The Free Bird आजाद पंछी

olive-backed pipit  (Anthus hodgsoni) Indian pipit or Hodgson's pipit Zuluk Pangolakha wildlife sanctuary Old silk route East Sikkim April 22 Nikon Gears Full screen mode recommended for details This  is a small passerine bird of the pipit (Anthus) genus, which breeds across southern, north central and eastern Asia, as well as in the north-eastern European Russia. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to southern Asia and Indonesia.  Greenish brown streaked with darker brown above. Supercilium, double wingbar and outer rectrices whitish. Whitish to buff below streaked with dark brown on breast and flanks. Sexes alike.  Seen singly or pairs. Runs about on the ground in search of food and flies up into trees when disturbed.

Bar-throated minla with nesting material  or chestnut-tailed minla  (Actinodura strigula),  or even bar-throated siva,  Zuluk Pangolakha wildlife sanctuary East Sikkim April2022 Nikon Gears This is a species of bird in the laughingthrush and babbler family Leiothrichidae. Traditionally, it has been placed in the genus Minla but is now placed in Actinodura. The species is mainly resident but may move to lower altitudes during harsh winters, coming as low as 1,300 m (4,300 ft). Among the forest types it may occur in are evergreen broadleaf forest, mixed broadleaf and evergreen forest, pine forest, pine or oak and rhododendron forest, rhododendron or bamboo stands. The diet of the bar-throated minla varies by season; during the summer months it is almost exclusively insectivorous, taking beetles, caterpillars and other insects. In the winter months it will also take berries, seeds, and nectar...