Monday, December 12, 2016

Alpine Migratory Duck

Nepal is heaven  among bird watchers because of its varied landscape stretched from the foot hill of terai to the Mount Everest roof of the world. Among all those birds today on this blog we are talking about on bird that is found in the lake of high altitude. 

The bird is called Alpine migratory duck. It looks very golden and some look golden brown. These kinds of birds can be found in the lake of Gokyo lake4800M, Tilicho lake4900M, Lake mansarovar4556M, Gangapurna lake3400M, Foksundo Lake3612M, Rara lake3500M.
Alpine migratory bird in Goky Lake 4800M


These birds used to migrate from one place to another place during summer and winter time. The above mentioned lakes are the home for these birds. These birds have special lungs function so they can reach so high like 5500/6000M during the flight. If you have intrest on exploring many tropical/arctic birds Nepal would be your best choice. Himalayan smile treks & adventrue offers several tours for bird watchers. we have discount  provision for student, volunteer and researchers. 

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