July 2012 Valley of Flowers Trek - eBird Trip Report updated
Valley of Flowers Trek - eBird Trip Report It was not a "birding" trip - it was a trek to see the wild flower meadows of the Valley of Flowers. Fourteen years ago! I updated my sightings and pictures on both eBird and iNaturalist and in the process revoked at the lists and photos with "older" eyes. I found that not only had I seen the Common Rosefinch, I had actually even photographed the Pink-browed Rosefinch! An extra lifer in retrospect! Pink-browed rose finch female - ok no pink brow, but browed nevertheless. Male with the pink brow. (Carpodacus rodochroa) I relived the thrill of discovering the Variegated Laughingthrush skulking in the undergrowth, the Restart on the rocks in the Ghangria river, the magpies Yellow- and red-billed, and the Himalayan Bulbul too. Of course the flowers were something else. Sorrels and Geraniums, Poppies and Anemone. Rolling fields and rolling mist, snow, water and mud. My iNaturalist list here.
