Musing on the Great Indian Bustard, a ground-dwelling bird species found only in the Indian subcontinent which is critically endangered today.
Going gentle into that good night: The Great Indian Bustard
Category: Nature
Forests in their fecund reveries…
Musings on forests 🌳🌲 and the tumult of countless natural processes brewing beneath their static facade… meadows at Devsu, Uttarakhand 🇮🇳…
Georgia and a pore on microcosms…
Travelogue of a week long trip to Georgia 🇬🇪, covering the north and northeastern parts of the Caucasian country 🏔️…
Rosefinch and an evening frolic…
Rosefinch, like most passerines, is quite a playful creature despite the grumpy appearance that the short, stout bill gives them… like an emoji, they add a dollop of brightness to the otherwise dark font of the forest or the meadow… forever restive and timorous, yet carrying a defiant expression… for size hardly matters when it …
Peregrine and an awe of gore…
Musing on a peregrine falcon, a ubiquitous bird of prey 🦅 renowned for its speed, agility and hunting ability, Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan, 🇮🇳
Serin on a sultry afternoon…
Serin is the quintessential passerine, forever restive, much like the human these days… musing on a fire-fronted serin, Markha🏔️, Ladakh 🇮🇳
Shovelers and deep dabbles…
Shovelers are one of the most common ducks 🦆 in the northern hemisphere, migrating large distances… Northern shovelers, Rajasthan 🇮🇳
Laughingthrush and etymological eccentricities…
Musing on a Streaked laughingthrush, apple and cherry orchards of Thanedar, Himachal Pradesh 🏔️, India 🏔️
Larkspur and resilience…
Musing on Musk larkspur, a high altitude flower 🪻 growing between 4,300 to 5,500 metres in Himalayan and trans-Himalayan regions 🏔️…
Ruddy shelduck and whimsical waddles…
They are an intriguing lot, these waterbirds that traverse continents with nonchalance… musing on Ruddy Shelduck 🦆, Rajasthan, India 🇮🇳