Last Updated on August 1, 2019 by Kevin B Agar
The 1st few days were overcast and the temperature didn’t get too high, the rest of the time was extremely hot with no clouds
Generally I did most photography during the 500m walk to the beach along a quiet lane and sat on a sunbed.
I had one morning trip out to the largest lake in Goa but it wasn’t very productive.
We did a boat trip that took a few hours but only managed to get a few shots as the beer was flowing freely 😉
We also stayed overnight at a tented beach camp which was very quiet and provided the best birdwatching of the whole Goa trip and a sighting of the local monkeys.
Here is a list of Birds seen
Asian Brown Flycatcher * Asian Koel $
Asian Openbill Stork * Barn Swallow
Bar-tailed Godwit Black Drongo *
Black Kite Black-headed Ibis *
Black-rumped Flameback Black-winged Stilt
Blue-faced Malkoha * Blue-tailed Bee-eater $
Blyth’s Reed Warbler * Brahminy Kite
Bronze-winged Jacana * Brown Shrike *
Brown-headed Gull * Cattle Egret
Common Sandpiper Coot
Cotton Pygmy-goose * Curlew
Glossy Ibis Golden Oriole
Great Egret Greater Coucal *
Greater Flameback * Greater Sand Plover
Greenshank Grey Heron
Grey-headed Swamphen * Gull-billed Tern
House Crow Indian Blackbird *
Indian darter * Indian Paradise Flycatcher *
Indian Peafowl * Indian Pond Heron $
Kingfisher Lesser Sand Plover
Lesser Whistling-duck *
Little Cormorant * Little Egret
Little Green Bee-eater $ Long-tailed Shrike *
Moorhen Oriental Magpie Robin
Pacific Golden Plover Purple Heron
Purple-rumped Sunbird $ Redshank
Red-vented Bulbul Red-whiskered Bulbul *
Reef Heron Shikra $
Spotted Dove Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-bellied Sea-Eagle White-browed Wagtail *
White-throated Kingfisher Wire-tailed Swallow *
I saw a total of 61 different birds of which 23 were lifers (*) plus 6 that were Photographed lifers ($)
During the 2 weeks I took 1652 photographs of which 1375 Photographs were kept
Brahminy Kite, Haliastur indus
So far about 100 photos have been processed. I process twice, once for this website and Photocamel at 1200px and Once for Flickr at 1600px. Over time I will probably process another 50 shots.