点评:Koyna remains a preferred weekend destination for us as we enjoy the nature and its significantly high green cover making the place more enchanting. We drove from Mumbai for about 6 hours or so to reach the lake area and MTDC accommodation . There are many places (Forest Escape, Wind Chalet, Presidency, Gursale, homestays, River Inn, etc.) where you can stay comfortably in the green surrounding. The chirping of birds make your morning, day and evening special with least level of pollution. We had contacted earlier our Birding partners in the area (Sagar Jadhav - +919623461080) and (Kshitij Kamble - +918275360230) who will guide us inside the forest area during Morning, Day and late evening for locating various interesting species.
On first day after our late lunch, we explored the nearby hilly tracks but later in the evening got our night guide (Abhishek - +919604142905) to take us to the hilltop and move inside core area for tracking Indian Gaur and leopards as well as nightjars, grey rabbits and owls. The trip lasted for about 2.5 hours (he still wanted to go further but it was already 11.30PM and we wanted to turn back). Abhishek stays close to MTDC property and is very decent and extremely helpful guy just like the most humble guys like our friends forever Sagar and Kshitij of the area. We could see a leopard (could not take the snap) as it moved away faster, rabbits, owls, nightjars, etc. We had to park our car in a place at the hilltop area and then walk inside the forest to reach the waterbody where you need to see the animals.
The second day morning started early with continuous chirping of birds of various types (jungle myna, purple sunbird, bulbuls (red vented and red whiskers), Indian robin, Indian rollers, kites, parakeets, etc. After having tea we drove out for birding and meet Sagar and Kshitij for our morning birding program. We moved around various places in the area to see Indian grey hornbill, Malabar starling (Sagar and Kshitij said that they saw last time in March 2021 with us when we visited Koyna for birding and seeing the bird second time with us once again in March 2023, Rufous babbler, leaf birds, Sun birds, Jungle Myna, barbets, Treepies, shikra, Indian blackbird, Golden fronted leafbird, verditer flycatcher, long tail shrike, etc. The birding program, lasted for about 2 hours and came back to hotel for breakfast to visit in the afternoon for the paradise flycatchers.
In the night we again visited a different area (the road going towards Chiplun via Koyna Nehru garden and waterfall) and our target was to see various types of nightjars and owls. We got grey nightjar as well as Jordon nightjar (with egg). We spotted Oriental scops Owl. The night trip lasted for about 2 hours and came back satisfied. We also noticed wild boars as well as multiple rabbits on our way.
Kshitij and Sagar are now grouped together to protect the environment as well as protect the bird species by educating young people and the local population. They run a group "Discover Koyna" and help out travelers in all their need with trekking. They also help out many in the area as well as people living downstream with the information about water release from the dams in case local villagers call them us for information. We had a great trip at Koyna. Looking forward to visit again.
翻译:科伊纳 (Koyna) 仍然是我们的首选周末目的地,因为我们享受大自然,其显着高的绿色植被使这个地方更加迷人。我们从孟买驱车约6小时左右到达湖区和MTDC住宿地。您可以在许多地方(Forest Escape、Wind Chalet、Presidency、Gursale、寄宿家庭、River Inn 等)在绿色环境中舒适地住宿。鸟儿的鸣叫让您的早晨、白天和晚上变得特别,污染程度最低。我们早些时候联系了我们在该地区的观鸟合作伙伴 (Sagar Jadhav - +919623461080) 和 (Kshitij Kamble - +918275360230),他们将在早上、白天和傍晚引导我们进入森林地区,寻找各种有趣的物种。
第一天晚午餐后,我们探索了附近的丘陵小径,但晚上晚些时候,我们的夜间向导 (Abhishek - +919604142905) 带我们到山顶并进入核心区域,以追踪印度野牛和豹子以及夜鹰、 灰兔和猫头鹰。这次旅行持续了大约 2.5 小时(他还想走得更远,但已经是晚上 11 点 30 分,我们想折返)。 Abhishek 住在 MTDC 物业附近,他是一个非常体面且非常乐于助人的人,就像我们在该地区永远的朋友 Sagar 和 Kshitij 这样最谦虚的人一样。我们可以看到一只豹子(无法拍照),因为它移动得更快,还有兔子,猫头鹰,夜鹰等。我们不得不将车停在山顶区域的一个地方,然后步行进入森林到达水体你需要去看动物。
第二天一大早,各种鸟类(丛林八哥、紫太阳鸟、鹎(红腹和红须)、印度知更鸟、印度旱獭、风筝、长尾小鹦鹉等)不断鸣叫。喝完茶我们开车出去观鸟并与 Sagar 和 Kshitij 会面,参加我们的早晨观鸟计划。我们在该地区的各个地方走动,看印度灰犀鸟、马拉巴尔八哥(Sagar 和 Kshitij 说他们最后一次看到是在 2021 年 3 月,当时我们去 Koyna 观鸟2023 年 3 月,这只鸟第二次与我们一起出现,棕鹛、叶鸟、太阳鸟、丛林八哥、巴贝、树鹀、shikra、印度黑鸟、金额叶鸟、verditer 鹟、长尾伯劳等。观鸟计划,历时约2小时,返回酒店享用早餐,下午参观天堂捕蝇器。
晚上,我们再次参观了另一个区域(通过 Koyna Nehru 花园和瀑布通往 Chiplun 的道路),我们的目标是看到各种类型的夜鹰和猫头鹰。我们得到了灰色夜鹰和乔丹夜鹰(带鸡蛋)。我们发现了东方角鸮。夜行约2小时,满意而归。我们还注意到路上有野猪和多只兔子。
Kshitij 和 Sagar 现在联合起来保护环境,并通过教育年轻人和当地居民来保护鸟类。他们经营着一个名为“Discover Koyna”的团体,并通过徒步旅行帮助满足旅行者的所有需求。他们还帮助该地区的许多人以及生活在下游的人们提供有关大坝放水的信息,以防当地村民打电话给我们询问信息。我们在科伊纳度过了愉快的旅程。期待再次光临。