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Spiny Babbler in India–Can you find one?

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?

Spiny Babbler by Manshanta Ghimire
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Tales from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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,...

Group photograph at Young Birders Event 2022 in front of the Cornell Lab
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Finding Vicky on Phawngpui!

"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...

Stripe-breasted Woodpecker
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“I notice, I wonder, it reminds me of”

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’.

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Exploring Birdlife of Thanamir, Nagaland: Search For the 200th!

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...

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Lockdown Birding Diaries— Some Birds Live to Eat or Die Eating

This is a guest post by Jignasa a.k.a Jigu Patel Some Birds Live to Eat or Die Eating I have been observing birds for a while now. Each individual has a unique personality. Some more careful, like my mother, while others are wild, like my best friend. Some are...

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Lockdown Birding Diaries— In Quest of A Heron

This is a guest post by Ramesh Shenai. As a naturalist by profession, he has lead many tours to premier wildlife destinations across India.  Other than birding and photography, he also enjoys writing about the natural world. His stories can be viewed on his blog....

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Lockdown Birding Diaries— Under The Ficus Tree

This is a guest post by Kaushik Sarkar, who is a nature enthusiast with great interest in avian ecology and interactions of birds with the modified environments and transitioning landscapes. He graduated with an MSc in Wildlife Biology and Conservation from NCBS...

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GBBC 2021: Stories from the field

Around 3000 eBirders in India participated in this year's Great Backyard Bird Count and Campus Bird Count. Birders across the country were busy organizing and conducting bird talks and walks, introducing new people to birds and bird watching. Here are some of the...

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Wild Bird Day 2020: Stories from the field

In 2018, we launched a new event called Wild Bird Day. This day-long event happens every year in October coinciding with the global birding event- October Big Day. The goal of the event is to watch and document birds in 24 hours and upload as many checklists as you...