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