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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...

Times Passion Trail - Day 3: Nal Sarovar   I had already been to Nal Sarovar about three years ago.  The earlier trip, spread over two sessions at Nal Sarovar and Vadla dam, fetched me wonderful pictures of several dozens of birds, almost 80% of which were lifers!  However, I was equally excited to visit the place once again. Nal Sarovar bird sanctuary consists of a beautiful lake and ambient...

The Avifauna of Sirsi.  Birds & Wildlife   It was in June 2016, that I visited Sirsi in Uttara Kannada, for a week.  It was a vacation with my siblings and their spouses. We stayed at a beautiful Jungle resort, on the outskirts of Sirsi, bang in the middle of a tropical evergreen forest.  Our arrival early in the morning, from Kumta Railway Station, probably added to the charm of...

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...