This is a journey that catapults you from teeming bustle of tech metropolis to the mountain tops, plain fresh air and chirping of birds all around . It is my first day of birding and i leave behind the thoughts of my daily chores as we climb into the blue green vastness of Sattal and Pangot .... situated on the foothills of Himalayas with hordes of birds from tits, nuthatches,magpies, jays to woodpeckers the list could go endless.
It took a few cups of tea to wake me up before the break of dawn ...started the walk down the hill where we spotted a small stream of water flowing ....there were birds just dropping by and enjoying
Blue whistling thrush with a catch......
Red billed leothrix
Rufous chinned laughing thrush
Speculed Piculet
Red billed magpie....
Black Lored tit....
Verditer flycatcher.....
White eye....
The morning was spent exploring different forest areas......We were famished and decided to take a break by a gurgling stream.
White chinned laughing thrush......hundreds of them hopping between dried leaves.
lesser yellow nape woodpecker obliged me with a beautiful click.... i really admired the riot of colors .
bronzed drongo....
ashy bulbul.....
Blue throated flycatcher....
Black bulbul.....
The weather took a turn and it began to pour ......this was the end of my birding in Sattal for day 1.