Stargazing on the Appalachian Trail
Recounting a quest for the Milky Way along the Appalachian Trail in August
Where Trees Are Storytellers — Walking in Wohlleben’s Woodwide Web
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…
Comet watching : Neowise aka C/2020 F3
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
Doddanekundi Lake – A birder’s journal
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.
Kutch Diaries – Spying on the elusive Desert Cat
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.
Birdsong in Grindelwald – Notes from the Bernese Alps
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
Faces at a Feeder: Meet the Carolina Wren
Teakettle… teakettle. The Carolina Wren, though diminutive, makes its presence felt with its big, loud voice.
Kutch Diaries: Up close with the raptors of Banni
In the Banni grasslands of Kutch, raptors hold sway, holding sway over sky, scrub and tree-line
Faces at a Feeder: Northern Cardinal
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
Bird-watching in Dandeli’s fragile forest
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
Kutch Diaries – Going Waku Waku with Sandgrouse in Banni
Continuing the Kutch Diaries, with close encounters with three different species of sandgrouse in Banni grasslands
Embracing darkness – celebrating the night sky
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
Why so serious? Eavesdropping on dogs and cats at Kabini
Tiger or dhole? What floats your boat? Notes from a safari in Kabini while suffering the company of Serious wildlife photographers
Small World – A macro photographer zooms in on the big picture
Most visitors to Bangalore’s Kaikondrahalli and Kasavanahalli lakes celebrate their avian life, but Vedant Sapra takes a closer peek at the biodiversity that often goes unnoticed
Kutch Diaries – Breakfast with the Grey Hypocolius
On a wintry morning in Kutch, we waited among the dense Salvadora bushes for a glimpse of a rare winter visitor from West Asia – the Grey Hypocolius