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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. ...

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...

A Place called Durshet... Nature at its best! It was a surprise birthday gift from my husband - a couple of days at a place called Durshet. It took us about four to five hours of drive from Vapi, to reach there in the evening, just before sunset. Nestled in the picturesque Sahyadri hills, Durshet is quite close to Lonavala and Khopoli.  In fact, it is situated on...

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...