NATIONAL SEMINAR on BIRD ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION BANGALORE 12TH-13TH November, 2005. Theme New Initiatives For Bird Conservation Organized by: INSTITUTE FOR...
Hi October Bird of the Month <http://www.delhibird.net/> is up with Job Joseph doing a nice writeup on Pratincoles. Our thanks to the following photographers...
Dear members, I got this article on the web and posting it to the groups. Please let me if any such studies have been conducted in India for house sparrow or...
Hi birders, Few days back I has seen a large group of Bayas were roosting and nesting inside the clumps of tall reeds in the paddyfields near Coconut Lagoon,...
Dear all, This is what we have been waiting for. Kalyan Verma has integrated Google Earth along with Shyamal's bird spot which provides an almost complete bird...
Dear all, Recently, Shyamal's BirdSpot was reviewed by Anand Prasad in BirdingAsia [June 2005; No.3: 93-94: sorry, I don’t have a soft copy]. This short...
Hellow friends In one occasion the baya weavers even construct nests in the tapioca plants even though there was sufficient nesting places in Palmyra and...
chellappan mani
manichella@...
Oct 13, 2005 7:39 am
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Dear Praveen I had a look of http://www.wildindia.org/birds/ (both the satelite and the map). Kindly check whether the map is as that of Government of India...
chellappan mani
manichella@...
Oct 17, 2005 1:40 pm
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Hai all, Me visited two tourist places near Dehradun (Uttaranchal). First one was Robers Cave (Sunday evening) and Sahsra Dhara Temple and stream (wednesday) ....
Dear Members, I appreciate Mr Raju's views that we (humans) should not disturb the birds by our presence near them. I currently live near Madurai in TamilNadu...
Hello friends, During the past couple of days some reports about the 'bird flu' have appeared in the newspaper. The reports may trigger a chain reaction since...
chellappan mani
manichella@...
Oct 25, 2005 8:17 am
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Hi Folks, I spent a week at Bandipur-Ooty-Top Slip area earlier this month.My trip list has around 150 species including some Western Ghat endemics. A full...
Bird flu & media is a serious issue. Today I read the online edition of Deepika where they've mentioned 'water birds' (Kokku vargam) migrating in as culprits: ...
Dear all, I got to see a news report in Hindu in their website (triggered by MNHS) recently which was quite authoritative in dismaying all fears wrt Bird Flu...
Dear friends, good to note the discussion on bird flu but something very positive to be done, it seems all are mad after shooting the migratory birds in kerala...
Namasivayan L
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Oct 31, 2005 9:19 am
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Hi, Kolkatabirds has been running a presentation on Bird Flu since June this year. The section is intended to help understand the issues connected with the...
Hi The bird of the month for November is up. The bird of the month is a fantastic photo feature by Clement Francis. Another trip to Bharatpur saw the start of...
Dear Birders, I have information that flocks of Blue-tailed Bee-eaters are being sighted in south India that is Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Has anybody among the...
hi all... why these ppl want to hunt down birds to take samples? htey culd use mist nets or tranquilizers or some other techniques. more over the virus could...
Friends, There are about 2500 Glossy Ibises are roosting at Kyppuzha Muttu near Kumarakom along with all the four types of Egrets, around 500 White Ibises etc....
Dr. Sreekumar B.
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Nov 10, 2005 7:52 am
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Dear friends, Three days back I saw a warbler on a bush in LW Block of Keoladeo National Park , Rajasthan, INDIA. Habitat of the sighted area is an open plain...
hi raju i saw a flock of them, about 20 or so at the kanjaaniregion otf the kole lands of trissur on nov. 1st at abt 5pm. the place is 10 km from trissur...
Dear Rathish, Thank you very much for your information. That is what I was expecting. These birds migrate from Maharastra and Central India to South upto...
Dear Ms.Usha, Thank you very much. This is the information I was looking for. I knew in my heart that they migrate to Kerala and Tamil Nadu after they breed in...
Dear all, If I am not mistaken, Bluetailed Bee-eater is one of those species which migrate south after breeding in Continental India...doesn't Handbook mention...
Dear Praveen, The book (Grimmets) mentions Blueitailed Bee-eaters as breeding in North and North-East India and winter migrnt to the subcontinent. But I have...
Dear Ms. Usha, Please let me know the exact dates. Also note that that I will give credit to you when I use your data. I am really happy on your observations....
Dear friends, I am giving a first hand list of the birds seen in the Indian Institute if Remote Sensing (IIRS) campus from 4th - 17th of t5his month. I stayed...