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    Neelkanth: The Indian Roller Bird

    By Anshu / May 25, 2018

    This is one bird which you will commonly find perched on wires along roadsides. The Indian roller bird or the Neelkanth. As children whenever we had our trips to Nagpur, one of our common pastimes used to be counting…

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  • Birds,  Fauna,  Nature

    Golden orioles: My favourite summer sight

    By Anshu / May 20, 2018

    Sevagram can be terribly atrocious in the summers with the temperatures climbing to over 45 degrees C. But there are some blessings of nature one can look forward to even when the sun is blazing down. Delicious…

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  • Birds,  Fauna,  Nature

    Shy visitor: Black-hooded Cuckooshrike

    By Anshu / May 15, 2018

    Delightful morning. Waited with breathless anticipation wondering if this new visitor to the mango tree could be captured for posterity. Each time it shyly disappeared between the leaves in the canopy, my arms ached with holding the…

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  • Birds,  Musings,  Nature

    A divine morning

    By Anshu / April 12, 2018

    Some mornings are divine. You wake up to the find out that the rain gods decided to work overtime during the night. The whole world has been washed clean and the leaves are glistening green. The air…

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    The spot-billed pelican: Calm swimmer

    By Anshu / November 25, 2017

    It was so calming to spend several minutes watching this spot-billed pelican swim away at Kaziranga National Park. Pelicans are known for their distinctive beak and throat pouch, which they use to scoop and store fish. I’m reminded of…

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    The greater adjutant stork: Scavenger in chief

    By Anshu / November 5, 2017

    This huge bird, standing over five feet tall, is not considered pretty and was often an object of revulsion. One ornithologist went as far as to call it “a prodigy of ugliness”. This is the greater adjutant…

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    My marathon bird watching session!

    By Anshu / May 6, 2017

    What a glorious day of bird watching today has been! Ten hours of watching a whole cavalcade of birds, and all from within the comfort of my bedroom. How was that possible you might ask? Here is…

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  • Birds,  Fauna,  Nature

    Oriental Magpie-Robins: A black and white romance!

    By Anshu / February 28, 2017

    Romance is in the air! And the colour of romance is not red- it is black and white! First it was the Asian koels with their jugalbandi which stole the show. But these days in Sevagram, the…

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    The peacock’s honk

    By Anshu / February 22, 2017

    It was getting warmer and I was planning to leave Arogyadham when I heard a loud noise. It was loud and ugly: like a donkey’s bray. I ignored it. But then I heard it again. It was…

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    Wooing your woman: Parakeet style

    By Anshu / January 15, 2017

    This Sunday, it was fun to witness the courtship display of a pair of plum headed parakeets. The male preened and tried to snuggle closer to its partner, but she fended off all his overtures. Sometimes indifferent,…

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