This week we continue our birdwatching trail through urban greens and wonderful gardens spruced with green lawns, paths shaded with large tree canopies and garden compounds lined with fruiting trees and flowering bushes. We talk about Orioles, Ioras, Fantails, Parakeets, Doves, Shikras and Cuckoos. Our conversation is peppered with melodious bird songs and calls, interesting aspects about bird behavior as well as their popular local names. We also discuss some characteristic features, which will help you identify them in their natural habitat.

Photographs of all birds mentioned in today's podcast are available on our Instagram handles: @peregrinator.in and @mariamspicclicks.

Credits:

Intro sound citations: 

1. Mike Catsis, XC176709. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/176709. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
2. Recording by Adil Hussain Ali

Bird Sounds and calls citations:

1. Indian Golden Oriole - Peter Boesman, XC472853. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/472853. License : Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0
2. Black-hooded Oriole - Sathyan Meppayur, XC743616. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/743616.  License :Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
3. Common Iora - Vikrant Prabhulkar, XC754354. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/754354. License : Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
4. Spot-breasted Fantail - Peter Boesman, XC369539. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/369539. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0
5. Cinereous Tit - Frank Lambert, XC473495. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/473495. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 
6. Ring-necked Parakeet - Peter Boesman, XC473013. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/473013. License : Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0
7. Alexandrine Parakeet - Dhruba Saikia, XC578787. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/578787. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
8. Plum-headed Parakeet - Peter Boesman, XC369483. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/369483. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0
9. Laughing Dove - Peter Boesman, XC473063. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/473063. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0
10. Indian Grey Hornbill - Peter Boesman, XC460186. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/460186 . License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0
11. Shikra - Sandip das, XC637299. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/637299. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
12. Common Hawk-Cuckoo - Vikrant Prabhulkar, XC754344. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/754344. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
13. Common Hawk-Cuckoo - Andrew Spencer, XC547537. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/547537. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0

Outro sound citation:

1. Guy Kirwan, XC778587. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/778587. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0