Blythe's Reed Warbler

I was woken up this morning, by the cry of an unusual bird. It was a single harsh "tchuk" repeated a regular intervals. When I went out to locate the bird, I was delighted to see a new visitor in our garden. It was hopping in an out of some thickly grown tree covers but rarely venturing out in the open. I managed to get a few photographs of of the bird when it momentarily came on the ground to pickup something it dropped.
The bird was a Blythe's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum). The bird breeds north of Quetta and is a winter visitor to the subcontinent. The bird is similar to the paddy-field Warbler and in the field, the easiest way to single out the one is in its behaviour. The paddyfield Warbler prefers wet or marshy fields, while the Blythe's Reed Warbler stays away from water and forages among heavy bushes. 

Jungle Prinia

I perched myself on a small rock and used my hands as a makeshift tripod and waited. This Jungle Prinia (Prinia sylvatica) soon landed on a branch. Sun was setting low and I had to boost my ISO to 400 to get a reasonably fast speed of 1/320 sec.
After about 5 minutes later a dog came running into the field where I was waiting and suddenly, I realised that there was not one about about three hundred of these Prinia's well camouflaged in the field. They all flew into the sky creating a momentary eclipse, never had 300 birds come rushing onto me. Its was a thrilling experience and will surely visit the spot soon, for another dose.