Samstag, 13. Oktober 2012

Bird watching in India

13.10.2012

Alex, Christoph, Isabel, Juliane, Meghan, Shailyn, Svana and I explore India's bird life today.
Yesterday we drove to Vikarabad, which is 72 km away from Hyderabad, with our "Leisure Cum Heritage" tour. This morning we get up early, because sunrise is the right time for bird watching and only the early bird catches the worm! Before we start, everybody gets chai, the typical indian tea. I order a black tea without milk and I get pure milk ...

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It is still early.

With the bus we drive to Anantagiri. There we hike through the area and find some birds, insects, spiders and plants.

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Rose-winged Parakeet
Psittacula krameri


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Enormous root


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Giant spider


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Termitarium


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Mushroom


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Black Drongo
Dicrurus macrocercus


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Lantana camara


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It is not only the youth, that is interested in going out into the nature and watch some birds. Also three representatives of Lithuania join the "Leisure Cum Heritage" tour. One of them studied biology. He assorts bird species with us.

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Rufous Treepie
Dendrocitta vagabunda


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Plum-headed Parakeet
Psittacula cyanochephala


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Shailyn


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Meghan


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Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer


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Svana


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Spotted Dive
Streptopelia chinensis


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Jungle Warbler
Prinia sylvatica


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White-bellied Drongo
Dicrurus caerulescens


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View over the rice fields


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I am exploring.


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We walk back to Anantagiri and thereby we pass two viewing points.

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I love having a nice overview.


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Riksha


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My dirty feet


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Christoph


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Isabel and Svana


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At viewing point number 2


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The hospital


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The comment of one of the Lithuanian guys was: "Unsuccessful batman".


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Millepede

We are back at the Anantagiri temple.

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Inside the temple


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At 9:30 a.m. we arrive at our hotel and have breakfast. After a short while of digestion, Alex, Isabel, Juliane, Meghan and I explore the swimming pool. Also we learn about indian sim suits.

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Meghan, Isable, Juliane and I


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It is really relaxing to enjoy the cold water and the warm sun. Too bad it is noon time and the sun is very strong. We get to notice that afterwards. As we want to get out of the swimming area to get ready for lunch, we recognize, that we were locked.
After our lunch at 12:30 p.m. we leave Vikarabad one hour later. We drive to the Medak church, which is 133 km far away. Our guide tells us, that the Medak church is the secound biggest church in the world and the biggest church in Asia. We will see ...

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At 5:30 p.m. we arrive at the Medak church.

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The Medak church.


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Baboons


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Sharing food


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and kisses.


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Black-capped Kingfisher
Halcyon pileata


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Indian Grey Hornbill
Ocyceros birostris


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We all agree, that this is not the secound biggest church in the world. But it is the biggest church in Andhra Pradesh.

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Boboon
Papio hamadryas


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Indian Flying-fox
Pteropus giganteus


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Medak church by night

It is 6:00 p.m. when we leave the Medak church. It takes us 3.5 hours to drive back the 90 km to Hyderbad. But at least while those long bus drives, we can catch up a little bit of sleep.

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Our healthy dinner


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Svana, a cute indian baby and I
a normal picture here

Back at the hotel Alex, Juliane and I get ready to go dancing. We want to meet the others at the Paradise hotel, but as we arrive nobody is there. They are already clubbing and tell us, that the place is closing soon. So we walk back to our hotel and into our beds.
So for tomorrow we will be well rested.

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