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  1. Vyomkesh

    Pipit ID - Surat, Gujarat, India, April 2021

    Id for the pipit please Seemed quite large to me on field (approx bulbul sized?) Only these 3 angles available. Thanks in advance Surat, Gujarat, India
  2. Vyomkesh

    Unusual duck from Gujarat, India

    One of my friends sighted this odd looking Tufted Duck with a Scaup-like head and greyish mottling. To confirm, is this a hybrid? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/405824341
  3. Vyomkesh

    Hybrid? or a vagrant? Wagtail for ID - Surat, Gujarat, India

    Id help for this Yellow Wagtail. Hope to get down to subspecies if possible. Expected here are feldegg, thunbergi and beema. There was an another(?) wagtail with broad yellow supercilium. I asked Sandeep sir here in a conversation and he threw up a possibility of a Citrine x Yellow Wagtail...
  4. Vyomkesh

    Yellow Wagtail - race? Surat, Gujarat, India, 17 October

    Hi everyone, Is it possible to identify race with certainity here? Guessing thunbergi here. Thanks in advance!
  5. Vyomkesh

    Palm squirrels

    Hi everyone, I would like to get some information on Five-Striped and Three-Striped Palm Squirrels, especially their distribution and identification between both.Hope this is proper forum! Vyomkesh
  6. Vyomkesh

    Striated or Night Heron - Kutch, Gujarat, India - September 2021

    Is this a Juvenile Night Heron or a Striated Heron? Kutch, Gujarat, India September 2021
  7. Vyomkesh

    Nalsarovar Snipe ID - Feb 2019, Gujarat, India.

    Please take a look at these pics. This was taken by a fellow birder in Feb '19. Around the same time a Great Snipe was photograped near the area.
  8. Vyomkesh

    Snipe ID - Nalsarovar, Gujarat, India - February 2019

    Please take a look at these pics. This was taken by a fellow birder in Feb '19. Around the same time a Great Snipe was photograped near the area.
  9. Vyomkesh

    Wisdom in Binoculars shopping

    This link was shared by one of my fellow birder and thought it would be good if I can share them here: http://www.holgermerlitz.de/wisdoms.html I am not sure wether it has been shared before but hopefully it will help. Vyomkesh
  10. Vyomkesh

    Larus sp. Pointers

    I am looking for pointers for identification of Larus species mentioned below Heuglin's Gull Steppe Gull Caspian Gull Mew Gull Thanks in advance
  11. Vyomkesh

    Id pointers for larus gulls

    I don't know wether I am posting in appropriate forum. Please move this thread if the forum is not appropriate. I am looking for pointers for identification of Larus species mentioned below Heuglin's Gull Steppe Gull Caspian Gull Mew Gull
  12. Vyomkesh

    Tern for ID from description - Surat, Gujarat, India

    Today while birding I saw a flock of Chlidonias terns fly over as I birded over a bridge. Here are some pointers : Overall black underparts (did not see upperparts) Somewhat blackish bill. It did seem to have black on underwings This is all I have and as it was a flock of 20-30 individuals...
  13. Vyomkesh

    Sound for ID - Surat, Gujarat, India

    Yesterday on 4th Jul we went to bird at one of local wetlands. There I heard a bird which I suspected as Large Cuckooshrike. As it was on canopy of the trees, I could not see it properly but seemed to be around 20-30cm long. I tried playing this into BirdNET and it does say Large Cuckooshrike...
  14. Vyomkesh

    Sound from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - mid-March 2021

    Please ID this sound. Sorry for quality, was recording something else and had just started. Habitat - Fairly good number of trees with high but sparse human development. In the peripheral area of the city
  15. Vyomkesh

    Gull for Identification - Gujarat, India

    Please Id these larus gulls if possible.Tried Bird Identification Group of the World and Ask Ids of Indian Birds leading to larus sp. either Steppe/Heuglin's/Caspian Tapti River, Surat 21 Feb Location was fairly upstream but still had tidal influence
  16. Vyomkesh

    Hi

    I am Vyomkesh, a birder from Surat, Gujarat, India. I have just started birding around 8-10 months back.I am hoping to learn more about identification of birds especially species not found in my region
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