Abstract
Sherpa: "You did bring a salt shaker
didn't you'"
LoRayne: "Well ... ah ... no. Why'"
Sherpa: " It 's the only thing that will
make the leeches drop off of you."
txcerptsfrom a pheasant trek,
5, 000 ft. Siang Kobang Valley,
Himalayas, Nepal
Looking out over the valley it finally
hit me just how really far away from
home I was ; far away from cars ,
phones, jets, and T.V. sets.
Hearing the ominous cry of a crested
serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela), I
shifted back into what was to be my
reality for the next ten days. I was part
of a team of interested people, biologists
and others , who all shared a
common bond - the deep love and
appreciation for pheasants.
References
Fleming, R. L., first edition, 19 76. Birds of
Nepal, Published by Nature Himalayas
Picozzi, N. 1985. W.P.A. Trek to Pipar. Central
Nepal, May 1985, unpublished.
Lelliot, A.D. 1981. Studies of Himalayan
Pheasants in Nepal with Reference to Their
Conservation, unpublished, M.Sc. thesis,
Durham.