Down Kerala Way or South India Part 2!

So away from the cities now and a bit more rural, although a small Indian Town is still large by our standards, well when your population is 1.3 Billion it is bound to be the case.
We had a walk in Eravikulam National Park, home to the Niligri Tahr and endangered mountain goat that only lives in the Western Ghats. There are about 700 left and we were very lucky:

 Red-whiskered Bulbuls also showed well

 along with a Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher, (Bit of a mouthful that one!)

 Pied Bush Chat,

 and Oriental White-eye.

 A Tahr even came down onto the track that we were walking for a close up.

Another bird of note was the Kerala Laughing Thrush, but it was very skittish in the bushes and I couldn't get a decent photo.

So onwards... we stayed in Munnar and visited a Tea Plantation,

which was fantastic, a few birds were seen round and about;
We added Jungle Myna in the early morning murk

 and Long-tailed Shrike

plus a Citrine Wagtail a first for us, sadly no photo.

From Munnar we travelled to Thekkady, where the following day we went on a bit of a forest walk with a guide, not too many birds were seen but lots of dragonflies and butterflies, most of which I haven't identified, but we started with an Indian Pond Heron,

 then a Common Sandpiper,

 Grey Wagtail,

 lots of Fungi,

 Niligri Langur,

 a Damselfly,

 Malabar Parakeet,

 and various Butterflies and Dragonflies.

 Fulvous Forest Skimmer

 This is a Microgumphus. I can't seem to find a common name for it.

 Back to birds... a Wooly-necked Stork flew by,

 followed by a Cormorant.

 This I think is a Crimson Marsh Glider, but not sure!

Then later at a spice farm,
Jungle Babbler,

 White-cheeked Barbet,

 a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

 and some rather large ants, bringing lunch back to the nest.

From Thekkady we made our way to Kochi, more sights, but some good Urban Birding, while we had a coffee in a restaurant by the riverside.
Intermediate Egret,

 Brahminy Kite

 and an Indian Pond Heron

Little Cormorant, Black-headed Ibis, Black Drongo, White-bellied Drongo and Chestnut-headed Bee-eater were also seen.

Our final major bit of birding was from the Houseboat cruising the backwaters of Kerala, unfortunatley this was only the second time in the holiday that we had any substantial rain, and boy did it rain! As this Stork-billed Kingfisher will attest to!

We did get a little respite from the rain, seeing:
Darter,

 Swallow,

 Black Kite,

 Cattle Egret,

 White-throated Kingfisher,

 Pon Heron,

 Juvenile Brahminy Kite,

Brown-headed Gull

 Egrets by the score!

Oriental Magpie-Robin

Plus Greater Coucal, Indian Cuckoo, Little Cormorant, Gull-billed Tern, Purple Heron.

I haven't listed all the birds that would be a bit boring, but we had a great time, although after 13 hotels in 16 days, we need a holiday!