One last time in Neora Valley and this
time I got a Jeep to drop me off by the cowsheds, this meant I was
along the trail and in the good birding area by 07:30. Birds came
thick and fast, a flock of 27 Scarlet finches to start with and then
a Scaly Thrush flushed from the edge of the path followed by a
White-tailed Robin. Then I came into one of the big bird waves, with
birds in every direction, as a large mixed flock worked its way down
the hillside. In the half hour that it took I picked out 12
Red-tailed Minla, 20 Chestnut-tailed Minla, 13 Short-billed Minivets,
2 Streaked Spiderhunter, 2 Fire-breasted Flowerpeckers, 6 Gold-naped
Finch, plus a rake of Warblers. As I reached the area that I had the
Tragopan in on the 10
th, I played it cool and slowly snook
up to the area, but it didn't matter how stealthy I was the 2 Satyr
Tragopans (m+f) that were there took flight immediately and flew
right past me up the hillside.
I then headed slowly back towards the
cowsheds and came into another wave of birds, obviously different
from the first flock. This one consisted of 10 Black-faced Warblers,
2 Grey-cheeked Warblers, 22 Golden-breasted Fulvettas, 20
Rusty-fronted Barwings, 2 Hoary-throated Barwings, 11 Striated
Laughingthrush and 8 Brown-capped Laughingthrush. On top of this
there was a flock of 100+ Tibetan Siskins at the bottom of the valley
and somewhere along the way I picked out a Buff-barred Warbler as
well.
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| Red-tailed Minla |
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| Buff-barred Warbler |
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| Brown-throated Treecreeper |
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| Short-billed Minivet |
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| Streaked Spiderhunter |
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| Tibetan Siskin |
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| Moths from last night |
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| Neora Valley Gully |
