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Nature’s Layers Unravelled – Encounters with birds, beasts, and relatives

Category: TL;DR

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Not exactly known for your attention span? Here’s help. Try these quick reads on birds, nature, and wildlife designed for the curious but impatient!

TL;DR – Why did the wintering Grey Wagtail sing?

TL;DR – Why did the wintering Grey Wagtail sing?

Bijoy VenugopalFebruary 9, 2025February 16, 2025

A migratory Grey Wagtail singing in winter is an oddity. So, why was this one singing?

TL;DR – Death Stalks Like A Marabou Stork

TL;DR – Death Stalks Like A Marabou Stork

Bijoy VenugopalJuly 24, 2024July 24, 2024

Meet Africa’s Marabou Stork. Its unfeathered head and neck give this scavenger a calm and patient mien of morbidity.

TL;DR – What colour are a Black-winged Kite’s eyes?

TL;DR – What colour are a Black-winged Kite’s eyes?

Bijoy VenugopalFebruary 13, 2024February 15, 2024

Look closely at the eyes of a Black-winged Kite. Are they red? Or orange? Or yellow? The eyes will tell you if you are looking at an adult or a juvenile bird.

TL;DR – White-naped Woodpecker Double Bill

TL;DR – White-naped Woodpecker Double Bill

Bijoy VenugopalNovember 16, 2023November 16, 2023

Seeing one White-naped Woodpecker is exciting. Seeing a pair at work in the woodland is a bonus. And here’s a fun fact about the bird’s Latin name.

TL;DR – No Ugly Ducklings

TL;DR – No Ugly Ducklings

Bijoy VenugopalSeptember 18, 2023September 14, 2023

There are no ugly ducklings. And here’s proof! Just one look at these adorable young Indian Spot-billed Ducks and you’ll want to adopt them

TL;DR – Little Grebe, Holy Diver, Tireless Parent

TL;DR – Little Grebe, Holy Diver, Tireless Parent

Bijoy VenugopalSeptember 14, 2023November 16, 2023

Little Grebes are tiny wetland birds specially adapted for diving in search of food. Each dive can last up to 30 seconds!

TL;DR – Pheasant-Tailed Jacanas in Love

TL;DR – Pheasant-Tailed Jacanas in Love

Bijoy VenugopalSeptember 12, 2023September 11, 2023

Pheasant-tailed Jacanas exhibit polyandry, a reversal of sexual roles in which a female courts and maintains a harem of males

TL;DR – Black-winged Stilts, helicopter parents

TL;DR – Black-winged Stilts, helicopter parents

Bijoy VenugopalSeptember 11, 2023September 10, 2023

Black-winged Stilts are anxious parents, always patrolling their nesting sites. Predators get a brutal sendoff.

TL;DR: Oriental Skylark, Grassland Songster

TL;DR: Oriental Skylark, Grassland Songster

Bijoy VenugopalSeptember 10, 2023January 15, 2024

Bring the grasslands back, rethink mindless tree-planting projects, and we will begin to hear the skylark again.

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