I visited Doddakallasandra Lake in South Bangalore (off Kanakapura Road) for a session of bird-watching with the long standing Bngbirds group. For a change, the location was easily accessible via public transport (thanks Deepak Jois!).

It was a pleasant, early winter morning as the group of around twenty (plus one dog) assembled at the entrance to Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Academy. The lake is not very large and we were able to cover most of the accessible parts in a couple of hours.

The list of birds observed (nomenclature as per Dr. Salim Ali’s ‘The Book of Indian Birds’):

1. Little Grebe (breeding plumage)
2. Indian Cormorant
3. Darter
4. Grey Heron
5. Indian Pond-Heron
6. Cattle Egret
7. Median Egret
8. Little Egret
9. Oriental White Ibis (Black Headed Ibis)
10. Glossy Ibis
11. Spot-Billed Duck
12. Black Kite
13. Brahminy Kite
14. Shikra
15. White-Breasted Waterhen
16. Common Moorhen
17. Feral Pigeon
18. Spotted Dove
19. Rose-Ringed Parakeet
20. Asian Koel
21. Greater Coucal
22. White-Breasted Kingfisher
23. Coppersmith Barbet
24. White-Cheeked Barbet
25. Red-Rumped Swallow
26. Eurasian (Indian) Golden Oriole
27. Jungle Crow
28. Red-Whiskered Bulbul
29. Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher
30. Ashy Prinia
31. Common Tailorbird
32. Oriental Magpie-Robin
33. Purple-Rumped Sunbird