We visited a wonderful valley this morning with
plenty of birds to keep us occupied, including flocks of Pink-browed Rosefinches. Around the small houses dotted across the
hillside were Eurasian Hoopoes, Red-rumped Swallows, Grey Treepie, Red-billed Blue Magpie, Bar-tailed
Treecreeper, Slaty-blue Flycatcher,
Upland Pipit, Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler, Streaked Laughingthrushes, and both Rock and White-capped
Buntings.
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| Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler |
At a narrow gulley we saw another Tytler’s Leaf-Warbler and had really
good views of a Maroon Oriole,
whilst higher up a Rufous-breasted
Accentor fed by the roadside.
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| Nice views of this Mountain Hawk-Eagle today |
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| Rufous-breasted Accentor |
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| Another record shot of Tytler's Leaf Warbler |
In the afternoon we only had a little time but
managed to fit in a walk along a forested road and saw a Thick-billed Flowerpecker briefly, along with close Black-chinned Babblers, Blue-winged Minla and Red-billed Leiothrix before returning
to the hotel for an early dinner and then going to Kathgodam train station for
the overnight sleeper train to Delhi. Oh joy!
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| Blue-winged Minla |
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