Hi The rains continued to play truant with Delhi, indeed all of North India, making the heat intolerable. delhibird however continued with its weekly outings,...
A farm for the national bird near Tuticorin by Raja Simhan T.E. in the HINDU BUSINESS LINE MOST of us haven't seen even one peacock dance. Can you imagine what...
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Aug 5, 2004 5:21 am
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Earliest Known Bird Could Fly : Study A close look at the brain of Archaeopteryx, the earliest known bird, has produced new evidence that the crow-sized...
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Aug 6, 2004 2:58 am
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Hi all, Heard of a few Grey Herons are nesting for the first time somewhere in North Kerala. Can someone update ? Anyone from MNHS knows more details ? ...
Study Says Birds Feed Other Birds' Young It's a lesson many little humans could learn from baby birds: Sometimes, being nice to other youngsters pays off....
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Aug 6, 2004 4:23 pm
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Hi Everybody, I am a new member for Delhi. I propose to visit Kerala from 14th Aug onwards. I know this is not the best season to visit, but have family...
Hello All, 5 nests of the Grey Heron were discovered by Rajeevan.P.C and Suraj near Tellicherry last month. The nests were built on mangrove trees. The chicks...
Dear Praveen, There were 23 nests of White Ibises at Kumarakom Heronry last week. PKU has taken pictures of Grey Heron breeding and was here last saturday. I...
Dr Sreekumar B.
ktm_bskumar@...
Aug 7, 2004 9:41 am
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Well, I did go to the heronry at Pullurkkara in Thrissur dt. Its not Openbill, but Night Herons. There are about 50 nests of Night Heron, Little Cormorants,...
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Aug 7, 2004 4:14 pm
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This has reference to Mr. K.Koshy's mail regariding his visit to Thattekkad. Crossing Periyar during rains, wont be a big issuue since there is regular ferry...
Hi Kindly help me to locate the cattle egret nesting places in Kerala Sincerely Shankar Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. [Non-text...
Hi there, I have never come across Cattle Egret nests in Kerala. Though they do occur here in breeding plumage, i never managed to find a nest. KKN mentions in...
Sreevivasan reports that he saw about five nests of Purple Herons from Punnayurkulam region of Kole wetlands. NAMEER PO Nameer Asst. Professor Department of...
NAMEER
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Aug 9, 2004 4:14 pm
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Well, to my knowledge also there aren't any breeding records of Cattle Egrets from Kerala, though they're seen here in breeding plumage!! NAMEER ... From:...
NAMEER
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Aug 9, 2004 4:23 pm
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Hello All, There is no breeding record of Cattle egret in Kerala, as far as I know of. In north Kerala, they are seen in breeding plumage till the third week...
Friends, When I visited KKN at Kavassery, we had a talk on the Cattle Egret breeding at Kunissery.I think Namassi has somethig to say about this heronry. ...
Dr Sreekumar B.
ktm_bskumar@...
Aug 12, 2004 5:14 pm
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Dear Friends, Tnx to Dr BS for remembering me. In fact yesterday when I met Suresh Elamon at Thekkady (both on professional assignmens and not birding!) he...
Namasivayan L
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Aug 15, 2004 4:39 am
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Friends, Up to 29 nests of White Ibises were there but now 25. All stages can be seen, very close to the side footpath on the northern side, no need of a...
Dr Sreekumar B.
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Aug 16, 2004 6:23 pm
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Dear all, Seemingly there has been a sudden outburst of automatically generated mails by worms/viruses in the e-groups. A few got posted directly in the...
Dear All, Just returned after two wonderful days of birding in Kerala, mainly at Thattekkad, Salim Ali sanctuary and the nearby areas like Kutampuzha,...
dear friends , last sunday me and praveen went to aakulam lake at trivandrum in kerala, we had an excellent time with the birds ,some of the significant...
I have been trying to post this message since last sunday ... its been bouncing back from both the Groups .. I hope it gets posted this time round. regards ...
Hi all! I came across this article: http://www.indiatogether.org/2004/jul/env-silentval.htm Was wondering what exactly is the state of things now? Are ...
Dear Kalesh, There are three places in Kerala where Lesser Adjutant has more or less an established population ( or rather pairs or small groups). 1. Wynad...
dear praveen, im glad to hear that informative reply, till now we have no luck with pics may be will try to get one soon.im visiting the place soon. regards ...
Hi Praveen, West Bengal has a population of Lesser Adjutants. There is a sizeable, but scattered population in the Sunderbans and a smaller pocket of birds in...
Hi, Recently I met somebody form a place in Mudumalai called Joji. He is the manager of a property called Blue Valley. I was planning to visit thi are and some...
Friends, I am happy to share with you the contents of the Newsletter for Ornithologists Vol. 1 No. 4 (July-August 2004). CONTENTS Editorial. 49. Changes in...