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

Tag: birding

Encounter – The Himalayan Monal

Encounter – The Himalayan Monal

Bijoy VenugopalOctober 13, 2009March 9, 2015

Even a peacock must bow to this unchallenged monarch of mountain fowls, the majestic Himalayan Monal

Encounter – Black Francolin

Encounter – Black Francolin

Bijoy VenugopalMarch 29, 2009January 12, 2013

All right, shoot me. I have never had any luck with the Black Francolin.

Encounter: The Brain Fever bird

Bijoy VenugopalDecember 14, 2008June 15, 2015

When I was a child, the Brain Fever Bird was one of my mystery birds. Its plaintive call, rising to a feverish crescendo, kept me awake on many moonlit nights. I was to encounter the bird again, and again, and again, and each time the story wedged itself deeper in my imagination

Iruppu-Brahmagiri on foot

Iruppu-Brahmagiri on foot

Bijoy VenugopalMay 14, 2006April 10, 2023

Birdsong brings comfort to tired trekkers ascending to the heights of Brahmagiri in the Western Ghats

The birdwatcher at home

The birdwatcher at home

Bijoy VenugopalMay 14, 2006April 10, 2023

I had walked these fields as a child. Here is where I became a birdwatcher.

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