Lal Bagh: Birds in Spring Time

Poonam and I went to Lal Bagh this AM and saw the usual quota of birds. Other than the birds, it is Spring time, and all the trees in Lal Bagh are in full splendour with new leaves, flowers and fragrances. Particularly, Lal Bagh has a rich collection of Ficus (Raavi) and Silk Cotton trees, which look real nice in Spring.

For me, the new birds were the tailor bird, great tit and the brain fever bird. It was also rewarding to see the Barbet emerging from its painstakingly carved out nest. The barbets make holes in hollow dry trees and nest inside those holes. They are apparently related to Woodpeckers. We were fortunate to see a couple of them emerge from their holes in the trees.

The owlet was a proper treat for the eyes as well, staring at all of us through sleepy eyes.

The list (with Telugu names, as I found on the web: wondering if anyone can validate them to be correct):

Asian Koel (male and female) - కోకిల
Golden Oriole (male and female) - వంగ పండు
Flower Pecker - పూపుడుపు జిత్త
Purple-rumped Sun Bird - తేనే పిట్ట
White-cheeked Barbet - గండు కర్ణం
Spotted Owlet - పగదిగంటే
Spotted Dove - చుక్కల గువ్వా
Common Cuckoo-Hawk or the brain fever bird - కుట్టి పిట్ట, पपीहा
Jungle and Common Myna - గోరింక
Great Tit (male and female) - ?

Tailor Bird - లిక్క జిత్త
Black Drongo - నల్ల ఐత్రింత
Green Leaf Warbler - కంప జిత్త
Another type of warbler (?) - కంప జిత్త
Copper smith Barbet - కంసాలి పిట్ట
Small Cormorant - నీటి కాకి
Purple Moorhen - నీల బొల్లి కోడి
Common Coot - నల్ల బొల్లి కోడి
Brahminy Kite - బాపన గద్ద
Black Kite - మల్ల గద్ద
Pond Heron - గుడ్డి కొంగ

We also saw what someone told us to be a checkered keelback snake, sunning itself near the water body of Lal Bagh.

Some bird snaps from the web:

Great Tit

Brainfever bird
Copper-smith barbet emerging from its hole-nest
Tailor Bird