Dear all, K.S.Gopi Sundar from the International Crane Foundation has been studying the "red-legged" Pond Herons in North India - he is of the opinion that...
hi every one this israthish from veterinaty college mannuthy. i am sending this mail to share my joy of sighting a cersted hawk eagle in mannuthy on 28th july...
Dear all: Mr. Charan from Kollam dt. informs that he saw four Common Sandpipers at KANDACHIRA wetlands on 31st July 2005. Just for information of all. Is there...
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Aug 5, 2005 3:45 am
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Hi Rathish: There are two breeding pairs of Crested Hawk Eagle at Mannuthy Vet. College campus. One near the goat farm on a 40ft Pterocarpus marsupium (Venga)...
NAMEER
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Aug 5, 2005 3:45 am
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Dear freinds, I saw red-legged Pond Herons three times in the breeding seasons. All sightings are from Kuttanadu wetlands parts. First one was in 1996...
Dear all, David Raju wrote to me that he saw two nests of Large Cormorants at Kumarakom (on 18/5/2005) - can someone from kottayam confirm on this ? Another...
Dear Friends, In the 1980's and 1990's when I lived in Madras (Chennai) and watched birds regularly at Adyar Estuary, the Common Sandpiper used to be the first...
Hello All, In the wetlands of Kannur and around, I have noticed Pond Herons with red, green and yellowish legs for the past several years. In the heronry at ...
Sashi Kumar
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Aug 6, 2005 1:47 pm
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Friends, David Raju's finding about the Large Cormorants nesting was right. Dr. Unnikrishnan sir and Saju sir from Kottayam Nature Society taken photos and Dr....
Dear friends, I saw 43 Black Drongos in one compound, this group have a good number of immature ones also. All of them are counted with in 20 metres distance...
Hi Friends! I am pleased to enclcose a photograph of an ashy wren warbler roosting on a potted rose plant kept in our porch. Following is a linkage to access...
Hi Birders Common Sandpiper is very common wader in North Kerala coast in all season.Past several years I have been noticing few population are over wintering...
satyan meppayur
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Aug 8, 2005 2:57 am
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Dear Praveen, Dr.Unnikrishnan has taken few snaps also. Lat yer eventhough Prasnth was sitting in the sanctuary, he didn't see them. The presense of Large...
Dr. Sreekumar B.
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Aug 8, 2005 2:58 am
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Dear Prasanth, Congregations could be related to the availabilty of insect food - i remember LN (L Namassivayan) once mentioning a huge flock of 300+ Alpine...
On 7th Aug 05, Kottayam Nature Society had a bird watching programme at Kumarakom heronry.11 of us were there from 3pm to 6.30 pm. All stages of breeding...
Dr. Sreekumar B.
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Aug 9, 2005 3:09 am
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Friends, Kumarakom news continues. Several Juvanile cormorants with red coloration close to the lower mandible were seen. Two nests of Large cormorants with...
Dr. Sreekumar B.
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Aug 9, 2005 3:10 am
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Interesting News! Hope all of you had an eye for Redlegged Pond Herons too. best rgds Praveen ... coloration close to the lower mandible were seen. ... a Badam...
Dear freinds, The congregation of the Balck Drongos here at Ramakary Co-Opertaive Bank cmpound is due to the easy availabiltiy of insects as mentioned by the...
Dear all, This particular discussion was started a couple of months back & it did not kick start then - i guess its the right time to start it again - I have...
Dear Friends, Yesterday evening (09-08-05 ) I has seen thousands of Roseringed Parakeets in the paddyfields of Maniyamparambu at Kumarakom. The farmers were...
On 10.vii.2005, one birding trip, breeding of the highly arboreal Southern Green Calotes Calotes calotes was found from Pallikkoottuma in Kuttanad (Alappuzha...
Hi As you all know the delhibird website was facing some technical difficulties. We are now finally online again with a minor name change. We will now be...
Deaaar Praveen, Very good idea. Should prove very useful. In the last week of July, I, alongwith Jafer Palot, Rajeevan and Sooraj, saw a group of 8 Common...
Sashi Kumar
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Aug 12, 2005 8:25 am
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Dear All, Bronzed Drongo is a common resident of almost all the larger Sacred Groves of north Kerala. I remember that Salim Ali has recorded this drongo ...
Sashi Kumar
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Aug 12, 2005 8:27 am
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Hello, I have been a member of this group for a while now, but this is my first message. Also, i am new to birding, so pls bear with me. thanx. I am from...
Dear Birder Friends, If you see all previous best bird-photography the most enthralling photographs are the one of the nesting birds.And till few days back...
Dear Fellow Birders: I feel very happy to inform you that the first two Conservation Reserves of the country have come into being. The Govt of Uttaranchal in...
Arun Kumar
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Aug 15, 2005 2:28 pm
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Black Bittern at Nagpur! On Sunday 14th August 2005 myself, Dr. Tarique Sani and Ms. Swati Sani visited Koradi reservoir on the outskirts of Nagpur.We saw many...
Friends, I think it is time someone looked at this closely, we have been getting records of various species overwintering and some even breeding in their...
Dear Naveein, I am aware of the over wintering records - Dr.Jafer Palot has extensive data over a period of 15(20?) years & hence is nothing new. He has...