A small team set out to explore one of India’s least studied regions — the northern Deccan — and discovered thriving House Sparrows, unexpected parakeet champions, vanishing grassland specialists, and new breeding records of threatened waterbirds. This ongoing journey reveals the importance of systematic surveys in landscapes often overlooked.
From bustling campuses to quiet backyards, birders across India took part in GBBC 2025 and shared their most memorable moments. These stories capture the joy, surprise, and community spirit that make birdwatching truly special.
Read about Harish Thangaraj and Sudhir Paul's remarkable journey in finding one of India’s rarest woodpeckers, hidden in a rugged, arid landscape near fortified borders—an area rarely explored by birders.
Amid a personal struggle with mental health, Nidhi Solanki found unexpected solace in birdwatching. In this blog, she shares how the simple act of observing birds helped her reconnect with herself and find peace during a difficult time
It's highly likely that the Yellow-rumped Honeyguide can be found in the high-elevation river valleys on the western side of Pir Panjal and other mountain valleys like Gurez in Jammu and Kashmir. This elusive species awaits its first discovery in these regions..
"We did not see it till the 8th June, when in the evening we heard its perpetual tic-tic- tic in the dusk"–Long-billed Bush Warbler
Spiny Babbaler, an enigmatic species, is thought to be endemic to Nepal. Could it also occur on the Indian side, in either Uttarakhand or West Bengal/ Sikkim?
Read on to learn more about Shakti Vel's quest to find a rare subspecies of warbler—a subspecies exclusive to the Andaman islands—and his being the first photographic record!
This is a guest post by Vyom Vyas April 2022- It was past midnight. The air outside was hot and muggy. I was in my study room when suddenly I heard a pop - an email alert. The sender of the email was The Cornell Lab of Ornithology! I started reading the email,...
"It was first discovered in March and April 1953 and once again during extensive surveys of the mountains in February and May 1997. To most the bird was a mythical inhabitant that had all but disappeared"- Says Puja Sharma, an avid birder and bird sound-recordist...
A lot happens in the space between seeing or hearing a bird, and entering it as an observation on eBird. The Purple Sunbird that you saw carrying nesting material was more than just ‘PuSu (eBird shortcode for Purple Sunbird), nesting- check, female- check’.
This article is written by Kaushik Sarkar. In this post, he talks about his experience in Thanamir, Nagaland, where he spent more than a month training a group of young enthusiasts in birdwatching and systematic bird monitoring. Read on to know more about his work...
