Birding Blog 5-2-2018 (Margalla Hills)

My Today's birding in Margalla Hills and today I specially went for Chestnut Thrush and did a hiking of 6 km but I am glad that I found Chestnut Thrush and some other birds also.  
Chestnut Thrush -- Lifer for Me
Black-Chinned Babbler

Evermann's Redstart

Whistler's Warbler

White Eye

Hume's leaf warbler

Variegated Laughingthrush

Blue Whistling Thrush 

Red-billed Leiothrix

Himalayan bulbul 

Himalayan bulbul 

Grey Treepie

Blue Capped Redstart (female)

Black Bulbul

Black Bulbul

Grey Winged Blackbird (Male)

Grey Winged Blackbird (Female)

Orange-Flanked Bush Robin


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