Download the October Calendar Wallpaper
Raptor on the road. DOWNLOAD THIS IMAGE AND SET IT AS YOUR CALENDAR WALLPAPER
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Le Question: What colour is the eye of the Sarus?
Seeing eye to eye with the Sarus Crane evokes a host of questions and the answers aren’t exactly simpleShashwat and I were driving along a small arterial road in Rae Bareli, checking out the pairs of Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) among the paddy fields on either side. It was the…
The September Wallpaper – yours to download and flaunt!
Sandeep Somasekharan presents the September wallpaper. Put this thirsty Purple-rumped Sunbird on your desktop. Download this file and make it your desktop calendar Disclaimer: This Green Ogre free download is hosted at File Factory, a third-party file storage service. For reasons best known to your ISP or your employer, depending…
Wordless Wednesday: The hues of advancing autumn
Photo: Sahastrarashmi Chopta, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand The Green Ogre – Birds, Wildlife, Ecology and Nature notes from India.
On The Wing: Indian Grey Hornbill
What goes flap-flap-glide, flap-flap-glide? A Grey Hornbill in flight!Grey hornbills (Ocyceros birostris) fly like tiny missiles — if not by speed, by profile. Flap-flap-glide, flap-flap-glide… when you see one pass by you can always expect another one to be close behind – usually its soulmate. This one was headed straight…
Wordless Wednesday – Sitting Duck
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Wordless Wednesday: Damsel drunk on daylight
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Download the Green Ogre August wallpaper
Sandy has been mulling over offering free wallpapers for a while and here’s his first gift to all Green Ogre readers. He made it one step better — these wallpapers double as calendars. Go to the link below and download the first one — for August. Spotbill Ducks (Anas poecilorhyncha)…
Wordless Wednesday – Who said three’s a crowd?
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Birding in Nagaland – a trip to Fakkim Wildlife Sanctuary
Atul Jain and friends track down the Spot-breasted Parrotbill, the Mountain Bamboo Partridge and other incredible birds at Fakkim Wildlife Sanctuary Mountain Bamboo Partridge The plan to visit Pungro and Fakkim WLS, Nagaland was hatched on “Emerald Blue”, the sailing boat which had taken us to Narcondam Island. The usual…
Wordless Wednesday: A Himalayan Riverscape
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On the Wing – The Great Hornbill
Nothing can prepare you for the awe-inspiring spectacle of a Great Hornbill, flying wild and free in its ancient forests The swooshing sound of the Great Hornbills’ wingsweeps resonates in the silence of the forest The Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) is found in the Western Ghats and the Himalayan foothills…
Rendezvous with the Narcondam Hornbill
Atul Jain, who has ticked 989 species of birds in the Indian subcontinent, ventured to the remote Andaman island of Narcondam and was rewarded with many prize sightings The Narcondam Hornbill is found nowhere else except on the remote Narcondam island The Andamans conjure a mystic image of a forgotten…
It’s Hornbill Week at The Green Ogre!
Monday through Friday, we explore hornbills and their habitats at The Green Ogre Hornbills are intriguing birds. You can never forget your first sighting of one, however uncharismatic the species. Charisma, by the way, is a misleading word, for all of us at The Green Ogre are crazy about hornbills.…
Wordless Wednesday – An Edgar Allan (Hoo)Poe mystery
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