- 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
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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
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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
Saturday, February 28, 2026
India Summary.
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