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Birds, Conservation, Lakes7 Comments
Green Bee-eaters at Doddanekundi Lake

Doddanekundi Lake – A birder’s journal

June 18, 2020June 17, 2020 Praveen Tangirala

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

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World Wetlands Day Bengaluru Kasavanahalli Kaikondrahallli Bellandur

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

February 2, 2019February 2, 2019 Beej

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

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Great Backyard Bird Count - Rosy Starlings at Kaikondrahalli Lake

Great Backyard Bird Count – it’s a wrap

February 15, 2016 Beej

The Great Backyard Bird Count came to a close on Sunday evening, with nearly 70 species surveyed from three lakes in the neighbourhood. A surprisingly decent list for an otherwise unrewarding winter Continue reading Great Backyard Bird Count – it’s a wrap

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Encounter – Golden-bellied Gerygone

June 20, 2015June 22, 2015 Beej

Mangrove forests are among the most inaccessible habitats. But it was one at Pranburi in Thailand that I met the Golden-bellied Gerygone singing its lush, soulful song Continue reading Encounter – Golden-bellied Gerygone

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Common kingfisher, female

Encounter – Common Kingfisher

June 4, 2012July 15, 2012 Sandy

It was early days when I still hadn’t started birding seriously. A fun trip with some friends to Edamuri falls, near Mysore, more of a ‘get your feet wet’ trip. As we stood along the shore of the irrigation channel, taking … Continue reading Encounter – Common Kingfisher

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