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

Category: Wetlands

Pranayama with Bar-headed Geese – A Pilgrimage in Gadag

Pranayama with Bar-headed Geese – A Pilgrimage in Gadag

Bijoy VenugopalJanuary 10, 2025January 10, 2025

Bar-headed Geese are masters of pranayama, making use of atmospheric oxygen like few other birds can. In that sense, they are true yogis, and making a journey to see them is akin to a pilgrimage.

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.

On World Wetlands Day, some funerary fanfare at Bengaluru’s dying lakes

On World Wetlands Day, some funerary fanfare at Bengaluru’s dying lakes

Bijoy VenugopalFebruary 2, 2019February 20, 2024

That’s the way a wetland dies. It desiccates and seeps into memory, and then awaits a rain of retrospective wisdom that may never come.

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