On a short 3-day trip to the sprawling busy megapolis of Delhi with its concrete high rises and spread-out residential colonies, I was not sure that I would find any birds near enough to my hotel during my early morning walk. I therefore set out with only my phone camera on the first morning to walk in Lodhi Gardens which happened to be next door to me – only to discover birds, birds and birds attracted by the variety of backgrounds in this huge 90-acre park – a water body, large green grassy patches split by walking paths, variety of trees and bushes of all sizes. The pictures therefore capture only a few of the bird varieties present.

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• Black Kite Eagle 

• Eurasian Collared Dove 

• Eurasian Moorhen

• Indian Pied Starling  

• Brown Headed Berbet 

• Great Egret           

• Spotted Eagle

• Indian Grey Hornbill

• House Crow

• Ancona Duck

• Indian White Eye

• Jungle Babbler

• Indian Cormorant

• Indian Spotted Billed Duck

• Jungle Maina

• Lineated Berbet

• Mallard (Female)

• Oriental Magpie Robin

• Red Naped Ibis

• White Breasted Hen

• White Goose

• White Throated Kingfisher

• Yellow Footed Green Pigeon

• Rose Ringed Parakeet​​​​