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March 21,03 Bill Nik, Clive and I visited the Hapur by-pass today to look for the Macqueen's
Bustards seen by Mohit and his group yesterday. Unfortunately no joy in spite of
careful searching. We thought that the numbers of villagers picking and sorting
potatoes on the fields in the area had probably scared them off. March 20,03 Karan Singh I also do remember seeing Macqueen's Bustard on two different occasions. One was on the Hapur - Aligarh road on the stretch between Hapur & Bulandshahr, 3 birds (1 male & 2 females or a juvenile I'm uncertain of its identity) & the second time a pair was seen between Etah - Mainpuri stretch of the road much before the town of Kurawali. Both the sightings were in the winters & are more than a decade old -way much before Delhibird group came into form, hence never reported before by me. The species at that time was known as eastern race of Houbara Bustard. Although on both the occasions the birds were nowhere near the roads or any kind of habitation & were standing/feeding in some patch of scrubland near the cultivated lands, but I'm sure of their identity because I had observed them not from any fast moving vehicle but we were in the fields it was a bright sunny day & I had my binoculars with me. I must add here that this area also holds a fairly good population of Black Bucks. March 20,03 Mohit Aggarwal While coming back from Corbett today with disabled birders' group, we saw two MacQueen's bustards on Hapur bypass (new road). The location was on the left side of the road in a ploughed field, just about 5 minute after one enters the bypass road. We've had some other interesting birds as well (report later). March 17,03 Andy Couple of hours on 16th afternoon and an hour on 17th morning;Birding in the
Ecological park of IOC Mathura Refinery ( 5 small pools of water discharged from
the effluent treatment plant ). Northern Shovelers dominated the scene with spot
billed, gadwalls, coots, dabchicks and pintails. |
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