During the Dushera break we had gone to Landour. I liked the place, the small streets, the house where we stayed, which was infact overlooking a valley, the wooded areas were much less, so the walks were quite restricted, also Rhesus Macaques did sometimes look very aggressive, we tried to avoid eye contact, but also had to be careful at the same time, also the weather which suddenly changes from sunny, to cloudy & rainy & vice versa.
It was challenging to identify the Raptors. They just seem to arrive so suddenly & also disappear also equally fast. Of course the high light was to see the Mountain Hawk Eagle sitting in a tree in just 10ft in front of us. We were also lucky to see a pair of Black eagles in a very playful mood
And also the flying skills of the Eurasian Sparrow Hawk was just awesome & how she took on the crows which were hassling her.
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The birds we saw & were able to identify are :
Mountain Hawk Eagle
Black Eagle
Eurasian Sparrow Hawk
Himalayan Griffon
Verditer Fly Catchers
Ultra Marine Fly Catchers
Dark sided Fly Catchers
Brown fronted Wood Pecker
Brown Bull Finch
Grey Winged Black Bird
Bar Tailed Tree Creeper
Green Backed Tit
Black Lored Tit
Whiskered Yuhina
White Throated Laughing Thrush
Striated Laughing Thrush
Scarlet Minivets
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