Inspired by Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees, Satya Viswanathan goes exploring the forest that inspired its author. Forest-bathing among the oaks, aspens and beeches of Eifel, she comes away feeling a human connection, and maybe something more… Continue reading Where Trees Are Storytellers — Walking in Wohlleben’s Woodwide Web
Neowise has been lighting up the skies for the past few days. Sandeep Somasekharan rides to the countryside for a glimpse of the celebrity comet Continue reading Comet watching : Neowise aka C/2020 F3
Starting in 2016, Praveen Tangirala has kept a close eye on Doddanekundi Lake, the large wetland in his neighbourhood that hosts a wealth of bird life. Besides the obvious delights that birding at the lake brings, he is also wary of the environmental threats that endanger its fragile but resilient ecology. Continue reading Doddanekundi Lake – A birder’s journal
Now you see it, now you don’t. Whether it is stalking prey or just being scarce, the Desert Cat is an elusive customer that inhabits the magical landscape of Banni Grasslands. Continue reading Kutch Diaries – Spying on the elusive Desert Cat
Ravens, choughs, blackbirds… the stars of the snow-white alpine playground of the Swiss Alps are mostly black. A birding diary from the fabled Jungfrau region Continue reading Birdsong in Grindelwald – Notes from the Bernese Alps
Teakettle… teakettle. The Carolina Wren, though diminutive, makes its presence felt with its big, loud voice. Continue reading Faces at a Feeder: Meet the Carolina Wren
In the Banni grasslands of Kutch, raptors hold sway, holding sway over sky, scrub and tree-line Continue reading Kutch Diaries: Up close with the raptors of Banni
Lockdown birding gets a boost with the arrival of a nesting family of Northern Cardinals at a North Carolina home feeder. Here’s the first post of an absorbing pictorial series Continue reading Faces at a Feeder: Northern Cardinal
While the lockdown brings birds and beasts out into the cities, clandestine moves are underway to destroy the pristine forests in which they live. Praveen Tangirala recounts a birdwatching trip to the beautiful Kali Tiger Reserve in Dandeli, great stretches of which are threatened to be swallowed up by the proposed Hubbali-Ankola railway line Continue reading Bird-watching in Dandeli’s fragile forest
Continuing the Kutch Diaries, with close encounters with three different species of sandgrouse in Banni grasslands Continue reading Kutch Diaries – Going Waku Waku with Sandgrouse in Banni
A photographic quest for the Milky Way under truly dark skies on Sunday, April 26, which marks the end of the Dark Sky Week organized by the International Dark Skies Association Continue reading Embracing darkness – celebrating the night sky
Tiger or dhole? What floats your boat? Notes from a safari in Kabini while suffering the company of Serious wildlife photographers Continue reading Why so serious? Eavesdropping on dogs and cats at Kabini