Trip Report INDIA 2002

Simon Plat, Bernard Oosterbaan, Willem Oosterbaan
Dates: 7-11-2002 till 12-12-2002
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Nainital


Location: 320 km northeast of Delhi (7 hours drive), 45 km east of Ramnagar (2,5 hours drive).

Costs: -

Date(s): 27 and 28-11-2002 (2 resp. 8 birding hours).

Notes: We birded the town of Nainital only once (27-11). Not many birds within the city boundary. We paid a short visit to Snow View Point but both bird activity and the ‘snow view’ were not impressive. The same morning we walked the trail up to Cheena Peak (including great views of the higher Himalayas) and back to Nainital by the path via the ‘high fields’. Birds were good in the morning while walking up, activity was slower while walking down. The number and composition of bird species gave us the impression that winter had not really started yet. We had the same idea while visiting Sat Tal and Mongoli Valley, though conclusions are hard to draw from a single visit.

Highlights: Black Eagle (1 juv while walking up to Cheena Peak), Rufous-bellied Woodpecker (male and female of this beautiful woodpecker on Cheena Peak), White-collared Blackbird (1 in a group of Dark-throated Trushes near Snow View, 3 in a tree between Cheena Peak and the High Fields), Rufous Sibia (X), White-browed Shrike-Babbler (V up to Cheena Peak), Green Shrike-Babbler (at least two birds up to Cheena Peak were a surprise), Yellow-browed Tit (1 in a feeding flock up to Cheena Peak), Black-headed Jay (X), Eurasian Jay (our only one up to Cheena Peak).

Pics:

The town of Nainital seen from somewhere near the "High Fields".
The high Himalayan peaks seen from Cheena Peak. Left is Nanda Davy, the highest mountain in India (> 7800 m).
The high peaks of the Himalaya do not show as well as expected at Snowview point. This spot was not very productive in terms of birds.

Bird List:

Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus, Vale Gier) 3
Black Eagle (Ictinaetus malayensis, Indische Zwarte Arend) 1
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia, Rotsduif) V
Little Swift (Apus affinis, Huisgierzwaluw) V
Great Barbet (Megalaima virens, Grote Baardvogel) 1
Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis, Himalajaspecht) V
Rufous-bellied Woodpecker (Dendrocopos hyperythrus, Bruinkeelspecht) 2
White-capped Water-Redstart (Chaimarrornis leucocephalus, Rivierroodstaart) 1
Blue Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus, Chinese Fluitlijster) V
Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus, Blauwkoproodstaart) 1
White-collared Blackbird (Turdus albocinctus, Witkraaglijster) 4
Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata, Zwartkapsibia) V
White-browed Shrike-Babbler (Pteruthius flaviscapis, Witbrouwklauwiertimalia) V
Green Shrike-Babbler (Pteruthius xanthochlorus, Groene Briltimalia) 2
Blyth's Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides, Blyths Boszanger) V
Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides, Grauwe Fitis) V
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus, Goudhaantje) XX
Black-throated Tit (Aegithalos concinnus, Roodkruinstaartmees) V
Black-crested Tit (Parus melanolophus, Zwartkuifmees) X
Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus, Bergkoolmees) X
Black-lored Tit (Parus xanthogenys, Kroonmees) X
Yellow-browed Tit (Sylviparus modestus, Boszangermees) 2
White-tailed Nuthatch (Sitta himalayensis, Witstaartboomklever) V
Bar-tailed Tree-Creeper (Certhia himalayana, Himalaja-boomkruiper) V
Yellow-breasted Greenfinch (Carduelis spinoides, Himalaja-groenling) 1
Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius, Vlaamse Gaai) 1

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