Sunday, June 14, 2015

Birds in North Sikkim, India

Waterfall near Lachen
North Sikkim is breathtakingly beautiful. The landscape is so much like Ladakh.

I am posting some more pictures of birds and the surroundings around Gurudongmar and Lachen from Soma Jha's album.
Lachen
Lachen, Sikkim



Brandt's Mountain Finch
Horned Lark


House crow at 17000ft
Rufous-necked Snowfinch



Northern Raven
Red-billed-and-yellow-billed Chough


Ruddy Shelduck on the frozen part of Gurdongmar lake
Snow pigeon, Sikkim


2 comments:

Unknown said...

Can u tell me more about this place ?

Ranjana Jha said...

Hi Suraj,

These birds are from around Gurudongmar and Lachen.

Thanks,
Ranjana