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 Koel
19. Greater Coucal
20. Blossom-headed Parakeet
21. Malabar Parakeet
22. White-rumped Needletailed Swift
23. House Swift
24. Crested Tree-swift
25. Jungle Owlet
26. Indian Nightjar [call only]
27. Savanna Nightjar
28. Srilanka Frogmouth [call only, no sighting ]
29. Spotted Dove
30. White-breasted Waterhen
31. Common Moorhen
32. Bronze-winged Jacana
33. Red-wattled Lapwing
34. River Tern
35. Whiskered Tern
36. Greater Grey-headed Fish-Eagle
37. Crested Serpent-Eagle
38. Shikra
39. Changeable Hawk-Eagle
40. Darter
41. Indian Cormorant
42. Little Egret
43. Asian Open-billed Stork
44. Indian Pitta
45. Asian Fairy-Bluebird
46. Eurasian Jay
47. Rufous Treepie
48. White-bellied Treepie
49. Jungle Crow
50. Eurasian Golden Oriole
51. Black-hooded Oriole
52. Small Minivet
53. Oriental Magpie-Robin
54. Black Drongo
55. Ashy Drongo
56. Bronzed Drongo
57. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
58. White-bellied Drongo
59. Asian Paradise-Flycatcher
60. Common Iora
61. Large Woodshrike
62. Malabar Whistling-Thrush
63. Orange-headed Groundthrush
64. Gold-fronted Leafbird
65. Eurasian Blackbird
66. Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
67. Chestnut-tailed Starling
68. Hill Myna
69. Great Tit
70. Dusky Crag-Martin
71. Red-rumped Swallow
72. Red-whiskered Bulbul
73. Red-vented Bulbul
74. Yellow-browed Bulbul
75. Black-crested Bulbul
76. Grey-breasted Prinia
77. Tickell's Flowerpecker (Pale-billed Flowerpecker)
78. Purple-rumped Sunbird
79. Purple Sunbird
80. Crimson-backed Sunbird
81. Little Spiderhunter
82. Chestnut-shouldered Petronia
83. Large Pied Wagtail
84. Grey Wagtail
85. Indian Pond-Heron
86. Brahminy Kite
87. Yellow-billed Babbler

      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 percnopterus, Egyptian Vulture
      9. Terpsiphone paradisi, Asian Paradise-Flycatcher
    10. Pericrocotus cinnamomeus, Small Minivet
    11. Pericrocotus flammeus, Scarlet Minivet [female]
    12. Zosterops palpebrosus, Oriental White-eye
    13. Saxicoloides fulicata, Indian Robin
    14. Copsychus saularis, Oriental Magpie-Robin

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 Whistling Thrush (heard the sweet song)
    -- Psittacula columboides, or Malabar Parakeet (a pair near a stream)
    -- Dinopium benghalense, or Black-rumped Flamebacked Woodpecker (plenty)
    -- Dicrurus paradiseus, or Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (plenty)
    -- Psittacula cyanocephala, or Plum-headed Parakeet (a company)
    -- Circus aeruginosus, or Eurasian Marsh Harrier (1, flying overhead)
    -- Ocyceros griseus, or Malabar Grey Hornbill (a pair on flight)
    -- Ciconia episcopus, or White-necked Stork (1, flying over the reservoir)
    -- Motacilla flava, or Yellow Wagtail (1, on a stump in dry backwater bed)
    -- Sterna aurantia, or River Tern (several, flying over the reservoir)
    -- Tringa glareola, or Wood Sandpiper (1, on backwater bank)

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, Brown-headed Barbet
Nectarinia zeylonica, Purple-rumped Sunbird
Halcyon smyrnensis, White-throated Kingfisher
Halcyon capensis, Stork-billed Kingfisher
Ardeola grayii, Indian Pond-Heron
Pycnonotus jocosus, Red-whiskered Bulbul
Phalacrocorax niger, Little Cormorant
Streptopelia chinensis, Spotted Dove
Eudynamys scolopacea, Asian Koel

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)

Yellamallappashetty:

Unidentified ducks, ~250 (floating in lake)
Marsh Harrier, or Circus aeruginosus, 3 (3f, flying overhead)
Grey Heron, or Ardea cinerea, ~60 (feeding)
Large Cormorant, or Phalacrocorax carbo, ~50 (on power line)
Brahmany Kite, or Haliastur indus, ~10 (2j, flying overhead)
Lesser Pied Kingfisher, or Ceryle rudis, 5 (hunting in pack)