More Backyard Birding in Sangla
By mid-April, most of Nepal’s winter visitors have left, and any wintering species that are still left are most likely passage migrants, stopping for a few days on their journey north. That’s how it was when I went out birding Sunday morning – compared to the numerous Olive-backed Pipits and Black-throated Thrushes I had seen two weeks ago, there was only one thrush, two Olive-backed Pipits, and a Rosy Pipit. Both Olive-backed Pipits were flyovers, easy to identify because of
