Leaving the city behind, this week we travel to the countryside with farmlands, orchards and surrounding villages. These farmlands are rich not only in food and resources, but also buzzing with bird activity. Farmlands are favorite foraging grounds for granivorous, insectivorous and frugivorous birds. Gregarious munias and avadavats, solitary pipits, melodious larks, chatty babblers, majestic peacocks, skilled hunters like black-winged kites and Indian rollers and the screechy barn owls welcome us in this habitat. Our conversation is peppered with some interesting aspects about their behaviour and characteristic features which will help you identify them in their natural habitat.

If you have any questions related to birds or birdwatching, you can reach out to us 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 Peafowl - Manoj Karingamadathil, XC677383. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/677383. License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
2. Paddyfield Pipit - Andrew Spencer, XC547896. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/547896. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0
3. Rufous-tailed Lark - Recording by Adil Hussain Ali
4. Jungle Babbler - JISHNU KIZHAKKILLAM, XC796047. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/796047.License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
5. Yellow-eyed Babbler - Peter Boesman, XC472640. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/472640. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0
6. Common Babbler - Birdcalls, XC187057. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/187057. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
7. Barn Owl - Recording by Adil Hussain Ali
8. Eurasian Hoopoe - Peter Boesman, XC369603. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/369603. 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