As the rains arrive, Nepal’s birds enter a season of change

As clouds enter over Nepal’s hills and plains, they bring the most life changing season of the year-the monsoon. In Nepal, monsoon is more than a weather pattern, it is a process which forms the topography, drives agricultural processes, alters water courses and transforms the behavior of people and wildlife. Monsoon season usually begins in early June and lasts until late September, bringing around 80 percent of the country’s annual rainfall.

During monsoon brown hills become green, forests become dense, wetlands expand and insect populations increase.