As the Wild Mango Tree Saw It
June 01, 2019
It was the end of a long hot day in the Kagneri reserve forest of Sakleshpur, Karnataka. As dusk neared, the relentless summer sun slowly began to ease. A gurgling […]
Cities and Canopies
May 15, 2019
Cities and Canopies – Trees in Indian Cities Written by Harini Nagendra & Seema Mundoli About the Book What lies at the intersection of history, culture and ecology in […]
The Kabini Surprise
May 15, 2019
This is the fourth in a multi-part series about retracing Dr. Salim Ali’s ‘Mysore Bird Survey’. Also read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. One of the surprise […]
Drongos of Karnataka
May 01, 2019
Have you seen a conventionally unattractive little black bird, feistily defending its territory, and bravely chasing large eagles many times its own size? You’ve just seen a drongo! I never […]
Chikmagalur: Birding with a Coffee Flavour
May 01, 2019
In the late 1990s, as a student in Manipal, I discovered that the hills I gazed at from my hostel window were a two-hour bus ride away. A school chum […]
In Pursuit of an Elusive Tit
April 15, 2019
This is the third in a multi-part series about retracing Dr. Salim Ali’s ‘Mysore Bird Survey’. Read Part 1 and Part 2. The White-naped Tit (Machlolophus nuchalis) is an endemic […]
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