Andy, who answers to the sonorous name of Anand Y, joined The Green Ogre in 2010, as fellow traveller and raconteur. A yen for history and geography, blended with a brooding philosophical mind and tempered by a gift for laboured puns, make his posts quite absorbing. Read all posts authored by Andy.
Now you see it, now you don’t. Whether it is stalking prey or just being scarce, the Desert Cat is an elusive customer that inhabits the magical landscape of Banni Grasslands. Continue reading Kutch Diaries – Spying on the elusive Desert Cat
In the Banni grasslands of Kutch, raptors hold sway, holding sway over sky, scrub and tree-line Continue reading Kutch Diaries: Up close with the raptors of Banni
Continuing the Kutch Diaries, with close encounters with three different species of sandgrouse in Banni grasslands Continue reading Kutch Diaries – Going Waku Waku with Sandgrouse in Banni
On a wintry morning in Kutch, we waited among the dense Salvadora bushes for a glimpse of a rare winter visitor from West Asia – the Grey Hypocolius Continue reading Kutch Diaries – Breakfast with the Grey Hypocolius
Introducing a lovely series of reminiscences from Andy’s travels in Kutch from the winter of 2018. Stay tuned. Continue reading Kutch Diaries: A whiff of the Rann
Sailing to Gudvangen amid the fjords of Norway is a veritable geography lesson. And Douglas Adams wasn’t off the mark in his description of the country Continue reading Gudvangen, where Norse mythology lives
Beholding a sea of red poppies in the Netherlands spills forth a voyage of musings and memories of pages thumbed. Take a walk with Andy Continue reading Musings amid a sea of poppies
In the Netherlands, flowers are blooming, waterfowl are cackling. The days are growing longer. Spring is here and a new cycle of seasons has begun Continue reading Spring arrives in the Netherlands
Notes on sightings from a birding walk at Karnala Bird Sanctuary with BNHS on Dr Salim Ali’s birthday Continue reading Rewind: Notes from a birding walk at Karnala Bird Sanctuary with BNHS on Dr Salim Ali’s birthday
Hunting, teaching her cubs to hunt, protecting them, and guarding her prey base from competition… for Choti Tara, being a tiger mother is a full-time job. A day out with the resident queen of Jamni grassland in Tadoba and her royal twins Continue reading Tadoba Diaries – At work with Tiger Mother Choti Tara
In Tadoba’s Tigerland, the distinction of the most talked-about couple that evening didn’t go to the pair of tigers we saw, but to the Indian Tree Shrew Continue reading Tadoba Diaries – Taming the Tree Shrew, third time lucky
At Telia, in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, a tiger played hide and seek in the tall sallow grass. Until its yawn gave its presence away Continue reading Tadoba Diaries – At Telia, the tiger’s yawn gave it away