A silhouette of a Crested Hawk Eagle from Pench I’m sure, most of you haven’t seen something like this before. A very rare event to be witnessed in wild! It was three years ago at a forest in Central India called Pench.  8.20 pm, night time. We were in the middle of the forest surrounded by...

A single rabbit track in the field leading to the dense forest ahead, in Winter during sunrise Ah this place! Being at the outskirts of the city, it still is an integral part of the city as many people like to visit this place on weekends. Almost everybody who go there goes for a hike...

Hey guys, welcome back! Remember I had published a blog called ‘The Valley’ around last week and had said that I’ll publish another one continuing the same story? Well, here it is! If you haven’t read the previous one, I recommend you to read that first to feel the story better. You can read it...

Hello, welcome back. How have you been? Do you remember the Barking Deer story from my last blog called ‘Birding in The Valley: Part 1’ (which was actually a continuation of the blog previous to it called ‘The Valley’) ? Well, this one is a continuation of that blog. So it’s like a tri-series, three...

Back when I was in fifth grade, the time when I started birding, smartphones weren’t that common, everybody didn’t have them. Kids, definitely not. The primary social networking site that people used was Facebook. My friends were underage but still had Facebook accounts that they operated through computers at their homes. I wasn’t on Facebook,...

Non-birding outings are the best birding outings. They totally are! Because you’re not expecting anything in particular, you’re just there to relax and have fun. Anything that you see is just a bonus, because you’re not really looking for wildlife. There’s no scope for disappointment at all.  I was out with my friends on The...

This definitely is one of the best experiences I’ve had in the wild so far. After a ‘not so active’ birding session, I decided to settle by the marshy land near a small pond. There were reeds at one side of the pond, towards my left, which is a perfect spot for waterbirds to hide....

One thing I like the most about Winter apart from the beautiful sunsets and wearing hoodies is the cold winter mornings. Most wouldn’t prefer to leave the warm, cozy blanket and get out of their houses on winter mornings. Trust me, it’s the same story on my side. I make plans at night, and in...

This bird was literally having his Baby’s Day out moment. Read about it in the blog  Summer 2020 is over and the monsoon has arrived. Still no sign of Covid-19 leaving us. I think it’s just the new way of life now, we’ll have to live with it. The lockdown eased up for a while...

I woke up with a call today from my friend saying, there’s an Indian Gaur (aka Indian Bison) in the open plot next to his house, five minutes from my place- in a housing society (Mahatma Society) at the foothills of Mahatma Hill (one of the connecting hills of Vetal Tekdi). Well, who would believe...