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Category: Encounter

There’s always a first time. The Green Ogre’s ‘Encounter’ series describes memorable first meetings with birds, beasts, places, natural monuments and natural phenomena.

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False Malabar Gliding Frog (Rhacophorous pseudomalabaricus)

Kissing frogs in pouring rain – a herping diary from Munnar

November 24, 2022November 24, 2022 Vibhu Varshney

Love frogs and snakes but reluctant to get your boots muddy? Join Vibhu Varshney on a vicarious visual journey herping in God’s Own Country! Continue reading Kissing frogs in pouring rain – a herping diary from Munnar

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Carolina Wren

Faces at a Feeder: Meet the Carolina Wren

May 31, 2020May 30, 2020 Sandy

Teakettle… teakettle. The Carolina Wren, though diminutive, makes its presence felt with its big, loud voice. Continue reading Faces at a Feeder: Meet the Carolina Wren

Andy, Bird Behaviour, Birds, Encounter, Kutch Diaries, Travelogues1 Comment
Spotted Sandgrouse

Kutch Diaries – Going Waku Waku with Sandgrouse in Banni

April 29, 2020June 12, 2021 Andy

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

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A Sea Snake out of water

April 13, 2020April 11, 2020 Beej

Writhing on the beach under the glare of the sun and the heat of the fishermen’s ire, the Hook-nosed Sea Snake had little to choose between the devil and the deep sea Continue reading A Sea Snake out of water

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Anthropocene Wild Tales

Tender, funny, macabre – three wild tales from a weekend in the Anthropocene

March 14, 2019March 17, 2019 Beej

A rabbit-eating tortoise. An ungrateful parakeet. An orphaned baby bat. Three weird, funny and moving tales from the animal kingdom as it knocks heads with the Anthropocene Continue reading Tender, funny, macabre – three wild tales from a weekend in the Anthropocene

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Yellow-throated Bulbul

Encounter – Yellow-throated Bulbul at Rishi Valley

November 3, 2017January 5, 2018 Beej

From an apparition to a presence, the endangered Yellow-throated Bulbul regaled us with an appearance on a short birding walk at Rishi Valley. Continue reading Encounter – Yellow-throated Bulbul at Rishi Valley

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Colugo or Sunda Flying Lemur in Bako National Park

In Borneo, we met the Colugo – the Flying Lemur that isn’t

May 6, 2017May 6, 2017 Beej

Daytime wildlife spotting in the rainforest can be luckless. But then, walking the coastal trail at Bako National Park, we met the extraordinary Colugo aka the Sunda Flying Lemur Continue reading In Borneo, we met the Colugo – the Flying Lemur that isn’t

Andy, Animal Behaviour, Encounter, Mammals, Tiger2 Comments
The tiger yawned at Telia

Tadoba Diaries – At Telia, the tiger’s yawn gave it away

April 11, 2017 Andy

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

Animal Behaviour, Arun, Encounter, Mammals, Tiger4 Comments
Tiger looking at camera

Let the sleeping tiger lie – on meeting the big cat on foot

March 13, 2017March 14, 2017 Arun

What might happen when you chance upon a sleeping tiger in the heat of the forest? Especially when you are almost within kissing distance of it? Read on! Continue reading Let the sleeping tiger lie – on meeting the big cat on foot

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Flowering Gliricidia is a feast for the Tufted Gray Langur

March 8, 2017March 8, 2017 Beej

Few distractions can thwart a morning of birding, especially in late winter when it’s time to “clean up” the migrants. However, stopping to watch a troop of Tufted Gray Langur feast on flowering Gliricidia at Horsley Hills is certainly one Continue reading Flowering Gliricidia is a feast for the Tufted Gray Langur

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