This is the third in a new series focussing on Patch Birding. In this series we highlight birders who have been faithfully visiting their patch, through this, learning the details of the birdlife and its seasonality there. 1. Please tell us about yourself: where do...
Please tell us a bit about yourself. What do you do and where do you live? Hi, I am Sandhya Lenka, a homemaker from Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Currently, I am residing in Kolkata, West Bengal. When and how did you get interested in birding? I got interested in bird...
This is the second in a new series focussing on Patch Birding. In this series we highlight birders who have been faithfully visiting their patch, through this, learning the details of the bird life and its seasonality there. 1. Please tell us about yourself: where...
Please tell us a bit about yourself. What do you do and where do you live? I am Avinash Sharma, born and brought up in Mumbai. Since 2015, I have been living in Pune. I am into Project Operations. I’m fun-loving and humorous by nature. Wildlife is something that I...
This is the first in a new series focussing on Patch Birding. In this series we highlight birders who have been faithfully visiting their patch, through this, learning the details of the bird life and its seasonality there. 1. Please tell us about yourself: where...
We are proud to bring you a Q&A with a wonderful young birder, Taukeer Alam Lodha. Do read on and we're sure you'll be impressed and inspired! Once you've read this Q&A, there's more about Taukeer at these links: Mongabay: Binoculars showed the way to this...
Please tell us a bit about yourself. What do you do and where do you live? I've lived all my life in Chennai. I've always found animals fascinating, which is why I chose to study Zoology as a subject. And today, I teach Zoology at the undergraduate level. I love...
While most birders find warblers as difficult subjects, Santanu Manna finds them fascinating and is always up for the challenge to identify them. A school teacher based in Kolkata, he never loses any opportunity to go birding during the holidays. Here is more about...
Selvaraj Rangasamy is the backbone of Coimbatore Nature Society (CNS), a birding group, organizing bird walks every Sunday, without a break, since 2012. We spoke to him about his fascination for birds (in English and Tamil). 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself....
Astrophysicist Dhruba Saikia says that for him finding a new bird that he has never seen before is as exciting as finding a new galaxy. Here is more about how he started birding. Please tell us a bit about yourself. What do you do and where do you live? Presently,...
From coastal lands to scrublands, mountains to rainforests, traveling to spot birds has been a passion for Sudeshna Dey. Here is more about Sudeshna in her own words... 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself. What do you do and where do you live? I started...
Sharad Apte is one of the pioneers of bird sound recording in India. Here, he shares his passion for birds and their vocalisations. 1. Please tell us bit about yourself. What do you do and where do you live? I live in Sangli in south Maharashtra, 45 km east of...
