TR # 28, March 2019
This is a must visit place for a birder! The resort in Ganeshgudi, The old Magazine House’ will not disappoint you in any season.
This is a place about 70 Kms from Belgaum and right in the middle of the jungle. The resort “The old Magazine House” is run by Jungle Lodges. You can book it online. They have cottages and also a few rooms. It is completely surrounded by dense forest. The management does not allow you to step out unless escorted by their own personnel. They have sighted Bears, Leopards, Wild bores very regularly near the stream which is next to the resort. The day starts with Malabar Whistling Thrush’s melodious song. You can just sit in the resort and you can see a number of birds coming to resort for food and water. We went in summer so couldn’t see migratory birds but still, we could spot more than 40+ birds.
The resort is beautiful. The food is included in the total package. The food is of manglorian style and extremely tasty.
Here is our bird list
- Emerald dove
- Red whiskerd bulbul
- Yellow bulbul
- Lame headed bulbul
- Oriental white eye
- Starling
- Crimson sunbird
- White bellied blue fly catcher
- Tickell’s blue flycatcher
- Magpie-robins
- Black-naped monarch
- White-rumped shama
- Black headed babbler
- Puff-throated Babbler
- Indian paradise flycatcher
- Laser Woodpecker
- pygmy woodpecker
- Malabar pied hornbill
- Malabar grey hornbill
- Great hornbill
- Green pigeon
- Malabar barbet
- Coppersmith barbet
- Fulwetta
- Common hill myna
- Jungle myna
- Junglefowl
- Spiderhunter
- Indian scimitar babbler
- Golden oriole
- Malabar trogon
- Vernal hanging parrot
- Yellow tit
- Scarlet minivet
- Hoopoes
- honey buzzard
- Kingfisher
- Nuthatch
- Plum-headed parakeet
- Greater racket-tailed drongo
- Jungle drongo
Some other Species we could see
- Gliding Squirrel
- Giant Squirrel
- Jackel.
- Wild boar
- Scorpion
- Malabar pit viper