Goa & Karwar - October 11th to 16th 2005
White-bellied Sea Eagle & Black-capped Kingfisher!

Nilgiris! - October 1st to 6th
This tour was basically planned for Sumit Sen who came over from Calcutta for some shooting and birding in the South.

Madhya Pradesh - September, 2005
Bristled Grassbird & Lesser Florican.

Anamalais - June 2005
A great place to see the Sri Lanka Frogmouth!

Nilgiris! - May 2005
My first outing with the Nikon D2X!

March 2005, Bangalore –Flirting with Nikon D2X!
My Journey with the Digital SLR begins..I will no longer be using non-digital SLR's again!

West Bengal & Sikkim
"A fast paced and great exploratory trip for me!"

God’s Own Country – Kerala - 12th to 20th October
They call Kerala “God’s Own Country” and I tend to agree. We (My family + Ravi Cavale and family) spent nine days there and had a great time. Friendly people, great landscapes and plenty of birds!

Bhandipur - Kabini - August 2004
The Forest is lush green after good rains this year...

Ooty, April 2004
I drove up to Ooty via Mysore and Bandipura for a short holiday with my family.

Little Rann of Kutch (December 15th to 19th, 2003)
India is such a great country. This time I was in the desert. Not seen anywhere else, the Indian Wild Ass roam freely in this desert.

M.Sc Program in Wildlife Biology & Conservation
A consortium of leading research institutions offers a M.Sc course in Wildlife Biology & Conservation, starting from July 2004

Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur
The birds are attracted by the fish and other aquatic life and the birds themselves attract several other predators!

Ranthambhore
Ranthambhore is all that I had read about and imagined. The fort, the water (Rajbagh), the sambars, the crocodiles, the tigers… they were all there!

Nannaj the Bustard Land!
Here the grass stand tall and the male India Bustard in all its glory is on display!!While, a few females are feeding close by. Blackbucks roam about without any danger except for a few wolves that linger in the bushes. Hundreds of birds can be seen all over this wonderful grassland, once the home of the Cheetah!!

Kabini/Bandipura (Aug1 to 9, 2003)
This time the focus was on bird call recording and photographing mammals!

Pilgrimage in gaia theory
An interesting look at the gaia theory and its compelling argument for bio-diversity

Pangot, Nainital, Uttaranchal.
June 10th to 16th , 2003. This time I was in a typical Kumaoni hill settlement in the Himalayas near Nainital about 300 kms from Delhi.

Kabini - 24th to 26th May 2003
Almost all birds we saw were in breeding plumage!

A guide to watching birds
There are less than 10,000 species of birds in the world...

Dandeli Delight ! - - April 17th - 20th, 2003.
On an invitation from Vijay Mohan Raj , IFS, I went to Dandeli. My dear friend Jayanth drove me down from Bangalore. As the trucks were off the road, we did the 550 kms in just under 7 hrs! What a delight the trip turned out to be!

Corbett Tiger Reserve
Dhikala is one of the best places to be in ! Filled with wildlife, this place is really the place for birders!

Lesser Fish Eagle?
Is it possible that this is a Lesser fish eagle, Ichthyophaga humilis?

Pulicat Lake – 12th Dec, 2002
I was at Pulicat Lake for a day with KN...

Delhi Birds – 26th Nov to 1st Dec 2002
I was in Delhi photographing birds for almost a week. I went straight to Basai from the Airport on the 26th Nov afternoon and was again in Basai on the 1st Dec morning before I returned to the airport.

Grey Francolin Duet
Grey Francolin Duet

Patterns of bird distribution
Patterns of bird distribution and commonness based on data from bird checklists

Whitewinged Tit in Southern India
The Whitewinged Tit - Parus nuchalis in Southern India and notes on the Great Tit - Parus major.

Birding in Bangalore, etc...
Common Birds one can see in Bangalore and more...

Tips for keeping birding notes ...
Serious field ornithologists do the most tremendous amount of paperwork...

Create a Habitat for Birds
The most ideal bird habitat would comprise of some open land, a couple of water bodies, plenty of tall grass, shrubs & creepers, and a mix of trees of various heights and spread.

Bird Photography
I am making an attempt here to share with you some of the lessons I learnt while trying to photograph these glorious creations of god!

Popular egroups focused on birding ....
Join an egroup and interact with other birders... by sending a blank mail to the respective "Subscribe address" listed here...

Feedback
Many wrote to me from all over the globe...renews my energy! Thought I would share the feedback...

The Miracle!
I believe that the most venerable time for birds in nature is their nesting season!