Margalla Hills Shine with Rain
Hello everyone, RMK here. After having some fabulous moments with islbirder and the wolves in Bishop’s Castle at Tony’s farm in Shropshire, UK, I am back in Pakistan with memories that will last a long time in my life. Here in Islamabad, the weather still is hot and temperature stays around 35 degrees during the day. However, the temperature at night falls to 27 degrees and that means that winter birds are no longer away from the thick vegetation of Margalla Hills. On the 10 September, I decided to visit the northern track at Makhnial village and find if any winter migrants have joined the resident birds. As always ZR, the motivation for me after islbirder, was ready for the trip and we were accompanied by Imran (the guy who has seen more birds than anyone else in Pakistan). We left Islamabad and driving over the zigzagged tracks of the national park reached Makhnial village. Along the way we found this beautiful Indian Roller. Indian Roller