Awesome Birding Day At Bhuigaon Vasai

It was one of the best birding week I ever had . Now winter is approaching and Bhuigaon Beach near Vasai is full of birding activities. Migratory birds are started coming .I reached at around 7:30 in the morning and the first thing I noticed is the entire walking trail was fulled with various types of bird. Near the beach I saw there were lot of waders and tern. Surprisingly I saw  Greater short-toed lark at beach area.

 Greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)

 I headed towards the scrub area to see if I can spot the Black headed Bunting I had seen last time. I got a glimpse of the Bay backed shrike , But the interesting sighting near the coconut tree was of vediters flycatcher. I was glad that I saw the bird in this area , last time I had spotted this bird in Tungareshwar wildlife Sanctuary.

                                                 Bay-backed Shrike · Lanius vittatus

                                             Common Hoopoe Upupa epops

                                             European roller (Coracias garrulus)

Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

                                             Little Tern Sternula albifron

                                             The red turtle dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)

                                              
                                             Plum-headed parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala)

                                             Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) 

                                            Lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) 

                                                 Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)

                                              Bay-backed Shrike · Lanius vittatus

                                               pied crested cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)

                                                   Bay-backed Shrike · Lanius vittatus

                                               The blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) 

                                              The Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis)

                                            The black-headed cuckooshrike (Coracina melanoptera) 

Here is the Bird list and ebird link
http://ebird.org/ebird/india/view/checklist?subID=S25537670

1 Asian Openbill
2 Little Cormorant
15 Gray Heron
1 Great Egret
5 Little Egret
1 Western Reef-Heron
4 Cattle Egret
5 Indian Pond-Heron
1 Glossy Ibis
3 Osprey
1 Shikra
4 Black Kite
1 White-breasted Waterhen
3 Red-wattled Lapwing
10 Little Ringed Plover
4 Common Sandpiper
1 Marsh Sandpiper
2 Wood Sandpiper
1 Gull-billed Tern
1 Red Collared-Dove
4 Spotted Dove
1 Pied Cuckoo
1 Common Cuckoo
10 Asian Palm-Swift
4 White-throated Kingfisher
10 Green Bee-eater
150 Blue-cheeked/Blue-tailed Bee-eater
10 Indian Roller
1 Peregrine Falcon
5 Rose-ringed Parakeet
3 Plum-headed Parakeet
1 Black-headed cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera
10 Long-tailed Shrike
1 Indian Golden Oriole
4 Black Drongo
1 Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
3 House Crow
3 Oriental Skylark
30 Barn Swallow
4 Red-vented Bulbul
1 Red-whiskered Bulbul
2 White-eared Bulbul
2 White-browed Bulbul
1 Common Chiffchaff
1 Greenish Warbler
1 Blyth's Reed-Warbler
1 Zitting Cisticola
2 Common Tailorbird
1 Ashy Prinia
1 Plain Prinia
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Common Babbler
1 Oriental Magpie-Robin
1 Verditer Flycatcher
5 Siberian Stonechat
2 Pied Bushchat
5 Asian Pied Starling
3 Brahminy Starling
5 Common Myna
3 Purple-rumped Sunbird
10 White Wagtail
4 Paddyfield Pipit
10 House Sparrow
3 Scaly-breasted Munia

Oystercatcher in Vasai

The oystercatchers are a group of waders forming the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, Haematopus. They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the polar regions and some tropical regions of Africa and South East Asia. The exception to this is the Eurasian oystercatcher and the South Island oystercatcher, both of which breed inland, far inland in some cases. 

The different species of oystercatcher show little variation in shape or appearance. They range from 39–50 cm (15–20 in) in length and 72–91 cm (28–36 in) in wingspan. The Eurasian oystercatcher is the lightest on average, at 526 g (1.160 lb), while the sooty oystercatcher is the heaviest, at 819 g (1.806 lb).[3] The plumage of all species is either all-black, or black (or dark brown) on top and white underneath. The variable oystercatcher is slightly exceptional in being either all-black or pied. They are large, obvious, and noisy plover-like birds, with massive long orange or red bills used for smashing or prying open molluscs. The bill shape varies between species, according to the diet. Those birds with blade-like bill tips pry open or smash mollusc shells, and those with pointed bill tips tend to probe for annelid worms.