Birding Guide Chopta

 

Rufous Sibia

Black Lored Tit

Himalayan Bulbul

Black Throated Tit

Black Headed Jay

Brown Dipper 

Black Bulbul

India Jackal 

Little Forktail 

Himalayan Thar

chopta and surroundings areas of kedarnath wildlife sanctuary is well-known destination for birders who come from different states of india so many rare species of birds found in region himalayan monal. snow partridge scarlett finch koklass pheasant yellow rumped honeyguide and many more other wild animals as well himalayan thar.indian jackal.leopard.even (Pothibasa) also on route of chopta which is surrounded by dense forest oak and alder trees Pothibasa is very old name actually this is located on old pilgrimage route to badrinath in past time this trek is used by pilgrims when it was not motor marg route so they come from kedarnath and go to badrinath pilgrimage through this point.actually Pothibasa meaning is this Pothi mean bird and Basa mean stay  where are staying birds (Home of Birds) so named pothibasa it was much popular by birds because of birds come to stay at this point and at bank of mandakini river creasted kingfischer.common kingfischer.brown Dipper. Tawany Fish Owl.asian barred Owelt.bush family even on kanchula khark musk deer park and in mandal valley forest these all birds pictures taken by me while of bird watching around chopta valley I have covered  all species of birds if you are expecting bird watching in surroundings areas of kedarnath wildlife sanctuary in chopta-Tungnath chandrashila peak trek deoriatal lake and nearby on mandakini river Kakragaad in dis.rudraprayag in indian state of Uttarakhand so join me moslty i do birding tour package which includes everything accomoodaton food guide charge even i can arrange vehicle from rishikesh or neardy airport from dheradun for pick up and drooping so let me know if you are expecting birding trip in chopta valley and in kumaon region in Sattal also i live in ukhimath town nearby chopta valley from where i do birding tour myself leave a message or call me Bharat WhatsApp +91-9719875326 or call on 9456108780

Himalayan Bulbul

White Capped Water Redstart

Common Hoopo

Grey Bushchat

Spotted Forktail

Pink Browed Rosefinch

Grey Treepie

Shikra

At 

At Chopta Valley 

Valley Of Flowers National Park

Valley of Flowers National Park  is located at 3,658metrs in bhyundar valley in dis. Chamoli in Indian state of uttarakhand garhwal himalaya known as alpine.land it's about 8km long so many flora and fauna found in this valley wildlife.himalayan birds valley is surrounded by snow capped mountains Frank S. Smythe-mountaineer explore.botanist who camped here in several weeks in monsoon of 1937 and did valuable exploratory work this park is come under Nanda Devi biosphere reserve.scentuary above side is mountain range of zanskar. valley was declared a national park in 1982 and now this is in one of world heritage pushpawati river come from above side of mountains of valley of flowers and after ghangaria it flows in Bhyundar river as you see in pictures how to come valley of flowers national park.via rishikesh india to Joshimath and then in govindghat market. which is located on national highway of badrinath pilgrimage trek begins from  govindghat, this is 14km trek through nerrow valley .dense forest along with  Bhyundar Ganga.river till Ghangaria market which is base of valley of flowers and Hemkund sahib. From  Ghangaria to valley of flowers distance is 3km tourist visit to valley of flowers and come back for stay in ghangaria there is not allowed camping in park strictly tourist visit in park through some process according to forest department per Indian tourist have to pay 150rupies scentuary fees.for foreigners per person is 600rupies beside valley of flowers can be visited in Hemkund Sahib which is located on top this is 6km from Ghangaria market . hemkund is an glacial lake which is holy shrine of Sikh religion trek goes up to through  zigzag walk in month of August grow holy flower Brham Kamal above of hemkund area this flower is dedicated to god shiva in holy month sravan.July-august total it takes four days visit in valley from govindghat to valley of flowers - hemkund and come back down in base govindghat on main route national highway!

Roopkund Expedition Trek

The roopkund trek is succesfully done on 21st to 25.5.17 roopkund on is located at 5,029metrs  in regions of garhwal himalaya of uttarakhand we completed this in five days from starting point from lohajung to dedna village bedni bugyal.roopkund and back down in waan village bus staion this is an skeltons lake but no water on lake and in small size many rocks fell down in lake and it happens every year fall of rocks if you are expecting water on lake that's nothing hundreds of skeltons are there but nowadays all skeltons are coverd by heavy snowfalls so we could not see all even we did junargali paas too my only one client did effort to climb at junargali paas because of it was heavy snow on trek so junargali is higest point on the roopkund trek we can say an summit located at 5200metrs from this summit we can see closliy amaging views of nandaghunti peak and trishul peak after junargali paas,summit trek goes to downwords for ronti saddle expedition and homkund few years before i have been through this way to lata kopadi point to other side where finally we come out from narrow vellay in sithol village, where we can find vehicle and ghat.then in nandprayg on main route of badrinath national highway nowadays villagers camped below side of bhagubaasa Base camp of roopkund they are trying to find keda jaddi they find this by hard working digging to ground keeda means-insect and jadi means hurd because of this shape is like insect so this hurb called keeda jadi you can see picture  here in post in international level this price is so high people told us around 8lakh rupies for 1kg mostly export to China this hurd used for medicine increasing sexul power of human!