Figuring Things Out

How do birds engage with mirrors? Do they see in their own reflection, a rival, an encroacher who needs to be driven out, or a playmate? Las...

Its amazing how the flora and fauna changes in the Chamba Valley, as you ascend from 10,000 ft to 16,500 ft. It starts with compulsive gre...

Has there really been a shap decline the population of House Sparrows in India? In our corner of the National Capital Region (Noid...

In 1938 a hunting party led by the British Viceroy, Linlithgow killed 4,237 birds in one day at Bharatpur. From the look of it, the ...

An excellent TED talk starring the stand-up comedian + chef + scholar, Dan Barber. ...and this is the 'fish-farm' he talked abo...

What a remarkable coincidence! Just the day after I struggled to identify an unusual, elegant bird perched on an electric line, it turned...

How many birds can be spotted on a Delhi summer morning? White-throated Kingfisher ( Halcyon smyrensis ) Indian Robin Ros...

. Attempting to identify and list the birds around Ichinoya-Pond, University of Tsukuba, Japan... PASSERINES (Perching birds) Green Ph...

. An attempt to identify folks that creep, crawl and fly about in Tsukuba University... Snake-in-the-grass with a bite (or peck) that we...