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The White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis It all began with…… It all began with a melodious call I heard about 27 years ago…. This bird used to sing somewhere outside, at precisely 6.30 a.m., like an alarm clock reminding me to wake my son up for school, when we were in Ambarnath.  We shifted to Delhi after that, and the call got pushed to the back of...

The Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi​​​​​​ It was about twenty years ago that my husband gifted me with my first book about birds- ‘101 common Indian birds’ by Dr. Salam Ali and Laeeq Futehally. We were staying in Delhi at the time and he had got it from an exhibition at Pragati maidan. It was one of the best gifts he had given...

Aditi’s Bird Registry Please click the hyperlinks to access each bird. Accenters Alpine Accenter Black-throated Accenter Rufous-breasted Accenter Ashy Prinia Ashy Woodswallow Asian Koel Babblers Common Babbler Barbets Brown-headed Barbet Coppersmith Barbet Great Barbet Bee-eaters Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Green Bee-eater Rufous-headed Bee-eater Black-winged Stilt Bulbul Eastern Yellow-vented Bulbul Himalayan Bulbul Red-vented Bulbul Red-whiskered Bulbul...

GANESHGUDI....WHAT A REVELATION!   I fell in love with North Karnataka when I visited Sirsi. I vowed to continue my affair with the region and visit it soon! It took me all of four years to visit again, this time to Ganeshgudi.  I was looking forward to this journey, specially after the lockdowns, and social isolation of  not meeting friends or relatives for...