When: October 2015 Weather: Hot26C
Nikon P900. Leica Q
Thol is a bird sanctuary about an hour away from Ahmedabad and at 630 am it took us just 45min to get there. The road leading to the Thol turnoff was actually quite good for birds where the water lily pond was…
water lily pond..
open bill stork feeding..
got it!
oprn bill stork
Open bill stork in flight
pheasant tailed jacana
spot billed ducks
black headed ibis
black headed ibis
3 little green bee eaters side by side…
the entrance to Thol
a huge lake fringed by an elevated path…
White throated kingfishers were common
And this particular one glowed a brilliant emerald gree…
red wattled lapwing from afar
jungle babbler
Collared dove
laughing dove
white cheeked bulbul
red vented bulbul
Indian pond heron
heron
flight of comb ducks
eurasian spoonbills
black drongo
Bee-eater, collared dove and red vented bulbul in one tree
here’s looking at you…
Brahminy mynah
grey heron
warbler
wire tailed sparrow
lots of beautiful bee eaters
thol
A place well worth visiting!
The Natural Traveller 
Great stuff, Ron 🙂