Lockdown Birding
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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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Lockdown Birding Challenge Results

The Lockdown Birding Challenge ran from 27 March to 16 May 2020. The idea was to try and turn a difficult time into a positive contribution towards understanding India's birds. The basic idea was to watch birds every day, twice a day (morning and evening) in a...

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Lockdown Birding Challenge

The Lockdown Birding Challenge ran from 27 March to 16 May 2020. See here for a summary of results. While the country is under lockdown, what better way to turn this into a positive contribution than to record the birds around your home? Do you see species you...