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uªÌ £ÓøÁPÒ Tamil Birds - eNewsletter from Birders of Tamil Nadu is a digest (mostly monthly) of birding activity mainly from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

The aim of this newsletter is to encourage birding and ebirding related activity by showcasing interesting sightings along with facts, figures and graphics related to birds from Tamil Nadu. Comments and contributions are welcome for this newsletter. If you think your or someone’s bird (s) sighting(s) are interesting please write to:tnebirder@gmail.com

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eBirding activity from Tamil Nadu in July 2016

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Some interesting sightings from Tamil Nadu in July 2016

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White-rumped Vulture (Above) and Indian Vulture (Below) from NilgirisBy Pradeep Kumar V B, Renuka Vijayaraghavan , Sahithya Selvaraj1st July 2016 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30476994

An example of better species description and detailed notes in a checklist by Vikas Madhav Nagarajan from Chennai on 24th July 2016

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30839905

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2nd July 2016 - eBird list -http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30593721

Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi- By Udaya Kumar Balasubramanian

Common flameback Dinopium javanense by Gaja mohanraj from Anamalai Tiger Reserve on 3rd July

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30504483

Tawny Lark from Coimbatore Districtby Sivashankar Ramachandran on 3rd July 2016 (Top) http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30610826and by Balaji P B on 25th July 2016 (Below)http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30841914

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Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus From Chennai on 20th July 2016Photo by: Sivakumar Hariharan - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30888842

Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon Treron affinis From Chennai on 18th July 2016Photo by: Dr.Ravi - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30888834

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By Renuka Vijayaraghavan and Sahithya Selvaraj on 6th July 2016http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30554791

Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles Indicus from Coimbatore District. Photo by Ravindran kamatchi. List by Gaja mohanraj on 13th July 2016 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30670419

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Ruff Philomachus pugnax by The Nature Trust from Pallikaranai Marsh, Kancheepuram Districtt on 16th July http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30707044

Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos (above) and Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris with prey (below) by Karthikeyan Ponnambalamoorthy from Kancheepuram District on 24th July 2016. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30839958

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Breeding record of Little Tern Sternula albifrons from Thoothukkudi Distrist on 24th July by Vinoba Anand and Sakthi Manickamhttp://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30825259

White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster from Thiruvallur District on 27th July 2016 by The Nature Trust http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30900336

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Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus from Kancheepuram District by Udaya Kumar Balasubramanian on 25th July 2016

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30845494

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Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus from Thoothukkudi Distrist on 24th July by Vinoba Anand and Sakthi Manickamhttp://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30825259 (Above)

andby Muthu Narayanan and Vinoba Anand from Thoothukkudi Distrist on 31st Julyhttp://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30915187 (Below)

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Total List Submitted 770Total Species Recorded 286Hours 213.5Participants 108

Tamil Nadu in eBird - July 2016

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