Bird Watching & Spotting

Both Saat-tal and Kyari are a bird-watcher's paradise. The foothills near Camp Kyari are always a nice sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of the north Indian plains and are excellent for viewing a variety of birds like Little and Spotted Forktails, Wallcreeper, Mountain Hawk Eagle, Lesser Fish Eagle, Orange-bellied Leafbird and Lesser Yellownape, Brown Fish Owl, Wren Babbler, Great and Oriental Pied Hornbills, Red-breasted Parakeet, Red-billed Leiothrix and Ashy Bulbul, Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpeckers, Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikes and Scarlet Minivets, Bee-eater, Golden Oriole, sandpiper.

The best season in Kyari is from mid-November to April.

In Saat-tal the proximity of the lakes and the reserve forest around make for excellent birding. Chestnut Thrush and Slaty-headed Parakeet, Scaly Thrushes, Whisting Thrush, Golden Bush Robin, Scaly-breasted and Rufous-bellied woodpeckers, Khaleej Pheasant, Rufous cheeked Scimitar Babbler, White crested, Streaked, Rufous-chinned and white bellied Laughing Thrush, Rufous bellied Niltava, Grey-backed Shrike, Black-headed jay, Black-lored and Black-throated tits, Black bulbul, Ashy-throated and Lemon-rumped warblers, Black-chinned babbler,a host of water birds such as White-capped and Plumbeous Water Redstarts are some of the birds which can be spotted here.

The best time for birding in Saat-tal is from mid-November to June.