In Kerala the mottled wood owl Strix ocellata &the Brown wood owl strix leptogrammica are called kollikuruvan or kaalan kozhi meaning bird of death(kaalan is ...
Revi Unni
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Aug 1, 2008 8:17 am
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hi, there are many such believes,,old people still says like this and some of the indegenous communities still belief like this, but it varies from place to...
If these are to be true.. there has to be at least one death happening at Mannuthy and Vellanikkara campuses of KAU every day!!! NAMEER ... From: vishnudas...
We have discussed this topic a few times in keralabirder. Links to one of the older messages. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/keralabirder/message/2233 best...
Dear all: We got an immature Southern (Greater) Coucal from the KAU campus, Vellanikkara, Thrissur on 2..Aug..08. The bird was being attacked by stray...
Dear All, I have been observing activities of a Barred Jungle owlet pair for past one month. Eventhough, in the past, I have heard them calling during odd...
Friends, Nepal's 'restaurant' for vultures http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7470792.stm As the early morning mist lifts on the farmlands at the edge of...
Hi all, There has been inland sightings of White-bellied Sea Eagle from Periyar Tiger Reserve. I am aware of a monsoon sighting of Osprey from Kerala - which...
In 2003 january/ february  during a bird survey conducted by KFD in Idukki , a whitebellied sea eagle was sighted by vijayan from talassery which is recorded...
Dear all, Today morning i made short visit to Pullazhi kole and was lucky to sight a pair of COMMON SANDPIPER (Photographed).These were the other sightings. ...
Dear all, Greetings from Uttarakhand Himalayas, thought keen birders like you would like to know about our conservation initiative here, we at ARCH seek all...
Dear all, We went to Vazhachal forest as part of a Monsoon camp conducted on behalf of Nature Education Society Thrissur(NEST).These were the interesting bird...
Dear All, I'd like to know if there were any sightings of the Oriental Honey Buzzard anywhere in Kerala in the months of June, July and August this year. ...
in my native place, costal areal of trichur several time i had watched barred jungle owlet (i informed Nameer P.O once from feild bcs i surprised to see this...
Hi all, With so many multi-national corporates - headquatered in India as well as abroad - operating from Bangalore and Hyderabad, could we work towards...
I learnt from Dr Girish Jathar that one of the Black Storks tagged - a juvenile - was shot dead in Afganisthan. The Adult Black Stork is safe in China. Cheers,...
Kiran Srivastava
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Aug 13, 2008 5:20 pm
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Thought this interests ... i have never heard till now of a folklore which kinda points to Bay Owl rgds Praveen ... From: Rajah Jayapal <sylviparus@...> ...
Dear Tajuddin, I too saw them in the same area-Triprayar, just a few miles from your place. According to KKN (in his book "Keralathile Pakshikal")this is ...
Dear All, Arif K. M. reports the sightings of Lesser Frigatebird (male), Northern Shoveller and Spotted Redshank at Kadalundi on 13th August. The Frigatebird...
Dear All, Arif reports more sightings at Kadalundi today. A Masked Booby was seen perched on the sandbar; it flew to the sea after some time. A Black Stork was...
Hi all, Barred Jungle Owlet is quite widespread in many districts in Kerala - most places, it replaces Spotted Owlet as the commonest Owl/Owlet species....
Dear Praveen, I'd cross checked with Arif. It's an adult male Fregata ariel. The Northern Shoveller male was there today also, Arif said. Regards Sashikumar ...
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