Saturday, February 28, 2026

India Summary.



  • Taj Palace — Delhi (Sultanpur and Okhla)
    Club room.
    Best Birds: Three Baby Spotted Owlets, Painted Storks, Eurasian Spoonbill, Black-headed Ibis, Coppersmith Barbet
  • Khem Villas — Ranthambore National Park
    All natural food, great walk with hotel naturalist.Tedious Tiger Safaris
    Best Birds: Plum-headed Parakeet, Small Minivet, Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher, Painted Sand Grouse, Common Kingfisher, Painted Spurfowl, Asian Wooly Stotk
  • The Bagh – Club Mahindra — Bharatpur (Keoladeo NP)
    Switched room from a cramped one that smelled of sewage to a large one. Good birds on property.
    Best Birds: Cotton Pygmy-Goose, Saurus Crane,Black Bittern, Bluethroat, Red-napped Ibis, Common Hoopoe, Asian Green Bee-eater
  • Oberoi Amar Vilas — Agra
    Giant suite with view on Taj Mahal.   Dinner on balcony. Thumbtack
    Best Birds: Egyptian Vulture
  • Holiday Regency — Moradabad
  • Jungle Lore Birding Lodge — Pangot (Kumaon Himalayas)
    India’s First Birding Lodge.  Rustic. Bob the dog. 
    Best Birds: White- Laughingthrush, Himalayan Bulbul, Hide: kalij Pheasent, Crested Laughingthrush,Lesser Yellow-nape, Red-billed Blue Magpie, Striated Laughingthrush,
  • Jim’s Jungle Retreat — Corbett National Park
    Ragi Cookies, Bamboo Slippers, Great Upgraded Room. Tickell’s Blue flycatcher and more on property. Skipped most tiger safaris
    Best Birds: Jungle Owlet, Orange-headed Thrush, Tickell's Blue Flycatcher, Ibisbill, White-capped redstart, plumbeous Redstart, Great Hornbill, Rufous-bellied Niltava
  • Mayfair Himalayan Spa Resort — Kalimpong / Eastern Himalayas
    Confusing place with Snow White and Lord Shuva.   Cute Himalayan cafe. Wouldn’t clean room unless you are in it.
    Best Birds: Rufous-necked Hornbill, Mrs Gould's Sunbird, Red-headed Trogon, Blue-fronted redstart, Long-tailed Minivet,Whiskered Yuhina
  • Flora Airport Hotel — Kochi
  • CGH Earth Spice Village — Periyar National Park
    Villa with a private garden, Homemade Passionfruit Ice cream, local spicy and regular menu. Monkeys,and racket-tail drongos
    Best Birds: Asian Emerald Dove, Malabar Flameback, Malabar Parakeet, Greater-Racket-tailed Drongo, White-bellied Treepie
  • CGH Earth Lockhart Bungalow — Munnar (Western Ghats)
    On tea plantation, 
    Best Birds: Brown Boobook, Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, White-cheeked Barbet, Orange Minivet, Palani Laughingthrush, Indian Scimitar Babbler,Nilgiri Flycatcher, Black-and-Orange Flycatcher, Flame-throated Bulbul
  • River House — Thattekad Bird Sanctuary
    Confusing walk with a naturalist, but it all walked out. sunbirds in flowers.
    Best Birds: Indian Paradise Flycatcher, Sri Lankan Frogmouth

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