Powai - Mumbai's very own mini birding paradise

A cool summer morning down at the lake and sightings of all most 50 species beautiful birds - I really shouldn't ask for more.


Here's a Bird List: (in no particular order)

1. Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
2. Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)
3. Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
4. Rufous Woodpecker (Celeus brachyurus squamigularis)
5. Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)
6. Small Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
7. Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea)
8. Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
9. Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
10. Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
11. Asian Palm Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
12. Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis cambayensis)
13. White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
14. Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
15. Common Coot (Fulica atra)
16. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
17. Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
18. Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
19. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
20. Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
21. Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus)
22. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
23. White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
24. Eurasian Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus spilonotus)
25. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
26. Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)
27. Indian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)
28. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
29. Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
30. Large Egret (Casmerodius albus)
31. Median Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia)
32. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
33. Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii)
34. Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
35. Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)
36. Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
37. Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
38. Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)
39. Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)
40. Asian Pied Starling (Sturnus contra)
41. Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis tristis)
42. Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
43. Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
44. White-browed Bulbul (Pycnonotus luteolus)
45. Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis)
46. Purple-rumped Sunbird (Nectarinia zeylonica)