Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary Bird Watching

Hi everyone

I am in India for a few months and I love bird watching and wildlife photography. This time I am packing my bags for Bharatpur bird century and I am excited to see Siberian cranes there, but my Indian friends told me that Siberian cranes are not visiting this bird century anymore from last few years. Is that true and if yes then which birds, reptiles and animals I can find there.

Another question, if Siberian cranes are not visiting this bird century anymore then where do they go, is there any other park or bird century nearby where they are going now?

 

Hi

Bharatpur bird century or Keoladeo Ghana National Park is famous for storks, herons and cormorants. Apart from these you can easily spot common teal, ducks, Indian shag, painted storks, oriental ibis, common & wood sandpiper, sarus, owls and variety of eagles.

Animals which you can easily find there are: Nilgai, chital deer, wild boar, sambar, mongoose, several species of cats (like jungle cat n fishing cat), jackals and hyenas are also common there.

I am not sure about all the reptiles, but you can very easily find python, cobra and viper.

I was there in 2012 and it was a wonderful experience to see and hear a million birds at a time. I suggest you to make it and be assured you will like it.

 

Pythons can be seen early morning when sun rises because pythons come out in the sun to warm up their bodies as they are cold blooded. Make sure you ask for the rickshaw driver Hakim Singh who was very helpful and I found him very knowledgeable about everything especially the different varieties of mogra flowers that can be found there. Hakim Singh is also good at spotting rare birds which resulted in me taking lots of pictures as we went through the park.