Dear all,
What could I ask more but for an awesome ending to year 2013.My sister Geeta Goswami and myself did a relaxed one day birding on 27th December from Chakki Morr to Bhojnagar in Himachal Pradesh just way ahead of Parwanoo.We both were a little apprehensive of whether we would hit a jackpot or birds will give us a miss.But thank God our jinx was broken and we saw around 56 species of birds.Most of the birds we had already seen except Himalayan Ruby Throat.But I can see the same bird umpteen times and still be ecstatic about it. Birds heard are not put in the list.Following is the bird list:-
1 Grey faced Woodpeckers atleast 3 in numbers with both male and female
2 Fulvous -breasted Woodpecker
3 Speckled Piculet
4 Indian Pygmy Woodpecker
5 Brown fronted Pied Woodpecker
6 Red Billed Blue Magpie
7 Grey Treepie
8 Indian Treepie
9 Himalyan Great Barbet
10 Black Bulbul
11 Himalayan Bulbul
12 Red vented Bulbul
13 Blue Whistling Thrush
14 MISTLE THRUSH
15 Chestnut bellied Rock Thrush
16 HIMALAYAN RED FLANKED BUSH ROBIN
17 Blue capped Redstart
18 White capped Red Chat
19 Pied Bushchat
20 Dark sided Flycatcher
21 Asian Brown Flycatcher
22 Striated Prinia
23 Plain Prinia
24 HIMALAYAN RUBY THROAT
25 Streaked Laughingthrush
26 White crested Laughing Thrush
27 Red billed Leothrix
28 Black chinned Babbler
29 Jungle Babbler
30 Whiskered Yuhina
31 RUFOUS SIBIA
32 Fire fronted Serin
33 Long tailed Shrike
34 Black shouldered Kite
35 Grey Francolin
36 Black Francolin
37 Fire breasted Flowerpecker
38 Grey hooded Warbler
39 Humes Warbler
40 Sulphur bellied Warbler
41 Western crowned Warbler
42 Common Chiffchaff
43 Great Tit
44 Red headed Tit
45 Purple Sunbird
46 Rock Buntings
47 White Capped Buntings
48 Chestnut eared Buntings
49 Russet Sparrows
50 House Sparrows
51 EUROPEAN GOLD FINCHES
52 Himalayan Vultures
53 White rumped Vultures
54 Common Hoopoe
55 Red Jungle Fowl
56 Jungle Crow
57 Oriental White eyes
On 29th December we made a quick round to Berwala unto Mandana in Morni and mostly the common birds were seen.But saw Khalij Pheasants around 4 in number.
Always,
Dr Chetna Sharma
