Friends, Today I saw a large group of Pheasant tailed Jacanas aproximate 125+ birds on the South - West part of the Vechur lake ( near Coconut Lagoon's Pool...
Hi all, After a lull period of two years, Wetland census in Palakkad district picked up a bit & we were able to cover two major wetland bird habitats; Walayar...
Dear friends, I am a beginner in the bird watching arena. It will be a great help to me if you help me to identify the bird I am mentioning. The only thing...
Dear Prasanth, Though the information provided by you is not complete, from the habitat, the area of sighting, the flock size, the size of the bird, the...
NAMEER
trc_nameer@...
Feb 4, 2003 3:40 pm
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Hi Prasanth, These may not be babblers but mynas...grey headed mynas or Otherwise called chestnut tailed starlings. Prasanth mentions that the calls are...
Job K Joseph
job.joseph@...
Feb 5, 2003 1:52 am
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Hi all, Greyheaded Mynas do have cacophonic vocalisations (but as harsh as the babblers - Prasanth rightly mentioned). Just remembered something when this...
Dear birders, Vijay's "super sighting" of Demoiselles and Bar-headeds is great news. I hail from Gajendragarh near Gadag and we have been shikaris from...
G B Kumar
kumar_garh@...
Feb 5, 2003 12:37 pm
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Dear Sumit and others, I have checked your images of the "Accipiter" photographed near Calcutta (please be SPECIFIC about distance and direction from this...
G B Kumar
kumar_garh@...
Feb 6, 2003 12:10 pm
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Ladies & Gentlemen, Let me appreciate Rajashekhar for being up front about what I have communicated to you all, based on decades of personal experience. This...
G B Kumar
kumar_garh@...
Feb 6, 2003 12:10 pm
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Dear Esteemed Friends, IF you have a check list or list of birds at Silent valley, kindly forward it to me. Thanks a lot, KS NAVEEN...
Dear birders, I am going to make this brief and to the point. Hopefully I have done my job to make you aware that IDs are NOT easy and must be CONFIRMED by an...
G B Kumar
kumar_garh@...
Feb 9, 2003 12:44 pm
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Dear Adam and the rest, I simply do not understand this "defence" mechanism of who technically are amateurs and seem to find that some kind of religion ! Thank...
G B Kumar
kumar_garh@...
Feb 9, 2003 12:48 pm
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Friends, In connection with Mr.C.Sunilkumar's wedding we were all at Kannur on 6th Feb.It was a fantastic day.With Mr.C.Sashikumar,Ajai,Sajith and Unnikrishnan...
Dr.Sreekumar B.
ktm_bskumar@...
Feb 9, 2003 5:52 pm
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Dear Sir / Madam, We are glad to invite you for the fourth annual Bird Survey at Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary since 2000, being organized jointly by Thanal and ...
C.Sashi Kumar
cnn_goshawk@...
Feb 10, 2003 6:51 am
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Hello All, As the subscribers of this listserver are aware, bird surveys are being organized at several Wildlife Sanctuaries and wetlands in Kerala every year....
C.Sashi Kumar
cnn_goshawk@...
Feb 10, 2003 3:56 pm
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Friends, Mr.KCJayakumar from Thalayazham,North of Vechoor ,saw more than 200 Small pratincoles in a dry paddyfield at Puthen Kari near Vechoor, east of ...
Dr.Sreekumar B.
ktm_bskumar@...
Feb 10, 2003 4:35 pm
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Hi all, I feel, its high time we give a thought to these issues. I find two issues to be tackled here. 1. Staggering of bird surveys to enable better...
Hi, Great to see some quality discussions happening. I would like to make a few points. 1. Many survey locations may also have migrant species as a part of the...
Job K Joseph
job.joseph@...
Feb 11, 2003 7:08 am
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Important Bird Areas of India (IBA) and Indian Bird Conservation Network (IBCN) (WWW.IBCNETWORK.ORG) The Bombay Natural History Society has been running the...
Zafar-ul Islam
zafar_bnhs@...
Feb 11, 2003 7:20 am
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Dear All, I fully agree with Sashikumar. Birders here in Kerala are putting in quite a lot of effort, their knowledge and time in doing bird surveys in the...
NAMEER
trc_nameer@...
Feb 11, 2003 3:09 pm
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Dear Birders, Why don't you try this ? Send a "Cc" of your e-mails that have confirmed birding records/observations of your to me at <humea@...>...
G B Kumar
kumar_garh@...
Feb 14, 2003 3:45 am
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Nice idea Dr KG, and many thanx for demarcating the biogeographical regions for each of these groups. Hope the important observations and sight records from...
Dear Friends, I would very much appreciate if someone could enlighten me a bit on the birds of Kanha NP. Is a checklist available? If so, where? Thanks in...
suresh
selamon@...
Feb 17, 2003 3:31 pm
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Friends! Kanha Bird list would be of interest to me also!-Anjali...
5 killed as police, tribals clash Kerala: Wildlife sanctuary siege ends violently. ..news-clip from the pages of INDIAN EXPRESS. Kalpetta,(kerala) February 19:...
shivakumar@...
Feb 20, 2003 5:17 am
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Friends, I have spotted a paper on the Birds of Kanha NP but I am yet to get hold of it: Newton.P.N, S.Breeden & G.J.Norman (1986): The Birds of Kanha Tiger...
suresh
selamon@...
Feb 20, 2003 4:24 pm
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Dear Esteemed Friends, It is really sad reading. Forest officials should ensure that by no means forest is set on fire. That would be expected in the...
Hello All, After the unfortunate incidents at the Wynad Wildliffe Sanctuary, Aralam also had been in the news lately. Several birdwatchers have been contacting...