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Pelicans……..in India and elsewhere Pelicanus spp. It was in high school or the first year of undergraduate studies, that I first came across ‘Pelicans ‘in my Biology class. They are large water birds which are characterized by a very long beak, the lower mandible of which is modified into a large throat pouch. This is used for catching prey and draining the water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing....

The Sunshine Birds I see a bright flash of yellow in my backyard….and my heart is filled with joy and hope!  There is this feeling of ‘the sun is shining in the sky and all is well with the world’! Yes, here I am talking about the sunshine-yellow birds…the Eurasian Golden Oriole, the Common Iora, and the Purple-rumped Sunbird.  I call them  ‘the sunshine birds’ of my backyard. ...