As a kid I was always fascinated by the thought of Peregrine falcon as the fastest bird on earth. Later when I started birding as a 12 years old I realized that Peregrine falcons are found all over the Indian Subcontinent. But it took me more than 10 years to bump into one near Bangalore.
Falcons are known as a…

Bangalore the ‘Garden city’ is more of ‘city of lakes’ to me. Even the news does not covers gardens any more, as the lakes are literally on fire! There is one lake which is kind of defying the odds, the Kaikondrahalli Lake on Sarjapura road. I visited Kaikondrahalli to click for an…

As a friend said yesterday , for us Tropical birders the action starts now in winter when the migrants arrive. So to visit these guests I planned to drive down to Nandi hills. Migrant birds sighted from previous years include Steppe Eagle, Pied Thrush, Red breasted flycatcher(?) and…

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I live in an ugly city. Whitefield, not Bangalore oops .. Bengaluru, I don’t belong to Bangalore because the people who staunchly call themselves Bangaloreans see me as an alien. It is not because I barely understand the language as I know…

Me adarsh and Nisarg got together at Koshy’s to think about the otter fishermen conflict. It soon turned out that a solution similar to…

Dos and don’ts when getting Leh’d

Juley!