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Birding & Photographing - Hebbal and Madivala Lakes, Bangalore A couple of friends from the birding/photographing circle, and myself went to the Hebbal lake on Sunday morning, and in the evening visited Madivala lake. Hebbal lake sports a beautiful garden with a whole variety of flora, which in turn attract many birds. The lake also attracts a large number of water birds. Unfortunately the morning was cloudy with light being very dim, and the sun hidden behind thick dark clouds. I remember seeing Pied Crested Cuckoos - some 5 of them Ashy Wren Warblers - plenty Purple Rumped Sunbirds - plenty of females Purple Sunbird - one male Brahminy Kites - many juveniles, some fishing Black Kites Darters - couple of them Little Egrets - quite a few One female Asian Koel Purple Moorhens - few Dabchicks Pond Herons - few One Sandpiper Garganeys - Job pointed them out Little Cormorants - few Spotted Dove - few Tickell's Flowerpecker - few One unidentified raptor on a lamp post some 100 meters away - It looked like a falcon to me, Job said it could be a Shikra. In the evening we met again at Madivala lake. Light was quite good, and we took a boat to reach the islands where the Pelicans were. We saw some 50 to 75 Spot Billed Pelicans, and a few Painted Storks. They are here for quite a few weeks now, and I hope they will remain longer, for I wish to come back and try to photograph them again.