A Little more than an hour and a half later we were witness to an amazing site from the top of the watch tower - Ducks, Stilts, Cormorants and Open bills (all in large nos.) and a lone Painted stork and far off in the distance a pair of Sarus (second day in a row!!!) - also saw a large no. of Nilgai moving along with some domestic cattle.

Though there was a large amount of noisy visitors at this beautiful park, the quality of birds ( and the nos. in which they were found) didn’t fail to amaze me, even in this lean season. Here’s the bird list from Sultanpur–

1. Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
2. Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
3. Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
4. Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
5. Indian Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros birostris)
6. White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
7. Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
8. Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
9. Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
10. Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
11. Blue Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
12. Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
13. Yellow-footed Green Pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera)
14. Sarus Crane (Grus antigone)
15. White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
16. Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
17. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
18. Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
19. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
20. Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
21. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
22. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
23. Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
24. Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)
25. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
26. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
27. Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
28. Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia)
29. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
30. Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii)
31. Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
32. Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)
33. House Crow (Corvus splendens)
34. Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
35. Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
36. Asian Pied Starling (Sturnus contra)
37. Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus)
38. Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
39. Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
40. Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
41. Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striatus)
42. Purple Sunbird (Nectarinia asiatica)
43. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

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