Rufous Treepie
Dinopium benghalense, Black-rumped Flamebacked Woodpecker
Oriolus chinensis, Black-naped Oriole
Turdoides striatus, Jungle Babbler
Psittacula krameri, Rose-ringed Parakeet
Columba livia, Rock Pigeon
Megalaima zeylanica,

Egyptian Vulture, or Neophron percnopterus, a pair (on microwave tower)
Asian Paradise Flycatcher, or Terpsiphone paradisi, 3 (1: short tail, 1:rufous, 1:white plumage)
Oriental Honey Buzzard, or Pernis ptilorhynchos, 1 (feeding on a beehive)
Red-Whiskered Bulbul, or Pycnonotus jocosus, plenty
Red-Vented Bulbul, or Pycnonotus cafer, plenty
Magpie Robin, or Copsychus saularis, 1
Indian Blue Robin, or Luscinia brunnea, 1
White headed Babbler, or Turdoides affinis, plenty

So, finally my second visit to Varathur lake yielded some disappointment. Actually I expected a lot, but this is a dry season. So the count:

Varathur lake:

Northern Shoveler, or Anus clypeata, ~7000 (floating in lake)
Marsh Harrier, or Circus aeruginosus, 4 (1m/3f, flying overhead)
Common Sandpiper, or Tringa hypoleucos, 1 (feeding in water hy'ths)
Barn Swallow, or Hirundo rustica, ~100 (busy)

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