Golden Triangle. the 2nd day. New Delhi - Jaipur

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2013-12-26| Gennadiy Dyakin

The mornings walk near the hotel (Regent Hotel). Probably Rose-ringed Parakeet is commonest bird in this area. I tried to find Alexandrine Parakeet, sometimes I thought I saw it but I wasn’t sure. The rest birds I saw in previous day: House Crow, Laughing and Collared Doves, Common Myna, Black Kite. New birds: Red-vented and Red-whiskered Bulbuls, Brown-headed Barbet.

Then we were on organized tour by the historical monuments of New Delhi. No new birds during the excursions.

After the lunch we went to Jaipur. The distance between New Delhi and Jaipur is only 280 km, but we were in way about half of day. On the way we had only some stoppings, so I had not opportunity to watch and photograph birds. Nevertheless on the way I recorded Indian Pond Heron, Cattle Egret, Black-shouldered Kite, Rock Pigeon, Laughing and Collared Doves, White-throated Kingfisher, Drongo (not id), House Crow, Streaked Laughingthrush, Common and Bank Mynas, Pied Starling, and also Red-wattled Lapwing and Large Gray Babbler. Black Kites which were everywhere in New Delhi were not recorded on the way, but again appeared in Jaipur. Probably Kites are inhabitants of mostly the large cities. In Jaipur I saw two Peacocks.

Since I didn’t fill the trip list it’s difficult to accurately estimate the number of species I saw per day, but I think a little more than 20, including 9 Lifer.

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