I had been to Nilgiris on a birding trip last week.
I had a fantastic time there and it was easily one of the best trips I had done in my life. The trip had a lot of highlights, personally, like sighting the Nilgiri laughing thrush and the various flycatchers (Nilgiri, grey headed canary and the Black and orange). Also, this was my first birding trip outside Bangalore. (For new visitors to my blog, I started bird watching in April, 2009). And I was alone during this trip as all my friends were busy with work and could not join. Being alone had its own advantages and disadvantages. It was a trip that I would remember for long..
All the snaps from this trip are uploaded to my flickr account.
Over a 6 day period, from May 18 to 23, I covered these places
- Ranganthittu, Mysore
- Doddabetta, Ooty
- Cairn hill forest, Ooty (could not enter due to permission, did a peripheral visit)
- Potato research center, Muthorai
- Kotagiri
- Longwood shola, Kotagiri (could not enter due to permission, did a peripheral visit)
- Botanical garden, Ooty
- Wood house area, Ooty
- Kalhatty falls and Kalhatty ghat
- Masinagudi
- Naduvattam (could not enter due to permission, did a peripheral visit)
- Mudumalai, Theppakadu & Bandipur without entering inside