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Nov 28, 20211 min read
#Birdguide - Tailorbird
Tailorbirds appear at my window everyday. These are the most common birds near my house and I can hear their sounds nearly throughout the...
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Oct 1, 20211 min read
#Birdword - Balcony birding
During the Covid Lockdown, the term Balcony birding has become very popular. Since we were indoors, balcony birding comes to the rescue....
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Sep 6, 20211 min read
#Birdguide - Yellow-billed Babbler
The Yellow - Billed Babbler is usually seen in groups calling and foraging for food. It has a weak flight and like other babblers is not...
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Jul 7, 20211 min read
#Birdword - Bird photography
Bird photography is a category of wildlife photography. As the name suggests, it is photography of birds in their natural habitat. There...
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May 18, 20211 min read
#Birdguide - Jacobin Cuckoo
(Clamator jacobinus) Also called as pied cuckoo or pied crested cuckoo, it is a brood parasite like other cuckoo species. A brood...
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May 15, 20211 min read
#Birdguide - Indian Bluejay
Scientific name - Coracias Benghalensis Also called the Indian Roller, the Indian Bluejay is found primarily in India particularly in...
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Apr 29, 20211 min read
#Birdword - Eye-Pinning
Also known as eye flashing, it is a behaviour mostly exerted by parrots. Parrots use it as a type of communication without making any...
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Apr 10, 20211 min read
#Birdword - Mantle
Mantle in humans means a cloak or a covering while in birds it comprises of the feathers just below the nape. It forms a V-shape under...
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Apr 6, 20211 min read
#Birdword - Nape
Nape, often confused for hindneck, is a small area at the base of the neck while the hindneck is the entire back of the neck. Passerine...
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Apr 4, 20211 min read
#Birdword - Preening
Preening is a behaviour in birds where they groom themselves. The birds which may have tiny organisms on them, have their feathers...
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Mar 17, 20211 min read
#Birdword - Twitching
Although many people confuse twitching with birding, they are both very different from each other. Twitching is a British term used to...
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Mar 14, 20211 min read
Beginner Birding @ Lalbagh
Today we observed 91 birds of 28 different species, all near where we live in Lalbagh Botanical Park, Bangalore. We never imagined that...
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Nov 6, 20201 min read
#Birdword - Birding
What is birding? Birding is almost the same as birdwatching but there is a very subtle difference. Simply put, bird-watchers look at...
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Sep 3, 20201 min read
#Birdword - Birdwatching
What is birdwatching? Birdwatching is studying, photographing or even just going to a forest to identify birds for pleasure. Birdwatching...
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