Went all the way up Neora Valley, up
the small track that goes well beyond the abandoned cowsheds. Not
long after leaving the main road I was greeted with a stunning Bay
Woodpecker, after this it was all pretty quiet until I got on the
small track, when I came across a flock of Laughingthrushes moving
about in the under story on the uphill side of the track, with a bit
of patience they slowly worked their way into view, and turned out to
be Chestnut-backed Laughingthrushes, about 20 of them. As they
crossed the track onto the downhill side, I slowly crept forward for
a better look, there was no sign, but there in full view for about 5
seconds, was a male Satyr Tragopan, jeez I wasn't expecting that! As
soon as I raised the camera it bolted and flew down the slope and
there was no way I was going to follow it down a 60 degree overgrown
hillside! I did follow the track as far as it petered out to nothing,
adding 12 Tibetan Siskins on the way.
It was now about lunchtime, so I
started slowly heading back to Lava, adding the following on the way
– 1 Brown-throated Treecreeper, 40 Striated Babblers, 4
Short-billed Minivets, 30 Chestnut-tailed Minla, 35 Rusty-fronted
Barwings, 2 Rufous-capped Babblers, 10 Broad-billed Warblers, 1
Gold-naped Finch, 2 White-browed Scimitar Babblers and 2
White-spectacled Warblers.
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| Bay Woodpecker |
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| Rusty-fronted Barwing |
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| Some views from Neora Valley |
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