Tender, funny, macabre – three wild tales from a weekend in the Anthropocene
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
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The night the moon blushed red
It was a cold, windy night on the coast of North Carolina. But there was a celestial event that brought one determined photographer out to gaze skyward – the blood moon!
In the Andamans, nature is an artist
The Andamans. Looking out of the window of a passenger aircraft descending to land, it looks like any other mass of land. Look closely you will see the work of a maverick artist with a sense of humour
Wordless Wednesday: The hues of advancing autumn
Photo: Sahastrarashmi Chopta, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand The Green Ogre – Birds, Wildlife, Ecology and Nature notes from India.
Book Review: Life’s Grandeur by Stephen Jay Gould
Eminently readable, Stephen Jay Gould’s Life’s Grandeur is a must for anyone who wants to understand Darwin better Stephen Jay Gould (Sep 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) is one of the best known and most influential writers on the Theory of Evolution. The author of more than two dozen…
On The Wing: Indian Grey Hornbill
What goes flap-flap-glide, flap-flap-glide? A Grey Hornbill in flight!Grey hornbills (Ocyceros birostris) fly like tiny missiles — if not by speed, by profile. Flap-flap-glide, flap-flap-glide… when you see one pass by you can always expect another one to be close behind – usually its soulmate. This one was headed straight…
Encounter: Malabar Grey Hornbill
The next time you hear a chuckle from the treetops or endearing squeaks and musical caws, look out for the Malabar Grey Hornbill. Or maybe a whole flock! What’s so different about the Malabar Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros griseus) compared with the other three hornbills found in the Western Ghats? The…
Wordless Wednesday – Sitting Duck
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Encounter: Dhole – the Indian wild dog
Watching one of our most efficient predators in the wild is a treat and a privilege. Most people might be obsessed with cats, but give it up for the Dhole, our very own wild canid Just after I told my wife how endangered the Indian wild dog or Dhole (Cuon alpinus) was,…
The Green Ogre Weekend Update August 7
It’s been a high traffic week at The Green Ogre. This week we gave away our first freebie — a wallpaper download that doubles as an August calendar. Got it yet? Snakes have always got the wrong end of the stick. So it was with trepidation (for the snake, of…
An intimate encounter with the lovely Red Cassia
The brilliant brick reds, salmon-pink and yellow of Cassias light up avenues even as summer wears out its welcome. Sahastrarashmi presents an intimate encounter with the flowering tree as never experienced before Studio portrait of Red Cassia – the yellow (possibly hybrid) variation Studio portrait of Red Cassia – the brick-red…
Raptor Friday: Long Billed / Indian Vulture.
Vultures are the most misunderstood of birds despite the fact that Hindu mythology associates them with virtue rather than evil. In the last decade, our callousness has led to a huge decline in their numbers. But it isn’t too late, we think… Vultures are not really everybody’s favourite birds. Traditionally,…
Book Review: The Goan Jungle Book
Hidden Pleasures THE GOAN JUNGLE BOOK BY NIRMAL KULKARNI HERPACTIVE PUBLICATIONS INR 300 This book could have used the services of an editor and inept printing has muddied many photographs. That said, it warmed my heart to read it. These illustrated essays on Goa’s wildlife, though by no means styled…
Wordless Wednesday: Damsel drunk on daylight
Photo: Sandeep Somasekharan See all Wordless Wednesdays The Green Ogre – Birds, Wildlife, Ecology and Nature notes from India.
Download the Green Ogre August wallpaper
Sandy has been mulling over offering free wallpapers for a while and here’s his first gift to all Green Ogre readers. He made it one step better — these wallpapers double as calendars. Go to the link below and download the first one — for August. Spotbill Ducks (Anas poecilorhyncha)…