N.E. India 2024
Rusty-fronted Barwing
Striated Laughingthrush
Spotted Dove
Rufous-necked Hornbill
Rufous-necked Hornbill
Female Red-breasted Parakeet
Male Red Junglefowl
Plumbeous Redstart
Manipur Fulvetta
Long-tailed Shrike
Indochinese Roller
Indian Pond Heron
Female Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch
Himalayan Vulture
Grey-sided Laughingthrush
Male Green-tailed Sunbird
Female Green-tailed Sunbird
Eastern Cattle Egret
Crested Serpent Eagle
Brown-throated Fulvetta
Bronze-winged Jacana
Male Blyth's Tragopan
Male Blood Pheasant
Blood Pheasant
Black-breasted Parrotbill
Bhutan Laughingthrush
Bar-winged Wren-Babbler
Bar-headed Goose
Asian Openbill
Asian Barred Owlet
Alpine Accentor
Western Hoolock Gibbon with baby
Red Giant Flying Squirrel
Indian Rhino
Female Indian Rhino
Young Indian Rhino
Indian Rhino
Irrawaddy Squirrel
Himalayan Striped Squirrel
Black Giant Squirrel
Rhododendron flower
Bird Dropping Crab Spider
Orchid flowers
Clubmoss
Himalayan Giant Honeybee
Firefly Beetle
Drumstick Primrose
Male Ditch Jewel
Day flying moth
Bird Dropping Crab Spider
Male Yellow Orange Tips
Male Yellow Orange Tip
White Punch butterfly
White Dragontail
Watson's Bushbrown
Spotted Demon butterfly
Southern Sullied Sailer
Small Staff Sergeant butterfly
Slate Awl Skipper
Purple Sapphire butterfly
Punchinello butterfly
Powdered Baron butterfly
Paris Peacock butterfly
Paris Peacock butterfly
Orchid Tit butterfly
One-spot Grass Yellow
Female Indian Cabbage White
Dark Palm Dart Skipper
Common Spotted Flat
Common Five-ring
Common Crow butterfly
Common Ciliate Blue
Common Castor
Autumn Leaf butterfly
Asian Green-veined White
Abid Rehman, who runs “Eastern Geography Tours” from his home in Assam organised a birding trip to the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh for my friend Mike Bird and myself. Abid is a friend of ours and accompanied us as our main guide but also brought along a very knowledgeable assistant Arun and an excellent driver Jitoo. We started in Namdapha National Park in the south of Arunachal Pradesh, bordering Myanmar. As there are no lodges or roads within the main part of the park, we had to trek in through the forest and camp, accompanied by several local helpers and an elephant to carry our gear. We then visited the Mishmi Hills before crossing Assam, with a brief stopover to visit Kaziranaga National Park, to enter the northern part of Arunachal Pradesh, near the border with Bhutan. Here we reached an elevation of 4,200 metres at the Sela Pass in the Eastern Himalayas before spending several days at the famous birding hotspot of Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary. He we stayed 2 nights in a hut at Lama Camp and 3 nights in tents at Bompu Camp. The trip ended with an overnight stay on the banks of the Brahmaputra River near Tezpur in Assam.