For our final day we explored an area of dry forest about twenty minutes from our lodging around the Mahuli Fort. Here we hoped to find our last remaining targets, end the trip on a high and then head to the airport in Mumbai for our flights home.
The morning started well, as we quickly picked up a few nice male Vigors
Sunbirds, a regional endemic we hoped to find here. They showed
quite nicely at times. Additionally we had other nice species such as
Tawny-bellied Babbler, but the other targets we had sadly eluded us despite our
best efforts. We had hoped to find the White-naped Woodpecker here, but the
best we could manage was a Black-rumped Flameback, the only woodpecker we have
ever found when searching for White-naped.
We were back at our hotel at 10:30, and after organising ourselves and
have a slow breakfast we departed at 12:00. It took us three hours to drive to
Mumbai, leaving us very early for our flights but sadly that was the best we
could manage. We spent the rest of the afternoon in McDonald's enjoying some
ice-cream before we boarded our respective flights back to Europe.
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