Gaurav Singh
An accidental date where I found/lost “blue”... With each breath, I get intoxicated by the fragrance you emanate, a symphony of scents enveloping my being, like lazy Sunday moments. I am transported to those...
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Researchers’ Corner
Archita Sharma
If I were to go back, I would return to the misty winter of 2020, when I started learning mist-netting and bird banding in Kodaikanal. One of the first birds that I ever held in my hands and banded was the...
Garima Gupta
A recent experience at Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur particularly stands out to me. I had only a single day in the park, and to make the most of it, I spent nearly nine hours birding and walked over 15...
Bishal Thakuri
During the early years of my doctoral research, I accompanied my supervisor, Prof. Bhoj K. Acharya, for evening bird surveys in forest patches surrounding agropastoral landscapes of the northern part of...
Arjun Kannan
It was late in the evening at one of the watch towers at Velavadar National Park in Gujarat. Known to harbour the largest roost of Harriers in the world, Dr. Roger Clarke recorded around 3000 individuals...
Alex Jacob
I once had the opportunity to visit Kolhu Chaur in the Lansdowne Forest Division of Kotdwar, Uttarakhand, along with a group of nature enthusiasts. We spent four days trekking through the wilderness,...
Vallari Sheel
I have seen many interesting bird behaviours in Delhi that I had never thought possible in such a densely populated city. During my first field season (while conducting research for my PhD), I observed a...
Abhijith A V
Wayanad has always granted me countless memories, many of them from the time spent watching birds. But the memory lane of my tryst with the Legge’s Hawk Eagle stands out the most: not because of the bird...
Golusu Babu Rao
It was low tide; the mudflats were fully exposed, revealing high intertidal biodiversity. I scanned the area with my binoculars and noticed a group of shorebirds moving around the mudflat, pecking and probing...
Astha Chaudhary
In my first fieldwork experience in the arid landscape of Kutch, I was captivated by the region's rich species diversity. One day, while working with local communities in Fulay village, I heard an unfamiliar...
Dhanusha Kawalkar
Among my most memorable times on the field, there are numerous incidents involving the swiftlets, but my favourite remains when I first observed them feeding their chicks. I was amazed to learn how the...