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.
To shoot a mockingbird was the ultimate quest. After a year of waiting, it finally happened. Meet the many-tongued mimic – the Northern Mockingbird Continue reading Northern Mockingbird – the many-tongued mimic
Wisdom and musings from a 50-minute encounter with a leopard in Nagarahole
Continue reading Prying on a leopard – Panthera pardon us!
Three days in Corbett National Park and Arun Menon returns with a bushel full of lifers… and the sighting of his life leaves us burning bright – with envy! Continue reading Three days in Corbett
One thing is clear after watching this Carolina Anole wrestle a stick-fast caterpillar off its leafy perch – this picky eater really loves its greens Continue reading Encounter with a picky eater – Carolina Anole
Mangrove forests are among the most inaccessible habitats. But it was one at Pranburi in Thailand that I met the Golden-bellied Gerygone singing its lush, soulful song Continue reading Encounter – Golden-bellied Gerygone
‘Stop and smell the roses,’ they say. But they are not talking about the garden. And when they talk about the garden, they are talking merely of flowers. Life, unseen, thrives among the clefts between observed and unobserved. A versified photo-essay by Nagesh Manay Continue reading Life Around Black-Eyed Susan
The Aristotelian phrase ‘One swallow doesn’t make a summer’ doesn’t quite apply in the case of the Welcome Swallow, which was named by Australian farmers eager for its arrival in the spring Continue reading Encounter – The Welcome Swallow
The charismatic Australian Water Dragon can be seen sunning itself on the outskirts of Australian cities. As its name implies, it is wedded to water Continue reading Encounter – The Australian Water Dragon
That’s no crow. That’s a Crow-billed Drongo. Notice the thick, slightly down-curved bill, very like a crow’s. In every other aspect of behaviour, it’s one hundred percent drongo Continue reading Encounter – The Hair-Crested Drongo
Oman does not have a lot of large charismatic wildlife but some of the small creatures, almost trampled underfoot, are spectacular. Like this stunning Sinai Agama Continue reading Encounter – The Sinai Agama