About this blog: Dandeli is one of the best places for birding in India. besides, it is in Dandeli where I learnt to appreciate the art of birding. While most of it revolved around camera shutters going down at an incredible speed, I learnt to appreciate the intriguing art of birding while post processing the pictures.
This is a photo blog of the birds I had clicked at Ganeshgudi and around Dandeli region.
Photoblog on Birding in Dandeli is the fourth of the list of articles on Dandeli!
I hardly knew a thing or two on Birding Untill I reached Old Magazine House at Dandeli. A secret bungalow tucked inside the dense forest of Ganeshgudi, Old Magazine House welcomes myriad species of avian friends to take a bath in the stone tubs kept strategically under the shadow of huge banyans.
From Small Birds to Pied Piper Hornbills, everyone comes and goes at Old Magazine House. Hornbills do not take bath though.
Birds are most active during the early morning or at dusk. They rejoice with the water tub while the shutterbugs get busy capturing their emotion.
Birds of different feathers do flock together. I learnt it at the Old Magazine House, Dandeli.
Also read, things to do in Dandeli!
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The Hornbills of Dandeli!
the birds with large bright yellow beak and elusive colored feathers are a thresure to the locals on dandeli.
While pier piper Hornbills are found in abundance, especially after the conservation efforts have been made, you can also get lucky and spot a few Malabar hornbills, grey in color but with a strangely protruding beak.
According to our guide Lakshmi, Hornbill birds have intriguing love story. They are largely monogamous. The male cares of the female, especially during child birth.
Their nests are made of mud. The female sheds all her feather during child birth while the male provides for food and more.
Also read, Kaziranga National Park, Assam: one of the best place for wildlife safari in India!
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Hi
Very nice blog which is well presented with the right amount of visuals and explanation. We are not birders yet but getting interested in the avian species. Seeing and photographing hornbills is definitely on the priority list. Wanted your opinion and advise on Visiting Ganeshgudi area in the July month. Is it worthwhile from sightings point of view ( not just hornbills but plethora of other species ). Is the monsoon a dampener?. We can certainly do this any other month also, but cooped up inside because of the pandemic, we are kind of rearing to travel in this window ( given the threat of third wave in Nov / Dec?? ). Appreciate your response
Glad to know you liked my blog post! I visited Dandeli in May. It was not raining but I did not see anything apart from many species of birds, not for rains but the jungle was intensely dense!