We went bird-watching to Kaikondrahalli Lake over the weekend. I usually go bird-watching in the mornings, but for a change, this was an evening outing. And it turned out richly rewarding, with two ‘lifers’ for me. Here is the complete list of bird spotted:

1. Little Grebe
2. Great Cormorant
3. Little Cormorant
4. Darter
5. Spot-billed Pelican
6. Grey Heron
7. Black-crowned Night-Heron
8. Indian Pond-Heron
9. Cattle Egret
10. Median Egret
11. Little Egret
12. Painted Stork
13. Oriental White (Black-headed) Ibis
14. Glossy Ibis
15. Spot-billed Duck
16. Northern Shoveller
17. Black Kite
18. Brahminy Kite
19. White-breasted Waterhen
20. Common Moorhen
21. Purple Moorhen (Grey-headed Swamphen)
22. Common Coot
23. Red-wattled Lapwing
24. Wood Sandpiper
25. Common Sandpiper
26. Spotted Dove
27. Asian Koel
28. White-breasted (throated) Kingfisher
29. White-cheeked Barbet
30. Black-naped Oriole
31. Ashy Drongo
32. Rosy Starling
33. Common Myna
34. Jungle Myna
35. Jungle (Large-billed) Crow
36. Red-whiskered Bulbul
37. Syke’s Warbler
38. Tickell’s (Pale-billed) Flowerpecker