Bird Watching in Nilgiris – Ooty and Conoor
This was the first time I was going to take the Audi A4 to
the ghats section and I was super excited to see how it performs. The moment I took
the first hair-pin bend out of the 36 hair-pins of Ooty, my love affair with
the new car just got reinforced. The ease with which the fully loaded car
climbed up the hair-pin from a speed of less than 5 kmph, I could immediately
feel the difference from the earlier Ford Fiesta. There was absolutely no
effort what-so-ever and the car just eased into those hilly terrains with
utmost comfort and with no dearth of power when it was needed. Amongst all
this, if I tell you the fuel economy which the car returned driving through
those hills, I can bet the german competition is going to start hiding its face
somewhere. Audi A4 35 TFSI Petrol returned a mileage of 11.5 km/litre in those
ghat sections. This was not what the car display was showing, this was the
actual tank-to-tank figure. NOW BEAT THAT!
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| Vorsprung durch Technik |
TRIP SUMMARY: K Gudi - Ooty - Conoor - Bandipur
Total Distance: 240 km
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| K Gudi to Ooty (1st leg) |
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| K Gudi to Ooty (2nd leg) |
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| Ooty to Conoor |
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| Conoor to Bandipur (1st leg) |
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| Conoor to Bandipur (2nd leg) |
So, all-in-all the drive was fantastic and bird watching in
Nilgiris was the added bonus. Enjoy the video and pics below.
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| Black and Orange Flycatcher female |
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| Black and Orange Flycatcher female |
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| Besra |
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| Common Rosefinch male |
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| Common Rosefinch male |
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| Common Rosefinch male |
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| Common Rosefinch female |
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| House Sparrow male |
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| Pied Bushchat male |
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| Sykes's Warbler |
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| Indian Scimitar Babbler |
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| Greenish Warbler |
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| Greenish Warbler |
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| Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher |
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| White-cheeked Barbet |
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| Common Hoopoe |
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| Oriental White-eye |
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| Grey Wagtail |
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| Black Redstart Female |
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| Red-whiskered Bulbul |
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| Great Tit |
Also, enjoy the video that I downloaded from my car dashcam. We really enjoyed zooming past the fastag tolls with such ease, considering what was happening to the cash queue.
Nice post mate. Can you please let me know places to bird watching in Ooty and coonor
ReplyDeleteThanks Mate! Botanical Garden, Sims Park are some good places to do some casual birding like we did, however if you are serious about it then best to hire a professional bird guide. Good luck.
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