2011-09-02

Birdwatching in Bhutan August 2011 2

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush

Whiskered Yuhina

Whiskered Yuhina

Whiskered Yuhina

Golden-throated Barbet

Golden-throated Barbet

Rufous Sibia

Rufous Sibia

Rufous Sibia
Verditer Flycatcher (juvenile)

Verditer Flycatcher (juvenile)

White-throated Laughingthrush (juvenile)

White-bellied Heron

White-bellied Heron (juvenile approx. 160 days old in captive)

Crested Kingfisher

Birdwatching in Bhutan August 2011 1

Due to monsoon, I mainly spent in the morning for birdwatching in my 3rd visit to Bhutan, 11-25 August, 2011.  Generally, birds are silent and less active comparing to my previous visit in May.  So, even common species, such as White-collared Blackbird, was not seen this time. 

Many juvenile birds were seen.  Bay Woodpecker, Grey-backed Shrike, Verditer Flycatcher, Plumbeous Water Redstart, Grey-bellied Tesia and White-throated Laughingthrush were seen together with the young birds.

Between 20 and 21 August, I asked Mr. Tshering Puntsho, a local guide, who often works with Yangphel Travel as a birdwatching guide, to go birding together.  We visited Dochu La / Royal Botanic Garden and Tashithang area.  Although not so many birds were seen, we were able to pick up some good birds, such as White-bellied Heron, Ibisbill, Bay Woodpecker, Rufous-bellied Woodpecker, Grey-bellied Tesia and Yellow-vented Warbler.

Plumbeous Water Redstart (immature male?)

Plumbeous Water Redstart (juvenile)

Plumbeous Water Redstart (juvenile)

Blue Whistling Thrush

Blue Whistling Thrush

Black Eagle

Black Eagle

2011-06-26

Birdwatching in Maioka Koen (June 26, 2011)

Very few birds were seen/heard as most of the birds are in breeding. Lesser Cuckoo was less vocal comparing to the previous two weeks.

Neozephyrus japonicus

Neozephyrus japonicus

Neozephyrus japonicus

Neozephyrus japonicus

Neozephyrus japonicus

Japonica saepestriata

Rapala arata

Blue Triangle (Graphium sarpedon)

Papilio protenor

Papilio protenor

Blue Triangle (Graphium sarpedon)


Potanthus flavus

Amata fortunei

Tettigonia orientalis

Gampsocleis mikado




Spiraea japonica

2011-06-19

Birdwatching in Maioka Koen (June 19, 2011)

Lesser Cuckoo was very vocal and often flew accross paddyfield in the park while Japanese Bush Warbler was still singing well.  Nothing else was seen well.  Again, I enjoyed photographing insects.  Today, I was able to take pictures of four species of zephyrus. 

Japonica lutea is one of zephyrus, found from May to June.

Japonica lutea

Favonius orientalis: Male is active during morning.
 It perches in the edge of oak or chestnut leaf
and chases each other when the other male(s) fly into the territory

Favonius orientalis

Favonius orientalis

Neozephyrus japonicus: This individual is female. 
This species has four types of female, called as
 O type (entirely sooty grey),
A type (photo shows: normally with small orange spot),
 B type (with blue spot) and AB type (with both blue and orange spot).

Artopoetes pryeri: One of lowland zephylus.
 It looks similar to Celastrina argiolus
but is bigger with deeper purplish color. 
Due to cloudy weather, it did not move

Celastrina argiolus

Celastrina argiolus

Lycaena phlaeas

Lycaena phlaeas

Lycaena phlaeas

Lycaena phlaeas

Lycaena phlaeas

probably, Agrypnus binodulus.

a kind of long-horned beetle

Purpuricenus (Sternoplistes) temminckii

probably, Siler cupreus.  A kind of jumping spider. 
The head is beautiful powder blue.

probably, Tenodera angustipennis, a kind of mantis