Lumbini, March 30 -- three years after its first recorded appearance in Nepal, northern wheatear, a rare migratory bird species, has been sighted again. The discovery comes exactly 24 days after the death of Clive Byers, the British ornithologist who first recorded the species in the country.

On March 28, nature guides Man Chaudhary, Manish Mahato, Amrit Mahato, Dinesh Mahato, and Kanchan Mahato spotted the bird on the banks of the Narayani river in Amaltari, within the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park. Man and Manish Mahato successfully captured photographs of the elusive visitor.

The timing is remarkably poignant. Clive Byers, a renowned illustrator and bird expert, passed away on March 4 at age 68. Byers, alongside Alan Adams, fi...