We still vaguely remember seeing a long tailed bird at La Digue in 2010 but never thought that this bird would call us back to the islands after 12 long years. This eventually happened during the 2022 Diwali holidays and with the help of cloudbirder trip reports, we chalked out an itinerary covering Seychelles, Mauritius […]
Birding
Mata Atlântica
South America was always very far for us, however our urge to explore and being pinned to our homes due to the global travel restrictions finally made us plan a trip to South America. Amazon rainforest naturally came to our mind, however, we soon realized that for our time of travel, the Atlantic forests were […]
Namti Plains & Dehing Patkai
For the 2021 yearend vacations, we decided to visit Walong to search for the new species that were being reported from this part of the world. Binanda advised that December is not the best time for birding, however we still went ahead knowing that we will end up missing a few species. We also added […]
Ghana
After experiencing the East African birdlife along the Albertine and Ethiopian rift valleys, we decided to visit the West African region; and Ghana fit the bill perfectly with decent infrastructure and access to most of the endemic/near endemic Upper Guinea birds. We browsed through several trip reports to get a feeling of this region and […]
Bali and East Java
While Bali is usually seen as a sun and sand destination, it was the birds that drove us to visit this beautiful island. A short ferry ride across the Javan Strait also gave us an opportunity to explore the birdlife of the East Javan forests, thus enabling us to see many more birds of this […]
Central Ethiopia
The festive holidays in India gave us an excellent opportunity to visit Ethiopia as it coincided with the near perfect birding season of the country. We were also very excited to walk the ancient land where apes may have started walking upright, thus paving the way for humans to evolve. However, as we only had […]
Mgahinga & Nyungwe
PART II: DAY 8 – DAY 10 Day 11: 6 Aug 2018 (Ruhija: Mubwindi swamp) Today we hiked to the Mubwindi swamp along with the local bird guide Amos, and managed to see the Grauer’s Swamp Warbler and several other interesting birds, but the Grauer’s Broadbill remained elusive. After the hike, we drove to the […]
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
PART I: DAY 1 – DAY 7 Day 8: 3 Aug 2018 (Elizabeth NP – Buhoma) We left the Pumba Safari Cottages early morning in search of the Papyrus Gonolek, eventually finding the bird in a small papyrus patch along the roadside. We then drove to Buhoma via the Ishasha sector reaching the Community Rest […]
Uganda
Visiting the African continent was always on our wish list and the moment we got 15 days off work, we decided to travel to Uganda as our holidays coincided with the peak Ugandan birding season. We also added Rwanda into the plan due to its proximity to Uganda and the possibility to see a few […]
The Naga Princess
Summary: An an extension to our Mishmi Hills trip, we spent three days at Khonoma and managed to see several interesting birds like the Striped Laughingthrush, Brown-capped Laughingthrush, Assam Laughingthrush and Red-faced Liocichla while the Spot-breasted Laughingthrush remained heard only. Apart from birding, we also got an opportunity to briefly experience the Angami culture and […]