Iseebirds

This blogger is ecstatic to have got (not really a rare but) uncommon bird (even AO Hume mentions in 1880s that it is not very common). Rece...

This specie is also endemic to Western Ghats (there are lots of foreigners who come from far off places to glimpse these birds that are foun...

Tree pie mentio ned in the last blog has rufous plumage but there is another spectacular looking tree pie endemic to Western Ghats : the S...

This blog is about Orioles, I was fortunate to get all the Orioles: the Golden Oriole (the female too-must say much difficult to spot), Bla...

Unlike lapwing Tree pie, as the name suggests, is arboreal and rarely seen on ground. It has sooty head and neck (as if it had peered into a...

Red wattled lapwing is quite a common plover bird that is generally found in pairs in open field next to water bodie s. A bird most of us ...

Otherwise dull looking lu mpy bird Indian roller unfurls its color in flight; it is quite a spectacular sight as it streaks across the sky i...

The earlier blog had grey hornbill that are found in plains across the continent. Malabar grey hornbill as the name suggests are endemic to ...

I happened to be at Th unchan parambu sometime back- it is the spot where father of Malayalam language lived, considered a sacred place. U...

This blogger is not much into scientific names of birds. Mostly browse through but some names strikes. Saxicola caprata is one like that. It...