14 Apr 2017
Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata)
Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata) is of a large number of bird species visiting the countless Rhodondendron trees in bloom. It sounds like…
6 Apr 2017
Small niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae)
Small niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae) is one of many small bird species not often seen, but its lovely song will tell you it’s there somewhere in the thickets.…
4 Apr 2017
Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
I had heard stories of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) while in Bhutan, one being a close encounter with a farmer and the cat stalking a barking…
3 Apr 2017
Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)
The Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys) is a bird with lovely simple vocalizations that you hear throughout Bhutan and the Himalayas and is one of 9…
2 Apr 2017
Chestnut-bellied rock thrush (Monticola rufiventris)
What is a beautiful melody to us is dead serious to the bird as it is perched high to announce its presence to competitors and assure its claim to the area…
31 Mar 2017
Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
No matter how common a species is I love to capture them when they have positioned themselves in an aesthetic or artistic way, and this red-vented bulbul…