26) CLAMOROUS REED WARBLER (Acrocephalus stentoreus)

 26) CLAMOROUS REED WARBLER (Acrocephalus stentoreus) 

1) Bhandup Pumping Station on 17042016

2) Canon 600D

3) On 17042016, I had plenty of time on my hand. Mr Nikhil Bhopale of Gaia Eco Tours had organised a trip to Bhandup Pumping Station on Warbler Watch Part 2 on that day. He is an expert as well as an authority on Birding, Snakes, Wild Life etc. He has also authored a book "Birds of the Indian Subcontinent: A field guide along" along with Ranjit Manakadan and J. C. Daniel. So participated in the said trip to learn something from him.  The link to his Gaia Eco Tours is http://www.gaiaecotours.com/

4) In my opinion, most warblers are small, they look alike with some minor variations, leading to confusion in novice bird enthusiast like me to get its correct identification. As a result identification description by experienced birders in the field is better in identifying warblers than reading it in birding books. 

5) The Bhandup Pumping Station is not very far away from my home. Its geographical location is on the west it is bounded by Eastern Express Highway, on the east it is bounded  Vashi Creek, its boundary on the north is Airoli birdge and probably its southern boundary is Kanjur Marg dump yard.

6) It was my first visit to this place. After visiting I realised that it is an excellent birding spot that I missed all these years due to lack of information and ignorance.

7) I hope that the spot would be able to with stand habitat destruction due to the onslaught of  development. 

8) I also tried to find the definition of  the word " Warbler" by searching the internet through Google for more information and came to know that Warblers are perching birds (Passeriformes) and there are a number of them. They may not be closely related to one another, but share some common characteristics, such as being fairly small, vocal, and insectivorous. They are mostly brownish or dull greenish in color.


9) In one of the birding book it is stated that Clamorous Reed Warbler also breeds locally in India and it is wide spread in winter. Its size is large compared to other warblers, long bill and has whitish supercilium. It feeds by foraging out of sight near the ground or water level.

10) The above photographs may not be the best, but I think it gives fairly good idea about the said Warbler. It is for the first time in my life I came across this bird.

11) wikipedia too has information on it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clamorous_reed_warbler