Can't Remember Goa. (1 Viewer)

[Barred Wobbler]

This is the only shot I got of this bird in Candolim. It rings a bell that there was a prinia of some sort knocking about at the time, but I can't for the life of me remember what this is.

The colour may be affected by the sunlight at the time, quite early in the morning, an hour after sunrise, so rather yellowish.

 

[Nutcracker]

Looks like a Phylloscopus to me.

 

[Barred Wobbler]

Me too Michael, but which?

 

[Barred Wobbler]

Just been looking at it again.

What about Sykes's?

 

[Barred Wobbler]

Any warbler experts?

I did a data recovery on the card, but there's still only this one image. The next three frames that were deleted on site in the camera were all of a bare branch, so the bird was just there long enough to point the camera at the movement, focus and fire.

 

[shorebirder]

Looks more like Booted to me. Quiet contrasty in the wing and although difficult angle the bill looks too short for Sykes IMO

 

[Barred Wobbler]

Could be. Is that a hint of a paler leg, just above the foot on the left?

But isn't the tip of the bill a bit pale for booted?

 

[Nutcracker]

No contrasting dark toes ('boots').

 

[Barred Wobbler]

No contrasting dark toes ('boots').

So do you think Sykes?

 

[Nutcracker]

I'm still inclined to go for a phyllosc, maybe sindianus or neglectus? But never been to the area, so can't be sure.

 

[Barred Wobbler]

I don't think they're likely in Goa, they aren't on the checklist of Goan birds that I have and their range is much further north, Pakistan & NW India.

 

[Nutcracker]

Oh dear, I thought Goa was NW India, am I getting mixed up with that place where they have Asiatic Lions? [embarrassed smiley]

 

[Barred Wobbler]

It's on the west coast, but a bit more than half way down, more or less opposite where the east coast changes direction from south-westerly to more or less southerly. You're thinking of Gujarat.

No lions in Goa, but one of the guides at Backwoods told us they had a leopard turn up in the area a while ago. The first thing it did was wipe out two guard dogs. Apparently it keeps itself to itself except when it gets seen occasionally in the monsoon season. They have dholes there too, but the wildest mammals we saw were the monkeys and the giant squirrels.

Down on the coast there were a few mongoose and a pod of hump-backed dolphins were patrolling about 40 yards offshore one morning before the sunbathers arrived

 

[Barred Wobbler]

Bonnet macaque, mongoose and one of the dolphins.