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It's summer time in the forests of the lower Himalaya, and also breeding time for birds... The 'Three Cheers' bird is the erstwhile Black-capped Sibia now known as the Rufous Sibia, seen here in the company of a White-cheeked Bulbul, a vocal Hill or Himalayan Barbet and a pair of Kokla or Wedge-tailed Green Pigeons on a Toon tree. Seen after is a female Thrush - which species? And a gaggle of White-throated Laughing Thrushes turning leaves on the forest floor, to look for insects and grubs. A Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler pecks at small black berries on a shrub. A Kokla hariyal or Green Pigeon seen in Motidhar, Landour. Uttarakhand, India. See the sun wane and shine, with time, and how the colours of the bird's feathers radiate that sunshine! Kokla or Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon The Wedge-t
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