1st Round Of Bird Watching To Siddheshwar Van Vihar, Solapur India.
Date - June 2021.
Birds Founded
1.Unknown
2. Shikra (male)
Information About - Shikra
About - The shikra (Accipiter badius) is a small bird of prey. Family - From Accipitridae Family. Widely distributed in Asia and Africa where it is also called the little banded goshawk. Little Banded Sparrowhawk is a small, but powerful predator. The Shikra has six subspecies ranging primarily from India to Africa. They vary in size from 26-32 cm (10-12 inches) with a wingspan of 55-61 cm (21.5 –24 inches) and weigh an average of 125gm (4.4 oz). The life expectancy is from 2.5–7 years. The female is larger than the male and has dark orange eyes, whereas the male has red eyes.
Looks - They have a long barred tail that helps them with balance during hunting. The coloring is gray on the head and down the back and pale reddish-orange to white underbelly with darker bars. The coloring varies with the subspecies. The prey also varies over the subspecies.
Food - Shikra eat small animals like birds, lizards, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and squirrels. These little hawks attack from the limbs of trees or from flight as their vision is very acute. Their vision is eight times more acute than the vision of humans. Shikra have strong legs with sharp talons and a sharp, hooked beak, which they use to kill prey and tear it into pieces to eat. They are diurnal, hunting only during the day. They are found in woodlands, savannas, sub tropical, tropical areas and even in populated areas.
Migration - Some of the subspecies migrate north to breed during the dry season. The clutch size is two to seven bluish-white eggs. The incubation is 28-30 days. The female incubates the eggs while the male provides her with food. The female takes sole charge of hunting, feeding, and raising of the young. The fledging period is about 30-35 days. The young birds remain in the parents habitat for the first year of their life.
The Shikra is a raptor and is an extraordinary hunter. It swoops down on the prey and kills even poisonous snakes with the hit from the sharp beak. It then takes the prey to a perch on a tree limb to eat. In turn, the Shikra is prey to larger raptors, snakes, large carnivorous mammals, as well as domestic cats and dogs. The Shikra is listed on the endangered species list as "Least Concern" or not endangered at this time. This small, powerful little goshawk is thought to number over a million in population over the two continents.
Found - Male Shikra founded in dense trees.
Beahavior - founded shikra was very human friendly. I was very close to shikra but, he not fearing or showing any clue.
This founded shikra was very quite, no sound also, no movements just only eyes are moving.
Im only carrying my Comet 20x50 binoculars for bird watching. I always carry my
binoculars only in 1-3 rounds of birdwatching when im going to new/unknown place
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