Hi April signaled the end of all mild weather, the onset of summer and the return migration. We bid a reluctant farewell to all ducks and waders, the river...
Hello All, Eguptian Vultures also have gone down in numbers through out India. In Kerala I had just one sighting - overhead flight- in the last 26 years. The ...
Sashi Kumar
crgoshawk@...
May 4, 2006 3:12 pm
1969
Hello All, In the early 1990s, I had to rear two nestling Collared Scops Owls which was brought to me by a neighbour who found them below a coconut tree,...
Sashi Kumar
crgoshawk@...
May 4, 2006 3:13 pm
1970
"Srilankan frog mouth" species is found only in the Western Ghats in southwest India and Sri Lanka. Its habitat is dense tropical forest. The Sri Lanka...
FYI please. Best wishes and regards, Dr Arun Kumar, Scientist F, Zoological Survey of India, 218, Kaulagarh Road, P.O. IPE, Dehra Dun 248 195, India....
Arun Kumar
drarunk@...
May 9, 2006 3:59 am
1972
M A Y A D V E N T U R E S It is time to get out from your busy work schedule, Look in at Nature Admire store, here comes the bundles of adventure...
Indian Birds 2 (2): 25-48. [5.v.2006] CONTENTS Birds of Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India Harkirat Singh Sangha & Dhirendra Devarshi 26 ...
On 5/12/06, Alfonso Godino <a.godino@...> wrote (Raptor Biology Discussion Group): Dear friends: After 10 years working and 20 years after the...
Sashi Kumar
crgoshawk@...
May 16, 2006 2:49 am
1976
Dear all, A recent issue of JBNHS carried a short note on new records from Periyar Tiger Reserve. The sightings were based on a bird survey conducted by Forest...
Dear Fellow Birders: Subsequent to my compilation of threatened Indian Birds from IUCN Redlist 2004 in January 2006, recently BirdLife International, UK has...
Arun Kumar
drarunk@...
May 30, 2006 11:31 am
1978
Hi Praveen I have been participated this survey four years back conducted by the forest dept.After finishing the survey they did not do the combined ...
satyan meppayur
satyanmpr@...
May 31, 2006 7:20 am
1979
well, I would like to visit Chinnar WLS again to try reinforce my claim of a CB nuthatch sighting(in the riverine forest) during the bird census we had...
Hi The page for June is up with Ranjit Lal doing a "must read" piece on the Parakeets. http://www.delhibird.net/ The winner of the Mystery bird answer is...
Hello All, I've been visiting Wynad WLS - Kutrichyat and Tholpetty ranges mostly- at least once a moth for the last three years. I found Chestnut-bellied ...
Sashi Kumar
crgoshawk@...
Jun 2, 2006 3:09 pm
1982
Dear All Naturites, New article on Marsh Harrier has been published by Dr.Ashok Verma as follows: Verma A. (2005). Observations on the plumage and moulting of...
Friends, The Vembanad Water bird Count 2006 report book is being released by the Hon. Forest Minister Mr.Binoy Viswam at 5.30 pm 16-6-06 , at Kottayam CMS...
Dear Nature Lovers Recently I visited Kisanpur wildlife sanctuary( a part of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve)for watching terai's wildlife. I seen a large herd of...
Krishna Kumar Mishra
krishenk2000@...
Jun 19, 2006 2:11 am
1985
While birding with Bill Stark, on the evening of 11-06-2006 at Kumerian, close to Corbett Tiger Reserve, we came across a Fulvous-Breasted Woodpecker...
On the evening of 14-06-2006 and on the morning of 15-06-2006, I came across Bristled Grassbirds (Chaetornis striatus) in grasslands of Dhikala, Corbett Tiger...
Original message: Dear colleagues Attached please find two press releases from FAO regarding the outcome of FAO/OIE conference on wild birds held recently at...
Arun Kumar
drarunk@...
Jun 19, 2006 2:12 am
1988
Hi there, I have noted (& also heard from other people) Black- rumped Flameback sitting on the dropping banana flower (or what ever you call the large bed at...
Dear All, The Tribal Bill in its present form is being seen as detrimental to all natural resources in India. Wildlife sanctuaries, National Parks etc. may...
Please see the forwarded news that appeared in The Hindu Newspaper NAMEER ============================================================= This article has been...
Dear all, I have heard of a couple of failed breeding attempts of Jerdon's Baza from Wynad. Perhaps this time it succeeded. Good News! best rgds Praveen ... ...
Dear all, The recent issue of IndianBirds carried a reproduction of a very interesting article title "Taxonomy for birders: a beginner's guide to DNA and...
I am in the process of arranging a holiday which is a little bit away from the normal areas that "Brits" visit in Kerala and will be staying near Cherpulachery...
Hi there, Quite an intersting place to be.... have these names in your itnry. U can check about these places once u reach Cherpulachery. 1. Silent Valley...
Dear Ornithologists I went to my Maternal village in march 2005, I saw a black salt on scrap of the newspaper in the home, I asked to the people why you are...