Birding Latpanchar again: Bottlebrush and a bird hide

We went back to Latpanchar again on the same treacherous bumpy curvy road.  This time we were going to a bird hide and we wanted to find Mrs. Gould‘s sunbird.

The hide was really just a water drip to attract birds with a structure about 15 feet away to hide the birders.  .It wasn’t very birdy but we saw and got good photographs of about 10 species. Mrs. Gould‘s sunbird is attracted by bottle brush plants conveniently located next to a pigsty. 

We first went to the hide but as we climbed down the hill, our guide noticed a Rufus-necked Hornbill so we went back up and got some photos of that and found an owlet as well.  After staying at the hide for a few hours we went to the bottle brush. After some time and after we stayed back while the guides went to lunch, we were able to get good looks and photograph the sunbird. The crested falconet was also near the bottle brush.   

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Mrs. Gould’s Sunbird (male)

Crested Falconet

Black-chinned Yuhina

Whiskered Yuhina

Purple Sunbird (male)

Yellow-browed Warbler

Grey-hooded Warbler

Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher

Asian Barred Owlet

Rufous-necked Hornbill