Another bird that I see on the wires near our house is the shrike. When I first noticed it the thought that came to my mind was..Oh, a bird with eye make up! It's a reddish brown bird and has a black line through eye to ear coverts. My book on birds tells me that it is a winter visitor throughout the subcontinent. Some stay on till June. Its diet consists of large insects, small birds, mammals, lizards.
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| Brown Shrike |
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| Grey-headed starling |
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| The Grey-headed starling is also known as the Chestnut-tailed starling |
I'm seeing more of these birds now. The reason is that the Coral trees in our neighbourhood are in bloom and they are visited by several birds throughout the day. The Asian Pied starlings are more commonly seen than these Grey-headed ones. They come in pairs , are noisy but the bird chatter also includes delightful notes. They feed largely on berries, nectar and insects. ( The books that I refer to while writing some of my bird posts are:
1. The Book of Indian Birds by Dr. Salim Ali 2. Common Birds of the Indian Subcontinent.
To see more of our feathered friends visit World Bird Wednesday.
17 comments:
I love your header!! So beautiful and so are your birds for the day! Delightful captures! Hope you have a wonderful day!
Sylvia
A lovely series!
I enlarged to find such lovely soft feather detail in the second shot!
We have Shrikes here, but I don't know if I've ever seen one, they are so plain and blend in. What a scary name for such a plain little bird! The only starlings we have are the European ones, your pictures are good!
Great sighting!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Many thanks for sharing your wonderful birds.
Good shots! The shrike does look like it is wearing eye makeup.
Great photos. I like the idea of a bird wearing eye make-up!
Sweet bird.
Regards and best wishes
Great sighting and photos. It would be a new bird for me,thanks for sharing.
Kanak, I admire your bird pictures. I can only take the pictures of water birds because they browse quietly.
Hi Kanak,I love your header and it's so nice to see your pics on birds...it is getting hotter here so the birds are disappearing and I can spot a purple sunbird on and off at my neighbours and that itself makes me happy. Hopefully some day I will start posting in a new blog...ha ha ha haven't started it yet...Chandana is coming over and am really excited:)
so long take care!!!
Ruby.
It's interesting the different shrubs that attract wildlife, I think.
Nice shots!
Your photos are so lovely!
Fascinating as always!
;-)WBW!
I wonder if your starlings are related to the european starling that was introduced here in the states.. They are very vocal and smart....Michelle
it is great to see these different birds
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