WHITE RUMPED SHAMA SPIRITUAL MEANING PATCH

TRASHIGANG – KORILA – LIMITHANG – YONGKALAĮn route to Yongkala, we stop at Kori La. Here you will see the woven kiras, table runners, and scarves. In the late morning, you’ll pass through the place called Khaling where we have National Handloom Development Project, supported by the National Women Association of Bhutan to train the young girls from different parts of the country. Chestnut-tailed Minla, White-browed Fulvetta, Grey Treepie and Black-tailed Crake. Some of the species we will be looking for along our drive include the much sought-after Ward’s Trogon, Golden-naped Finch, Rufous-breasted Accentor, Blue-winged and White-throated Laughingthrushes. After breakfast at the campsite, we continue our journey to Trashigang the main hub of eastern Bhutan, passing through lush forests and valley filled with rhododendron with several birding stops along the way. We will have a before-breakfast outing back to the location of the Beautiful Nuthatch if we didn’t find it yesterday. Other interesting species we may encounter this afternoon while searching for the highly-sought nuthatch include Black-faced Warbler, Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher, Striated Laughingthrush, Long-tailed Sibia, Silver-eared Mesia and Rufous-necked Hornbill to name a few. Our main target here is the extremely special, Beautiful Nuthatch. The remainder of the afternoon will be spent birding a stretch of mossy, mid-altitude broad-leaved forest. Later in the afternoon we will head further north towards through the forested foothills towards the Morong.

Like Wreathed, Oriental Pied and Great Hornbills, Mountain Hawk- Eagle, Mountain Imperial Pigeon, Pin-tailed Green Pigeon, Rufescent Prinia, Black-naped Monarch, Scarlet Minivet, Black-crested, Ashy and Black Bulbuls, Golden-fronted Leafbird, White-rumped Shama, Sultan Tit, Asian Fairy-bluebird and Long-tailed Broadbill we’ll also be looking for the Black-backed Forktail along the rocky streams, If we are fortunate we may encounter rare birds such as Dark-rumped Swift. The forest patches and small stands of bamboo around the Samdrup Jongkhar hosts a number of lowland species.

We will spend the morning exploring the foothills surrounding Samdrup Jongkhar. In the evening birding around Samdrup Jongkhar looking for the species like Great and Wreathed Hornbill, Asian Fairy Bluebird, Indian Roller, Pin-tailed Green Pigeon and many more. We enter Bhutan, complete the immigration process at the border, and enter the town of Samdrup Jongkhar where we spend the night. We look out for Little Cormorant, egrets, Indian Pond Heron, Ashy Drongo and Red-wattled Lapwing in roadside wetlands, we’ll also make our effort to find lesser and Greater Adjutants, both highly endangered species. We leave Guwahati along busy roads packed with cars, street hawkers and rickshaws, cross the Brahmaputra River, and continue across the Indian plain of Assam. You’ll take a morning flight from any parts of India to Guwahati, the largest city in the state of Assam, located on the south shore of the Brahmaputra River. ARRIVE GUWAHATI – TRANSFER TO SAMDRUP JONGKHAR Please note that this trip can be done in reverse.ĭAY 1.

The mixed broadleaf forests are much richer, and therefore more exciting for birding, than the rather slow growing monotypic stands of blue pine and particularly chir pine.

WHITE RUMPED SHAMA SPIRITUAL MEANING PATCH

Unlike many part of Asia, one is not obliged to seek out a park or reserve or remnant patch of “good looking” habitat, since at any stop even in the midst of farmland, exciting birds are visible. The entire country is bisected by well maintained paved road and birding especially in mid to late spring (late March to late May) is good virtually anywhere below 3,100 m. Within country’s borders there are extraordinary range of habitats, from some of the Himalaya’s most extensive and least disturbed tropical forests to cool broad leaved and towering evergreen forests of fir, hemlock and spruce. Despite its small size about 770 species of birds have been recorded in Bhutan and the kingdom is recognized as 221 global endemic birds areas.

White rumped shama spiritual meaning