Another day at Munnar with three lifers

Yet another day at Munnar. Most of the day was raining.  The light was very bad. Still I managed to bag five lifers. They are:-

1. Black Bulbul
2. Yellow-browed Bulbul
3. Crimson-backed Sunbird
4. Greater Flameback
5. Pale-billed Flowerpecker

Other species include:-

1. Common Moorhen (Tick for India)
2. White-breasted Waterhen
3. Grey Junglefowl
4. Long-tailed Shrike

The day mostly rainy.  Thanks to Salamikka for letting me stay at his house.  It is a beautiful place to stay and is in the middle of a JUNGLE.  All you have to do is sit on the living room with the windows open.  The birds comes to you!  It is one of the easiest birding trip I have done. I have seen all my lifers just sitting in this room.

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Testing the Bird Call Player - Part 1

Decided to see how the Bird Call Player works on the field. Reached Munnar around 6:00AM and Saju was waiting for me.  Spoke to an Auto Driver and we started birding. Eleven lifers in one day. Do I need to say more? I guess not! We started looking for Indian Scimitar-babbler and got it within 15 minutes.  The hero here is the Bird Call Player.  It WORKS for REAL!!!

The day's lifers are:-

1. Black-and-orange Flycatcher
2. Blue-capped Rock Thrush
3. Common Rosefinch
4. Grey-breasted Laughingthrush
5. Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher
6. Indian Scimitar-babbler
7. Malabar Whistling-thrush
8. Nilgiri Flycatcher
9. Nilgiri Wood Pigeon
10. Tickell's Leaf-warbler
11. White-bellied Shortwing