NEPAL 2008

Lesser Adjutant

Woolly-necked Stork

Black Stork

Asian Openbill

Indian Pond Heron

Black (Red-naped) Ibises

White-breasted Waterhen

Lammergeier

Black Vulture

Himalayan Griffon-vulture

Slender-billed Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Steppe Eagle

Bonelli's Eagle

Peregrine

Shikra

Collared Falconet

White-eyed Buzzard

Great Thick-knee

Black-bellied Tern

Red-breasted Parakeet

Slaty-headed Parakeet

Plum-headed Parakeet

Speckled Wood-pigeon

Spotted Dove

Common Hawk Cuckoo

Spot-bellied Eagle-owl

Brown Hawk-owl

Asian Barred Owlet

Collared Owlet

Spotted Owlet

Black-rumped Flameback

Streak-throated Woodpecker

Rufous-bellied Woodpecker

Great Barbet

Blue-throated Barbet

Great Hornbill

Indian Roller

Little Green Bee-eater

White-throated Kingfisher

Sand Lark

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark

Citrine Wagtail

Plain Martin

Himalayan (Altai) Accentor

Rufous-breasted Accentor

Long-tailed Shrike (erythronotus)

Long-tailed Shrike (longicaudatus)

Grey-backed Shrike

Brown Shrike

Common Green Magpie

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Large-billed Crow

Long-tailed Minivet

Yellow-bellied Fantail

Black Drongo

Blue Rock-thrush

Dark-throated Thrush

Grey-winged Blackbird

White-collared Blackbird

Rufous-gorgetted Flycatcher

Verditer Flycatcher

Red-throated Flycatcher

Orange-flanked Bush-robin

White-browed Bush-robin

Oriental Magpie-robin

Blue-fronted Redstart

Plumbeous Water Redstart

White-capped Water Redstart

Little Forktail

Spotted Forktail

White-tailed Stonechat

Grey Bushchat

Asian Pied Starling

Jungle Myna

White-tailed Nuthatch

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch

Wallcreeper

Black-lored Tit

Great Tit

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker

Black-crested Bulbul

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Himalayan Bulbul

Black Bulbul

Striated Prinia

Grey-breasted Prinia

Common Tailorbird

Buff-barred Warbler

Lemon-rumped Warbler

Grey-hooded Warbler

White-crested Laughing-thrush

Black-faced Laughing-thrush

Streaked Laughing-thrush

Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler

Black-chinned Babbler

Chestnut-tailed (Bar-throated) Minla

White-browed Fulvetta

Rufous Sibia

Green-tailed Sunbird

Russet Sparrow

Yellow-breasted Greenfinch

Dark-breasted Rosefinch

Red-headed Bullfinch

Everest

Koshi Camp

Birdfinders on the Koshi River

Birdfinders on the Koshi River

A warming fire at Machan (Chitwan)

Cottages at Machan (Chitwan)

Cottages at West Chitwan

Elephant ride, Chitwan

En route to Pokhara

Nearing Pokhara

Hotel in Pokhara

Himalayan sunrise from the hotel roof in Pokhara

An easy start to the trek

Trekking up the mountain

One of the many donkey trains seen going up and down the mountain

Mountain river on the way to Gandhruk

Looking back down the valley

Our very-hard-working and friendly sherpas

Getting closer – Fishtail

The welcome sight of our hotel at the end of the long trek

Bridge over a gorge, en route to Kathmandu

Shopping area in Kathmandu

Fruit Bats

Butterfly sp.