A family birding visit to Pangot at the Jungle Lore.
Veena, Mugdha, Ajay, self and Mahi al of 3 and half years took off on 15 morning from Delhi. Roads after Hapur bypass are bad for about 30 KMs which increases the driving time. With advise from Rajeev at jungle Lore we turned off at Moradabad. After the bypass you take a U turn and then turn right onto the Tanda RD to Bazpur to Kaladungi to Nainital. At the check post for Nainital cross the check post and turn left towards Pangot. The dist was 290 Kms RD so so. The route via Ramnagar which I did a number of years back is along the river and one does see some birds enroute. The route we followed is easy to follow. Took 9 hrs to reach off which one hrs to enter and get out of Nainital. We planned not to enter the town again with its narrow rds and heavy traffic.
We birded the first day 16th on the rd to Kilbury (same rd leads to nanital), evening spent at the at the lodge and saw a number of birds. During the summer as the day gets hot the lodge is the best place as there is grain and water available for the birds. Seen more birds spashing in the water in the three days than what I have seen in a year. Tit green backed, dove turtle and spotted, jay black headed and Eurasian. Stonechat Male and female. Common rose finch male and female, grey hooded warbler,sparrow house and russet's, Slaty headed Parakeet, warblers that I could not ID, Blyth's warbler Prinia, large billed crow, buschat grey, grey winged blackbird, etc etc.
A pleasant trip, but the peace may not last long as a number of resorts are coming up in the near vicinity.
Vijay
We went to Kilbury
the village of Vinayak
Woodpecker point on the way to Vinayak
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