Returned from East Sikkim Himalaya

The entire trip plan started with a phone call from dear Subratoda (Subrato Sanyal, one of the well-known birders & photographers from Bengal).
Previously I have been to East Sikkim, especially in the Silk Route Zuluk region multiple times but when I got an opportunity to be there again, that too in the month of May, I thought of grasping it without any second thought. It’s only two of us with our own planning & itinerary. Though I always have a blueprint plan for every trip but I always prefer to customize it based on various conditions in the field. This time also I have done this & I am grateful to my dear elder brother for allowing me to do so.
This time I was rewarded with many memorable bird sightings that I was never thought of before going there. There were no particular target species that I was aiming for but when you travel to Eastern Himalayas and plan to cover various altitudes up to 12,500ft, your mind automatically wishes to see a few high-altitude beauty.

There are two prominent locations where we planned to stay and cover various Himalayan species.

1. Padamchen (8000ft)
2. Lungthu (11,300 ft)

Due to rain and bad weather we have to reschedule our day-wise plan multiple times. The entire bird list we saw there has been given below at the end of this write-up.

Here are only a few images to start with ( will process others and share them soon in my STOCK ARCHIVE). 

 

Here is a short video from this trip. Please make sure your Audio is ‘ON’. Better view in ‘HD’.

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Species List

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