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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wintibird" data-source="post: 1705613" data-attributes="member: 13046">The last dayOn the 13th I took a taxi at 4.30am to Pulicat Lake in troubled Andhra Pradesh. There were no troubles around there so the ride was absolutely safe. After Sullurpet I begann birding with some singing Oriental Skylarks and some Booted Warblers hiding in bushes.Waders were plentiful, mainly Temminck's Stints and Little Stints. Wood, Green, Common and Marsh Sandpiper, Ruff and Spotted and Common Redshank were around in good numbers but I didn't find a single Sandplover this year. Strange.In a big flock of Wigeons and Pintails some Bar-headed Geese were a nice find. One of them had a red neck collar and I took some record shots. I took the road to Venadu as the area around Shriharikota was already dry. There were around 5 to 6000 Greater Flamingos out there! Under the Little Egrets one grey individuum was an interesting sight. The body was light grey, the bill black, the feet typical for Little and the face whitish. But compared with some pure white Little Egrets there was no difference in size or shape.In the bushes at the shore I found my first Indian Silverbills for South India. After looking for this species for years and having seen now hundreds of them in Gujarat this was a good last surprise.Back in Chennai it was packing and leaving for the airport shortly before midnight to get back to cold, snowy Europe. As Larry said in the last post: You have never done enough birding in India......André</blockquote>

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