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Orange-headed Thrush; a Guest Appearance…in my backyard Zoothera citrina   The other day, I was just standing by my bedroom window, enjoying the peace and serenity of my backyard which I often tend to do (I find it quite meditational) when I saw some movement on the ground.  At first, I thought it was a copper-pod flower, gently wafting down, this being the season for those golden-yellow blooms to fall...

A weekend in the Big Bear Lake City It was the second weekend after the lockdown was lifted in California in June 2020.  We had been confined to our home in Los Angelis, for almost three months.  My grandson was about four months old then, and the new parents really needed a change of scene.  So we took this opportunity to drive down to Big Bear Lake City. Big...

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...