Bird Photography in North India ( Part II )

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Day 6, Pangot
We reach Pangot at afternoon after 4 hours drive
Pangot is small village about 15 kilometers from Nainital, a famous Indian hill station. The drive to here passes through the forested area of Chena Peak Range via Snow View Point and Kilbury, which are excellent birding spots. Almost 150 bird species have been recorded at Pangot and the surrounding areas. The numerous perennial & seasonal creeks are home to an amazing variety of flora and fauna including wild life. The main attraction of Pangot are its birds. Very rare varieties of birds are found in this part of the Himalayas.


Black Headed Jay
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Streaked Laughingthrush
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Striated Prinia
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White Throated Laughingthrush
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Yellow Breasted Greenfinch
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Slaty Headed Parakeet
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Gray langurs
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Day 7,8 and 9, Nainital
Nainital is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and headquarters of Nainital District in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalayas. Situated at an altitude of 1,938 metres (6,358 ft) above sea level, Nainital is set in a valley containing a pear-shaped lake, approximately two miles in circumference, and surrounded by mountains, of which the highest are Naina (2,615 m (8,579 ft)) on the north, Deopatha (2,438 m (7,999 ft)) on the west, and Ayarpatha (2,278 m (7,474 ft)) on the south. From the tops of the higher peaks, "magnificent views can be obtained of the vast plain to the south, or of the mass of tangled ridges lying north, bounded by the great snowy range which forms the central axis of the Himalayas.



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Black Chinned Babbler
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Blue Capped Redstart
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Blue Throated Barbet
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Brown Dipper
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Brown Fronted Woodpecker
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Great Barbet
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Green Backed Tit
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Grey Breasted Prinia
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Grey Wagtail
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House Sparrow
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Oriental White eye
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Rufous Chinned Laughingthrush
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Rusty Cheeked Scimitar Babbler
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Siberian Stonechat
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Spotted Forktail
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Steppe Eagle
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White Capped Bunting
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Night life and a cold night
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Day 10, Nainital > Okhla Bird Park > New Delhi International Air Port
Early morning after breakfast drive to Okhla Bird Park at New Delhi, it takes 7 hours or 350 km, this is the last place for bird photography. The Okhla Bird Park is right on the Yamuna River between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh at the south-eastern end of Delhi on one side and the western boundary of NOIDA.
With Yamuna River being on the route of Migratory Birds and providing large space with suitable habitat on its both banks and suitable food in plenty, the birds had been using this area as a staging post for their migration both ways during the winter.
Over Three hundred species of birds (out of about 450 species recorded for Delhi and around Delhi) can be spotted here. The spot is good for birding throughout the year, though best season is during September-March for Winter Migratory Birds.


Red Avadavat
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End of Trip

I missed the Spotted Forktail....

Remember where is this place??
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Mr No Good wrote:I missed the Spotted Forktail....

Remember where is this place??
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Sure... the last bird we got......

Nice Series.... you guys are really hardcore birders....

Naethan wrote:Nice Series.... you guys are really hardcore birders....

Its really nice to be there,as i have been numerous times,and its excellent that you all can make it.I have seen all the birds and the other pictures that you all have posted,they are all outstanding shots.See you guys when you return,meanwhile have a safe stay and enjoy birding.

Excellent report. I love reading it.
But if you can post some kingfisher beer
makes this report perfect. I wish to see the
kf beer label that stick on bottle.

BENCYF wrote:Excellent report. I love reading it.
But if you can post some kingfisher beer
makes this report perfect. I wish to see the
kf beer label that stick on bottle.

Sure will do... but at South India...

I know you have more. Don't keep in your hardisk let.

great series