Distribution of Indian vultures
On the annual Vulture Awareness Day, we take a look at our vultures' current distributions post the declines in the past 3 decades.
Patterns and Analysis
Birders documenting bird migration
Note: some of the animations in this post are large files, and may take a few minutes to load. Bird migration is one of nature's great wonders. But despite a long history of research on migration, there is still much to learn! In this article, let's take the...
Great Backyard Bird Count 2019–– Day 1 Results
Here is the situation at the end of Day 1 of the Great Backyard Bird Count. Note that the numbers on the GBBC live submissions site may differ somewhat from those presented here because of the time lag as well as slight differences in methods of calculation....
Wetland Bird Count: A Gateway to Citizen Science
A guest post by the members of the Perur Lake Forum - a group of birders who conducted surveys to monitor the state of Perur Lake in Coimbatore.
Bird Diversity of Panchayats– A case study from Kerala
A unique attempt made to quantify the bird diversity in Kerala's panchayats, municipalities and corporations..
Birds of Bhusawal Thermal Power Station, Maharashtra
A Patch Report by Lakshmikant Rajaram Neve This report describes the birds and other wildlife of the Bhusawal Thermal Power Station, Maharashtra. It is based primarily on the period March 2016 to May 2017, and is a summary of the winning report submitted to Bird...
The Rain Bird and the Monsoon
The Pied Cuckoo is well known to birdwatchers and in folklore as the bird that heralds the beginning of the monsoon. Legend has it that the 'chaatak' arrives just in advance of the rains. When the first Pied Cuckoo of the season is spotted, the rains can't be far...
Any black on the wings, Mr. Jungle Babbler?
The following article has been written by Chinmay Rahane. The classification of birds into different species, known as avian taxonomy, is a fluid subject. Bird species are being split quite frequently these days, often due to advances in molecular methods. These...
Pongal Bird Count 2017 – Results
The Pongal Bird Count (PBC), an initiative of the TamilBirds network, is an annual bird monitoring program. Take a look at the results of the third edition of this event PBC 2017 as well read descriptions of many memorable moments as recounted by several...
Three years of the Mysore Bird Atlas
The Mysore City Bird Atlas has completed three years of operation and summaries of the results for 2014-2016 are available to view and download! The Atlas is a systematic attempt to document the city's birds; both across the urban span and across two seasons:...
Endemic Bird Day 2016 Results
Saturday 14 May was a great success as Endemic Bird Day in India, with 204 birders uploading 592 lists to eBird - more than 13,000 bird observations! A total of 449 different species were recorded, and this was 56% of the 225 endemics that occur in South Asia....
Dry-land Birds Wing it to ‘Wet’ Kerala
This is a summary of an article by S. Gopikrishna Warrier in India Climate Dialogue, using eBird India data to demonstrate the range expansion of dry-land species, such as Indian Peafowl, Siberian Stonechat, Desert Wheatear and Red-headed Bunting, in Kerala. What...
