Today was not a good day!
It started at 01:00
when I awoke with bad stomach cramps. I spent almost the entire rest of the
morning on the toilet, peaking at around 06:30 when I decided to vomit as well.
PC also shared this unfortunate fate, but nobody else in the group did, which
begs the question what caused it? Regardless, after vomiting I felt much
improved so headed out birding for our final morning in Siana. Sadly, the
improvement was very much only temporary, and I ended the morning sleeping in
Dax’s car while the others searched for warblers. Fortunately I did not miss
much, as the birding was generally fairly quiet with only species from the
previous days seen.
Much of the rest of
the day was spent driving as we transferred from Siana to Mount Abu, where we
would have one afternoon and a morning. We arrived mid-afternoon which allowed
a small amount of time for a rest before we headed out again. The sleep I got
during this period was enough to decided to try again going out birding.
The area we chose to
explore was a little further up the road from our lodging where Pawan thought
to check for our main target, the Green Avadavat! For a species which can be
tricky, fortunately it did not take us long to find a group of three
individuals including a lovely male. At first they were elusive and against the
light, but they came into the light later and we got some nice pictures.
Other birds in the
area included a small group of Indian Black-lored Tits, but the other species
we would have liked to have seen here eluded us. Once again I was not able to
keep the pace, and spent the end of the evening sat on the rocks staring
aimlessly into the bushes in front of me. After a light dinner, I crashed into
bed praying that the next morning it would have passed.
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