endemic birds of Western Ghats

Endemic birds of the Western Ghats in art

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] The rarely spotted Kodai hill eater sketched by artist Ragavan Suresh | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S What makes the Banasura laughingthrush (chilappan) unique? This dull brown bird sings a melodious pee kooopee kooo that reverberates across the sholas of the Western Ghats. There is also the Palani chilappan, an olive-brown bird with a […]

Endemic Bird Day: Birders in India all set to document birds on eBird

May 13, 2023May 13, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Black Throated Sunbird | Photo Credit: Subhadra Devi In the dead of night on May 13, 2022, birder Sundar Muruganandan heard the Indian nightjar. The call, a distinctive ‘chonk, chonk’, was music to his ears. He was waiting to hear the bird, among other nocturnal birds such as the owl, at a forest bunglow […]

Birding enthusiasts celebrate November with #birdNov campaign on social media

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] A sketch of great hornbill by Dhiyaneshwaran VR | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The return of a pair of pied kingfishers to a percolation tank of Rishi Valley School campus in Andhra Pradesh after two decades is posted under #birdNov on Instagram. The post also adds a short note on the contributions of naturalists […]