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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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Prying on a leopard – Panthera pardon us!

December 8, 2015December 27, 2015 Andy

Wisdom and musings from a 50-minute encounter with a leopard in Nagarahole
Continue reading Prying on a leopard – Panthera pardon us!

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Tiger, tiger!

Three days in Corbett

December 7, 2015December 24, 2015 Arun

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

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Encounter with a picky eater – Carolina Anole

June 23, 2015 Sandy

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

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Encounter – Golden-bellied Gerygone

June 20, 2015June 22, 2015 Beej

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

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Life Around Black-Eyed Susan

June 2, 2015April 19, 2020 Nagesh Manay

‘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

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A Welcome Swallow at Barossa Reservoir in South Australia

Encounter – The Welcome Swallow

June 1, 2015May 31, 2015 Beej

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

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A handsome Australian Water Dragon at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary near Brisbane, Queensland

Encounter – The Australian Water Dragon

May 27, 2015May 25, 2015 Beej

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

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Note the bill - like a crow's. The Crow-billed Drongo is glossy black with a broad tail, less forked than the Black Drongo's

Encounter – The Hair-Crested Drongo

May 25, 2015July 5, 2020 Beej

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

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A male Sinai Agama in Sur, Sultanate of Oman

Encounter – The Sinai Agama

May 24, 2015May 25, 2015 Beej

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

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Encounter – The Galah or Rose-breasted Cockatoo

May 7, 2015May 6, 2015 Beej

In Aussie slang, its name means ‘loveable fool’. Meet the Galah, a common but nonetheless striking cockatoo found in Australia Continue reading Encounter – The Galah or Rose-breasted Cockatoo

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