Bird Watching

The Essentials

• Avid nature lover & observer

• Travel places

• Basic Bird field guide book

• Binoculars

• Preparing for the trip

Habitat

Wetlands

Coastal and inland wetlands: sandy, rocky beaches, mudflats, estuaries, creeks, bays, reedy marshes, ponds, lakes, reservoirs.

• Forest

Dry and mixed-deciduous, semi-evergreen and evergreen forests in N Konkan, along hill-slopes, and Sahyadri. Some species may also be seen at forest-edges and in urban parks.

• Grass and Scrub

Open country: grass and scrublands, tree-dotted cultivation, edges of forests, creeks and marshes.

Urban

Parks, gardens, homes, industrial sheds, garbage dumps, landfill sites etc. The birds featured in this section comprise species that thrive in the vicinity of human activity in urban Mumbai.

Seasonal or year-round Presence of a species

• BV Breeding Visitor (usually monsoon)• LM Local Migrant• PM Passage Migrant• R Resident• WV Winter Visitor

• Plumage• Female• Juvenile• OH flight• In flight• Diagnostic• Habits• Call

Field Guide Book

References

Must have on the field

Bombay Natural History Society

Grateful Acknowledgement

Thank You

Shibu ChakrabortyYukti Chakraborty