Weather update Mount Abu.

The temperature throughout the day has been on the lower side, right now (8.00 pm) in my verandah (porch) it's 7^oC, outside it's probably much lower. The night before last by 10.30 pm a thin layer of ice had had formed on the seat of our scooters parked in the compound. This morning around 8.45 am, I took a snap of Khemoo, our all-rounder with a disk of ice taken from the dog's container lying outside. The met report is that for the next few days, Abu will remain the coldest place in Rajasthan. Tourists heading this way are advised to bring their woollies. TO GLEAN MORE ON ABU click the link
Mount Abu Attractions

Kheemo our all-rounder 

Khemoo holding up a plate of ice, Does Anyone for a disposable plate

Here are some photographs of birds I took on my trip to the duck pond in Achalgarh

The duck pond

Green bee-eater

Crested Bunting - Emberiza lathami

  

Large-billed Crow - Corvus macrorhynchos

  

White-bellied Drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens

Ducks basking on the outcropping of the duckpond Achalgarh.

  

Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis

      

Crested Bunting - Emberiza lathami

Large-billed Crow - Corvus macrorhynchos

     

Common Pochard - Aythya ferina

  

                       Purple Sunbird - Cinnyris asiaticus
 

Keith