Kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

Kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

On my way down from an amazing sunrise near the Dochula Pass I encountered this gorgeous male kalij pheasant (Lophura…


Dochula Pass, Bhutan

Dochula Pass, Bhutan

I was very fortunate to come here in time for the sunrise with a cloudless sky. Very slowly I had a growing idea of the…


Dochula Pass, Bhutan

Dochula Pass, Bhutan

The sunrise is almost over, and I was having a hard time deciding which direction to point the camera. Focus on the…


Rhododendron kesangiae var album

Rhododendron kesangiae var album

Rhododendron kesangiae var album is a beautiful and relatively large leaved species was my first and only encounter and…


Grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)

Grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)

This is one of many opportunities that just presented itself after I had given up on getting any good captures during…


Black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)

Black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)

Sunbirds are strikingly colorful, and you definitely get associations to the hummingbirds of the New World. Depending…


Striated Laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata)

Striated Laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata)

I encountered the striated laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata) many times during my time in Bhutan, but rarely in…


Rhododendron falconeri

Rhododendron falconeri

Rhododendron falconeri is perhaps the most impressive of all the rhododendron species I encountered during my travel in…


Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata)

Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata)

Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata) is of a large number of bird species visiting the countless…


Adonis davidi

Adonis davidi

This adonis davidi came as a total surprise to me, and only because I finally encountered a rhododendron plant with…


Nepal gray langur (Semnopithecus schistaceus)

Nepal gray langur (Semnopithecus schistaceus)

After an amazing morning I was moving on towards the next valley, but I did not get far before I encountered yet…


Rhododendron thomsonii

Rhododendron thomsonii

There are many species of rhododendron that might pass you by when you’re faced with huge trees of them in bloom so…