Three of us took our trip up to the Shoja valley by bus, after an overnight journey, a jeep was waiting to take us to the Camp Himalayan.
We had a great time playing with the ever green Badshah & getting thrown into the ice cold waters of Thirtan river....
One day morning we were just fooling around the river, when suddenly i spotted the Brown Dipper....... a lifer for me
Had good sightings of Verditer flycatchers
Here are some of the other birds we saw like the Himalayan Griffon, actually up close eating a carcass, the Streaked whistling Thrush, Rock Buntings, Rufous Naped Tit, Himalayan Treepies, Blue whistling Thrush among others.
The Green backed Tits looked stunning in their colours
The snow peaked mountains were sometimes visible on a clear day, though there was torrential rains also.
Finally it was time to leave & bid good bye..... Due to many reasons we did not do much trekking this time, once we went up to Jalori pass, luckily we came back in the night, it hail stormed heavily in the night. But yet again a great stay & a lovely time at Camp Himalayan.
As we started our long drive back
yet another lifer for me a Crested Bunting was sitting on the wires....... yippie
adios,will be back again !!
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