Wordless Wednesday – Who said three’s a crowd?
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Encounter: Malabar Pit Viper
Little did we know that we were being watched by a silent and mysterious presence on a wooden beam behind us
Odisha Diary – Birds and rewards in Jeypore
Birds and spirited village women invite Jennifer Nandi’s careless attention as she enjoys Odisha’s pastoral countryside in Jeypore
The Green Ogre Weekend Update July 10
If you’ve missed anything this week, the weekend edition of The Green Ogre should sort you out… I’ve been away on a family vacation most of last week, soaking up the monsoon in south Goa. Rain-washed Goa is refreshing. The Western Ghats slope down in a verdant riot that skids to a…
Encounter: Monster Leeches
Pardon me for exaggerating the danger posed by leeches, for experience has not been kind to me
Encounter: Whining for a Vine Snake
For three days we roamed Agumbe despairing that no snake had slithered across our path. And then we had a stroke of Last Day’s Luck!
Encounter: The Dung Beetle’s Crappy Life
For the dung beetle, crap doesn’t just happen. It’s very happening!
Wordless Wednesday: Muddling, Puzzling Mud-puddling
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Monsoon Mating Mania
Monsoon in top gear is a season for an unabashed green orgy, and we voyeuristic Green Ogres clicked away shamelessly. So much for the birds and bees…
Encounter: Bicoloured Frog
It’s tiny and blends in completely with the leaf litter but once you spot it, the Bicoloured Frog is unmistakable
The Green Ogre Weekly Update July 3
What you missed while you were slaving away at the office If your office blocks the beautiful Internet that lies outside of your work network, and if you’re not too savvy about the whole proxy thing, you’ve probably missed out on an entire week’s worth of The Green Ogre. Fret…
On the wing: The Racket-tailed Drongo
The spectacle of a Racket-tailed Drongo in flight can make an air-show look like a cheap circus The Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) is quite a character. The funky hairdo over the beak, the long-flowing tail and its ability to mimic scores of other birds makes it one very interesting…
Encounter: The Malaysian Moon Moth
Bright yellow, almost 12 inches long and half a foot across, it seemed almost artificial among the bright green leaves where I found it. I wondered first if it was a life-like miniature kite that was stuck in the leaves. I called out to the Green Ogres and exclaimed “Butterfly!” and got a curt rap on the knuckles. “Moth!” Well, most of the moths I had come across hardly had the vivid patterns I was looking at, so I knew this one was special. We were looking at the Malaysian Moon Moth (Actias maenas)
Wordless Wednesday: The Orchid, the Slug and the Skipper
Those are pretty orchids, yes, but why are they crawling with slugs?
