Bird watching at Kavadi-Pat, Pune

Along with Pashan and Veer Dam, Kavadi-Pat is another place to spot numbers of scrubland and wetland birds. It’s a small Village near Pune city. The place is skirting but the best place to see Ducks closely. This is my practice ground for photography along with Pashan Lake. I visit this place twice in a month.

About Kavadi-Pat:
Kavadi is a small village at about 20 Km from Pune which is full of water birds. There is a small bridge on water body from where you can spot birds on both sides.

To reach at Kavadi-Pat, route is Pune- Swargate – Pune-Solapur highway – Do not take Pune-Saswad road – Cross first Toll on Highway - Continue to drive slowly after toll – Drive for around 500m – Watch out for Manali Resort – After Manali Resort take first left turn – There is hotel 9th Mile / Milestone 9 after you entered in Len - Fallow the same road – cross Railway line – Drive till end to reach Kavadi-pat.

Common Teal

 Dec 2013 - Jan 2014: Kothrud to Kavdi-Pat (Distance is approx. 30 km)

Good time to visit this place is from Dec to Feb end and early in the morning from 7 am to 11 am. You can walk across a small narrow bridge to get a better view of the birds but be careful as the bridge does not have railings and you have an occasional two-wheeler ride across the bridge. My advice will be to walk along the riverside for a better view of birds and photographs.

Do Not Disturb them just to have a nice click. I have seen a lot of people (Mainly beginners) approach directly towards birds.

I enjoyed photography there and treat to the eye to watch their activity in the early morning.

I don't know what to write more on Kavadi-Pat so I will post a list of birds which you can see in Kavadi-pat.

Little Grebe	Grey Wagtail	Indian Robin
Spot-Billed Duck	Yellow Wagtail	Little Ringed Plover
Ruddy Shelduck	Cattle Egret	Pied Bushchat
Common Teal	Rock Dove	Common Tailorbird
Northern Shoveller	House Sparrow	Black-Winged Stilt
Lesser Whistling Duck	House Crow	Purple Moorhen
Oriental Magpie Robin	Black Kite	Glossy Ibis
White-Breasted Waterhen	Shikra	Jungle Babbler
Common Moorhen	Indian Peafowl	Spoonbill Stork
Common Kingfisher	Greater Coucal	Openbill stork
White-Breasted Kingfisher	Laughing Dove	Black Drongo
Pied Kingfisher	Long-Tailed Shrike	Common Myna
Little BlueKingfisher	Scaly-Breasted Munia	Brahminy Myna
Spotted Fantail Flycatcher	Indian Hawk Cuckoo	Pied Harrier
Little Green Bee-Eater	River Tern	Red-Rumped Swallow
Pale-Billed Flowerpecker	White Wagtail	Red Avadavat
Rose-Ringed Parakeet	Indian Roller	Little Egret
Red-Vented Bulbul	Purple Sunbird	Grey Heron
Red-Whiskered Bulbul	Little Cormorant	Pond Heron
Purple-Rumped Sunbird	Indian Cormorant
Oriental Honey Buzzard	Common Sandpiper
White-Eyed Buzzard	Wood Sandpiper

Below are snaps were taken during my various visits to Kavadi-Pat.

Sandpiper

Common Kingfisher

Reflection - Spot billed duck

It's Yoga Time - Spot Bill Duck

Meri aawaj hi meri pahachan hai - Spot Bill Duck

Yello Wagtail

Brahminy Duck a.k.a. Ruddy Shelduck

Common Teal Female, Common Teal Male, Northern Shoveler (From Left to Right)

Common Teal Male

Common Teal Female

Brahminy Duck

White Wagtail

Northern Shoveler in flight

Brahminy Duck in Flight

Spot Bill Duck

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Pritesh Kulkarni

Pune