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This blog is about the last field visit which happened at CME (College of Military Engineering),  Pune. It is a restricted area and hence going in CME would be a very privileged experience for us.

CME Pune has 3-4 water bodies where we wanted to go. We first stopped at a lake. It was very early morning, there was a lot of haze. So a very hazy and good morning to all!

Taking good photographs against the light is not a possible task. Hence, We further went to another lake where the sun was behind us. Below were the bird sightings!

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

River Tern (Sterna aurantia)

Northern Shovelers (Anas clypeata)

Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

Northern Shoveler, River Tern & Garganey (Anas querquedula)

Rudy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)

Could you imagine what this would be?

Some might guess, Yes, It was a nest of plum headed parakeets on a tree. A very exciting finding which could have been easily missed out. Thanks to Kuntal for spotting and showing us that.

Plum-headed parakeet female in the nest.
                                                         

And, the charming male!

Plum headed parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala)

And, the meet and then we witnessed their mating as well. There was a coppersmith barbet on the same tree, I was lucky this time to record the audio-visual both. Many times you might have heard this peculiar voice (tak-tak-tak!) around your home. (if you have trees enough!, If Not! Go ahead and plant some to enjoy this music...)

Thanks to Dr. Satish Pande, Dr. Karmalkar Sir & Mr. Sachin Haldule Sir to organize this visit.