Nilgiri Wood Pigeon - Columba elphinstonii
This is a rare endemic pigeon of the Western Ghats in India. I did not make it to the Western Ghats but to a large hill called the Nandi (''Sacred Cow'') Hill in Karnataka. On the top of the hill is a large botanical garden and other remnents of orginal highland forest so there is small "outcrop'' of Western Ghat birds.
Dillon led me to a secret garden with a potting shed, green house, small lawn and benches - the public was not allowed in but Dillon knew the gardners. We picked up a few birds in the secret garden including these rare pigeons.
26 May 2012
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