North India Birding Tour: February 2018
NORTH INDIA BIRDING: TRIP REPORT FEBRUARY 2018 By Sanjib Acharya A female Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomenalos hamiltonii, a resident himalayan bird. Overview : An exciting tour set for us around some natural and religious places in Kumaon valley Uttarakhand, a new destination for the participants. Uttarakhand is very rich in culture, history and indeed flora and fauna. We visited some great destination during the trip, the famous national park Corbett, important birding hotspots in uttarakhand such as Pangot and Sattal, and a very famous temple Jageshwar. The tour connected with so many beautiful and rare birds such as Ibisbill , Wallcreeper , Pallas's Fish Eagle , Brown Dipper , Cheer , Koklass and Kalij Pheasants , Hill and Rufous-throated Partridge , Scaly-breasted and Pygmy Wren-babbler, Chestnut-headed Tesia , White-tailed and Siberian Rubythroat and a very rare bird indeed the Grey-crowned Prinia . We focused on quality birding instead of quanti