Category: birds
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Some birds, like people, are special. Not because they are gorgeous or difficult to spot, but because they hold our fondest memories, those that awaken…
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As a child growing up in Manas National Park in the early to mid-eighties, my earliest memories of a bird from the owl family were…
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If I had to name one place near Bengaluru that I would gladly return to over and over again, it would undoubtedly be Jayamangali Blackbuck…
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Nandi Hills is a wonderland. It swells with revellers from Bengaluru and beyond. On weekends, cars and motorbikes jostle for space in the wee hours…
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It was on a sultry April morning that we reached the coffee town of Sakleshpur, dark clouds and intermittent light showers accompanying us along the…
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A little over a decade ago, we booked our home on the outskirts of North Bengaluru – the decision spurred by a tight wallet and…
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Every morning, I would arrive at my office, plug in my laptop, and wait for the sunbathers to show up at the windowsill. My office…
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Galibore Nature Camp, nestled in the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary around 180 km from Bengaluru, is one of the few places near the city that never…
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I paused to catch my breath, looking dispiritedly at my son’s olive-green-clad figure fast receding around the bend in the jungle track. Apprehensive about falling…
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(Continued from Part 2. Part 1 here.) I looked through the camera viewfinder. Two bright yellow faces came into sight. As purple sunbirds of both…