Last day of the Year

 

The last day of the year ending with a concert Commemorating Late .MS Shubhalaxmi, what an amazing evening May 2025 rock for all . HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

 

 

 

Satpada

 

Time at Chilca is just capital, as the sea gulls discover the taste of chips

 

 

 

Not just chips, even POPcorn will do

One images a day series - Day 1736, since lockdown, Dec 25th 2024

                                                                                          

Ruddy Shelducks typically arrive in the Himalayan region between October and November, and leave by March or April. Route of migration: Ruddy Shelducks migrate along the Central Asian Flyway, which is a major migratory route for birds that extends from the Arctic region to South Asia.

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To manasmara Jungle

 

17 riders headed to ManasMara jungle on a Sunday

 

 

 

The ride and company is more important then the destination

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqpmnpDLUMs

 

 

 

Siberian RubyThroat, comes all the

 

The Siberian Rubythroat, the visitor from Syberia spotted today at Jharkhand, the weather was all gloomy like it is in Siberia I presume, when we spotted the bird.

The Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope) is a small passerine bird first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776. It was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher of the family Muscicapidae.

It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in mixed coniferous forests with undergrowth in Siberia. It nests near the ground. It winters in Thailand, India, Indonesia and Bangladesh

 

Its approx 4283 km, so not as vast as we would have thought tiget, 

to put in perspoective its approx   Jamshedpur to meghalaya 2 trips, Up and Down included

Loss of a friend on the road Berry Thompson

 

Was so amazing to meet you and all our plans for visiting you in Montana will stay put for now, RIP dear friend  you will remain in our heart. 

 

I request all riders to please put the phone number of your dear ones on the stickers that you gift, it helps in time of crisis, like it happened with Berry and we( sukhbir singh )  received a  call for help thanks to our sticker on her bike, a stranger called us to get  help and we helped initiated the process...  may her soul RIP, keeping her on our heart,  even though we wont meet her on the road,,,

 

Red Avadavat

 

One images a day series - Day 1722, since lockdown, Dec 11^th     2024

 

The Red avidavat, aka strawberry finch  is a sparrow sized bird, found in fields,  chirpy and quick in its movement, the males are Red in color with spots all over and dark wings, females are grey bth both have Red beaks , found near water body and near paddy fields

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Verditter Flycatcher

 

 

The verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) is an Old World flycatcher It is found from the Himalayas through Southeast Asia to Sumatra^. This species is named after its distinctive shade of copper-sulphate blue and has a dark patch between the eyes and above the bill base. The adult males are intense blue on all areas of the body, except for the black eye-patch and grey vent. Adult females and sub-adults are lighter blue. Also seen in Bunta valley of Jharkhand

 

 

 watched intensly by some friends .

Tata- Bongaigaon, for NERM 2024 - part 1

3^rd Morning of Dec a week short since I broke my hand am back on my motorbike and headed out to Tura Meghalaya, map says will be 900+ km each way and I presume there will an additional 200- 300 km as we wander in Meghalaya so maybe 1200 km each way 

The event is NERM, the event of Bullet owners of the Seven sisters and 1 brothers + riders from Nepal, Bengal+Mumbai+Bihar+Gujrat +Madras, to name a few.

 

This would be my 4^th trip to Northeast for NERM, and boy were we excited felt good to be in the saddle again, This is a BYOT event aka Bring your own tent, and all other stuff one might need to sleep

 

 

The same bike I crashed with The Himalayan will be my steed on this trip.

 

We set off at 0600 hours on 3^rd Dec; we were set to traverse 600km approx. to Islampur, in West Bengal on the first leg of the journey.

 

 

We took out 1^st break after having crossed 250 km approx., where we met with another rider who was also headed to NERM

 

 

Living on coffee and ½ full tummy we were doing well, maintaining average of 80kmph, and well within the speed limit set, as we made our way.

 

 

We regrouped after 450 km; we were 150 km short of Islampur our night halt destination.  The roads were good expect 50 km after Dalkhola.

 

 

At ISlampur we met some friends who were also headed to NERM from Patna, now we 5 would be riding together the next day.

 

 

As we rode on, we stopped at a Tea estate to take in the sight and smell the fresh tea leaves, also to chew on some of the leaves before we were on our way again.

 

 

Today our destination was Bongaigaon in Assam; we chose to take a longer route and not the shortest as we rode, road conditions once again excellent for most part of the way 

 

 

We stopped for a late Brunch and whiled away almost 2 hrs chit chatting, we had crossed 3 states by now

 

 

 

We were at a Punjabi Dhaba and being winter we were happy to have bajra da roti and Sarson Da saag.

 

we were back on our bikes by 1300 hours and headed off towards Bongaingaon once again, 

 

Approx at 1740 hours darkness set in and we made friends with 3 lovely girls who are preparing for there 10th Standard exams.

 

 

WE decided to look u up Google and get our self a hotel nearby, with an enclosure for security of our bikes, and just so we did not have to unload our bags for the night , Hotel Lucky was what we went with near the station, very basic hotel at Rs 1000/ room.

 We called it a day here , having completed 1000km odd till now and we would be going another 150 km to the venue at Tura.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter and birds start to come over

 

Sykes warbler, is an old world warbler, found in  Arabia to Turkestan, China to Afghanistan,  in winter it migrates to India, Sri lanka