Diveghat

Eagles Paradise !

Today(10^th Nov 2013).. as planned previous day left for Diveghat at 5.10 am sharp.Muzaffar and Tushar picked me at Kalewadi Phatta precisely as promised...and proceeded to I went to both lookout points. When I was on top of one I looked up to a higher point. In the picture below in the top right corner is a saffron flag. I decided I would trek up to that point. On the way up is a small forest area, a change from the tall dry grass everywhere else. I saw a deer in this little forest Looking out toward Malhargad Fort

From this view you can see Jadavgadh fort a 5 star hotel hidden in the haze of the photo but visible on the mountain.

Diving Directions:

From pune take saswad road from hadapsar (right from pune solapur road at the hadapsar flyover).  Cross the dive ghat and keep a watch on the right side. Take immediate right turn after Hotel Garva. From here the trails begins. You will see a lake. This is good birding spot. Continue on this road. Go inside the kaman. Climb a smallish ghat. On the top , in the dry scrub you can see sykes’s crested larks

In the morning there were plenty of Grey Francolin’s calls.

Saw a Grey Francolin pair for almost 15 minutes. was able to record the call nicely. End of the trail was at a point from where on the right was pune road, while at the left was u shaped mountain range.  Here could see many raptors,  just a glimpse of red necked falcon.

From this point, at about 300\400 mts on a parallel mountain range saw 4 adult dears . I guess it should be black buck
                                               

Checklist:

White-throated Kingfisher
Common Myna
House Crow
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Black Kite
Little Cormorant
Greater Coucal / Crow Pheasant
Common Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Green Bee-eater
Large Grey Babbler
Red-Wattled Lapwing
Red-vented Bulbul
Black Drongo
Little Brown Dove
Large Billed Crow
Purple Rumped Sunbird
Jungle Myna
Brahminy Starling
Spot Billed Duck
ShikraSouthern Grey Shrike
Long Tailed Shrike
Bay backed Shrike
Small minivet
Indian Roller
Eurasian Spoonbill
Blue Rock Thrush
Roufous Tailed Lark
Common Stonechat
Common Teal
Grey Necked Bunting
Indian Silverbill
Ashy Crowned Sparrow Lark
Eurasian Collared Dove
Black Shouldered Kite
Bonellis Eagle
Montagu’s Harrier
Common Kestrel
Indian Robin
Steppe Eagle
Short Toed Snake EagleLittle Ringed Plover
Sykes’s (Crested) Lark
Grey Francolin
Little Grebe
Great Egret
Indian Pond HeronNorthern Pintail
Red Necked Flacon