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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MKinHK" data-source="post: 3370219" data-attributes="member: 21760">After lunch, a tour of the airport offered the chance of a few more birds, and the distinctive ambience of the sewage treatment works did not disappoint – delivering an Indian Pied Wagtail keeping watch from the revolving bar in one of the tanks, two nest-building Indian Silverbills, a female Eurasian Kestrel, several Rose-ringed Parakeets, three Laughing Doves, and a second Shikra was soaring below a couple of typically angular Black Kites.As we drove back round perimeter of the airfield three Green Bee-eaters were on the razor wire and a couple of Bank Mynas – greyer and with pink facial skin – were amongst the Common Mynas at the roadside. An Asian Pied Starling was a nice extra bonus washing in a puddle on the manicured lawns by the airside gate and, as we headed off for a tour of the solar farm a pair of Yellow-wattled Lapwings right by the roadside were an unexpected bonus.  Other bits and pieces included the a few pairs of Red-wattled Lapwing, a couple of Ashy-crowned Sparrow-larks and half a dozen Oriental Skylarks.  A Green Sandpiper flashed black and white as it shot down one of the storm drains and as we piled back into the cars  to return to the hotel an Grey-crowned Prinia emerged from a low  hedge and posed beautifully just a few feet away. As we headed back to the hotel two more Yellow-wattled Lapwings were on the verge and, in a moment that could have been designed by the Indian Tourism Board, we drove past a full-blown male Indian Peafowl roosting atop a roadside advertising billboard. Other birds seen in transit included a couple of Cattle Egrets, and a White-throated Kingfisher atop a street lamp.CheersMike</blockquote>

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