Birds of Himalayas ( Saat Taal)

In Feb,2010 we visited Saat Taal ( near Nainital) in the state of Uttarkhand. I spent a bit of time watching and photographing birds.

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The most common bird with a beautiful sound are the thrushes. The Blue whistling thrush and the white crested thrush.

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The fly catchers and warblers are commonly found.

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and the amazingly bright verditer flycatcher:

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In and around the lakes you will find the lapwig and the beautiful red billed blue magpie.

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Near the meadows you could see the white crested laughing thrush, the black jay, treepie, Hoopoe and the red start.

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The other common birds usually seen are the parakeets, tits, russet sparrow, warblers and a wide variety of bulbuls.

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In 2 days we could not have seen more birds than what we saw at Saat Taal. It is definitely a bird watcher's must visit destination

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