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Before you start getting any ideas, let me clarify….., the KingFisher, in topic here, is not of the ‘Vijay Mallya’ variety, but a beautiful little bird, more commonly known as the ‘Common Kingfisher’. In my opinion, it indeed, is not that common, more common, would be the species, called, the White-throated Kingfisher. Anyways, the name stays…. A bit more about the bird, (src: Wikipedia) , The Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as Eurasian Kingfisher or River Kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa....

_You can read the Part-I here._Morning, next day, as planned, we went in search of the Trogon and the Frogmouth. Malabar Trogon is one of the most beautiful and colorful birds of south India.This bird is a resident here, in the evergreen forests of Thattekad.The Sri Lanka or the Ceylon Frogmouth is a resident here too.These are the two most important birds that most people come to see in Thattekad....

Salim Ali bird sanctuary at Thattekad, more popularly known as Thattekad bird sanctuary, is a birder’s paradise. Had not heard of this place until a friend of mine mentioned it to me. Yeah, Yeah, should have known, but really didn’t know of it,at best,am an amateur birder yet :). Very shortly after that, another friend of mine, Sumeeth, happened to visit the place and provided me with the details regarding the place of stay and stuff....