Eaglenest and Bompu Camp in particular is one of the best places of India to see the enigmatic Beautiful Nuthatch. We saw two birds at a pretty close range in a flock of Cutias and Sultan Tits, which they often follow. It was dense mist and heavy rain when I first spotted the birds, but luckily the birds followed the road for a while and a few minutes later, the mist cleared a little up, and I was able to take a few photographs. Beautiful Nuthatch has a broad range encompassing Bhutan, north-east India, west, north and east Myanmar, south-east Yunnan, China, East and West Tonkin, north Vietnam, and north and central Laos, with a few records from extreme north-west Thailand. It is rare everywhere and very locally distributed throughout this range. Recent records suggest that Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh in India, north Myanmar and Laos support the most important populations. The species is listed by IUCN as vulnerable. Main reason is habitat distruction: the species requires pristine dense mountain evergreen forest, with large trees, plenty of epiphytes.