We visited a feeding station each side of lunchtime beginning with a stake-out for Chinese Bamboo Partridge that failed to materialise. However, this feeding station produced a female Scarlet Finch that came into a nearby tree and showed to everyone before flying off into the valley. New birds here included several Crested Finchbills, Streaked Spiderhunter and Vinaceous Rosefinch.
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| Streaked Spiderhunter |
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| Olive-backed Pipit |
And we also saw Grey-chinned Minivet, Golden-throated Barbet, Long-tailed Sibia, a flock of Black Bulbuls including a few of the white-headed race, at least 9 Olive-backed Pipits, another Spot-throated Babbler that actually came into the hide, Himalayan Bluetail, Orange-bellied Leafbird, a pair of Golden Bush-Robins, brief White-browed Shortwing, Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher, Hill Prinia, a pair of Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrushes, and a pair of awesome Slender-billed Scimitar-Babblers.
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| Golden-throated Barbet and Red-tailed Laughingthrush |
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| Golden-throated Barbet |
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| Long-tailed Sibia |
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| Himalayan Bluetail - uncropped |
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| Blue-winged Leafbird |
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| Golden Bush Robin (female) |
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| Golden Bush Robin (male) |
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| Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler |
On the walk back to the hotel we enjoyed fine views of a pair of Spot-breasted Parrotbills.
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| A pair of Spot-breasted Parrotbills skulking in the bushes |
In the afternoon we visited the highest feeding station where at least 5 Grey-sided Laughingthrushes, Hill Partridge and saw a flock of 50+ Black-throated Parrotbills moving quickly through the bushes were the stand-out birds.
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| Grey-sided Laughingthrush |
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| Grey-winged Blackbird |
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| Hill Partridge |
There were all the usual suspects present but we added Grey-winged Blackbird and Grey-backed Thrush to our list, as well as getting further views of Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler, Red-tailed Laughingthrush and Long-tailed Thrush.
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| Red-tailed Laughingthrush |
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| Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler |
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| Long-tailed Thrush |
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| Red-tailed Laughingthrush |
This was the quietest feeding station overall but it still gave us superb views of everything. Just a shame we were 3 days late for the Ward’s Trogon!
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