Blue Whistling Thrush

Blue whistling thrush 'the school boy" can be seen jumping around here and there just like a naughty school boy. it makes a very sweet whistling sound which gives the name whistling thrush. with metallic blue body colour and white spots it can be identified easily. but it is very easy to identify the bird by its peculiar jumping movement. about 30 cms in size and having a very wide range it is believed to represent the world's largest species of thrushes. In Kullu town it is one of the first birds to be heard along with blue-magpie in the mornings.

Blue-Capped Redstart

The Blue-capped Redstart is another beautiful creature resembling with the Grey Bushchat in size and habits, but its darker than the latter. its peculiar blue colour of the head gives it the

name Blue capped. I photographed the bird in Kullu this month. There is a very peculiar thing i have noticed about this bird that it is not at all shy and not affraid of humans as it allows you to move as close as 2 meters to it if you do not make sudden movements. it normally feeds on small insects and can notice them on the ground from very far which gives us an idea about how good the eyesight of the bird is. Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grey Bushchat

Grey bushchat is a wonderful bird with a size of about 15cms. the male is grey in colour with white underparts and the female has brownish body. they can be seen playing, chasing and chit-chatting justifying the name bushchat. The male is very possessive and territorial. i have seen it many times fighting with its own mirror image in the rear view mirror of my car.and the most interesting part is that it comes back times and again to chase away the competitor untill i fold the mirror. this particular behaviour of the grey bushchat(male) is very fascinating. it is commonly seen between 1200-3000meters in summers and can be seen in the lower altitudes as well especially in the winters.