Urban BIRD WATCHING in Mumbai City - Enjoy World Wildlife Day 2023 right at HOME

We share our urban landscapes with a plethora of avian diversity, yet only a tiny fraction of us city folk know about it.

This World Wildlife Day, my wife Akshita and I want to encourage budding bird watchers and nature enthusiasts to explore the natural world thriving outside our very own balconies.

Grab a pair of binoculars this weekend, and let your auditory senses guide you to where the birdsong is. Be patient, be silent, and in time... you'll meet the best neighbours that you most likely never knew you had.

In the last three years that I've been visiting my rooftop, I've sighted 20 species. Other suburbs of Mumbai (or anywhere else) are home to many more!

Here's everything I've sighted from home
- Common Tailorbirds
- Purple-Rumped Sunbirds
- Coppersmith Barbets
- Rose-Ringed Parakeets
- Alexandrine Parakeets
- Indian Paradise Flycatchers
- White-Throated Kingfishers
- Shikras
- Ashy Drongos
- Red-Vented Bulbuls
- Scaly-Breasted Munias
- Indian Silverbills
- Indian Grey Hornbills
- White-Spotted Fantails
- Asian Koels
- Little Egrets (in passing flight)
in addition to the common species like Black Kites, House Sparrows, House Crows and Rock Pigeons.

Let me know which species reside near you! 😃

P.S. Mrs. Agarwal approves this message.