Put "Blue Rock Thrush"...
Hmmm...so here I am at the evening ceremony of 6th HSBC Mumbai Bird Race 2010..Julius,my group leader (an avid environmentalists with a vast knowledge on all birds,trees,nature etc.etc...),is on his way and all my other group mates Vishal, his wife Vaibhavi along with their cute daughter Anaya are yet to join me at the venue,Maharashtra Nature Park,Mahim...my other mates,Krishnan and his young daughter Tara and Hardip could not make it to the evening program...and am here sitting alone filling the log book with the birds we had spotted today...
Its the 6th HSBC Mumbai Bird Race 2010 which happens yearly once where all avid bird watchers and enthusiasts form groups of 5 or more and compete to spot the most number of bird species in a single given day in Mumbai..My group started at 7 am from Airoli Mangroves where we spotted a lot of birds varying from White Throated Kingfisher,Indian Cormorants,Purple Sunbirds,Green Bee Eater,Black headed Ibis and lot more... Moved on to Airoli Bridge where we spotted a lot of Greater Flamingoes and Lesser Flamingoes Species,Herons,Egrets,Green Sandpipper,........
Further, we went to a spot in Thane where we spoted Huge Kites,Spotted Sea Gulls,lot of waders...here our group was done a reportage by the Doordarshan TV reporter...In Airoli again we came to a spot where we spotted a convocation of Kites and other species..
Airoli hills,spotted Common Krestel...
The list goes on...and we ended up spotting around some 80+ bird species and called it a day..
After a meet with the organiser,Ravi Vaidyanathan, am seated here with my mates listening to the stories of the day from many people giving their speeches, a lot of school kids new experiences...
Prizes are given away with the 1st place going to the group who had spotted a whooping 144 birds..
After a heavy dinner here, we ended up the day with a casual snap of our group"Blue Rock Thrush"...
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