A final morning game drive
in Corbett NP was again unsuccessful for Tigers but once again, we saw tracks
and shite and for a while the guides seemed confident and expectations were
high and exciting but it soon fizzled out and we had to make do with a big bull
Indian Elephant instead; it was also very quiet for birds.
We spent the rest of the day birding from the
accommodation where new birds included a pair of ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILLS (which I missed in the Corbett), a lovely VERDITER FLYCATCHER,
finally tickable views of SPANGLED DRONGO, a couple of BLACK-CRESTED BULBULS, a female LITTLE PIED
FLYCATCHER, a pair of smart CHESTNUT-BELLIED NUTHATCHES and a cracking VELVET-FRONTED NUTHATCH along
with plenty of birds along the river with many Wagtails, Kingfishers and Water
Redstarts, great views of another Crested Serpent Eagle.
Overhead the sky was also full of birds including
big, mixed flocks of Swifts and Swallows which included HIMALAYAN SWIFTLETS, WHITE-RUMPED
SPINETAILS, Crested Treeswifts and Red-rumped Swallows. We then drove down the road to our next
hotel in nearby Ramnagar where DUSKY CRAG MARTIN and
Lineated Barbet were added from the hotel roof.
We were close....
Wild Indian Elephant
Plum-headed Parakeet
Brown-headed Barbet
Female Pied Bushchat
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Black Bulbul
Cinereous Tit
Red-headed Vulture
Greenish Warbler (with no wing bar)
Common Tailorbird
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