The Pirate with the White Eye-patch!
Oriental White-eye, Coorg If you were a convoy of industrious insects going about your lawful business in the leafy channels of Coorg,...
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Mar 3, 2016
Fans Wanted!
Indian Peafowl, Kabini ‘The Indian Peafowl, or Blue Peafowl, is a large and brightly coloured bird of the pheasant family…’ Now, if that...
Jan 13, 2016
The Phantom Flautist of Coorg
Indian Golden Oriole, Coorg Imagine you’re out on a leisurely walk in Coorg and suddenly you hear the melodious strain of a flute wafting...
Sep 30, 2015
Dreamweaver!
Baya Weaver, Coorg This is a tale about visual design in the natural world, and masterpieces created using proprietary Adobe technology....
Aug 27, 2015
Man in Red
Red Avadavat, Coorg Our songs have always immortalised the ‘Lady in Red’, but in the animal kingdom, it’s the Lad in Red who never goes...
Apr 22, 2015
The Handsome Hermit of Coorg!
Malabar Trogon, Coorg When you see someone dressed in a flamboyant waistcoat of crimson-pink, wearing brilliant blue eyeliner to match...
Feb 26, 2015
The Frog Prince: Ver 2.0
Sri Lankan Frogmouth, Coorg In a land where a lot of the natives trace their ancestry to the Macedonian armies of Alexander the Great,...
Jul 10, 2014
One Man Heavy Metal Band!
Coppersmith Barbet, Coorg Psychedelic yellowish-green outfits. Black bordered yellow face paint with black stripes. A crimson sash on the...
May 8, 2014
Chicken 65 BC!
Egyptian Vulture, Kabini Millennia before the advent of the Chicken 65, a dish worshipped in India and almost conferred the status of...
Mar 5, 2014
Behold, He Walks on Water!
Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Coorg For some it has always been a miracle; an act of faith. For others, it has merely been an act of science,...
Feb 5, 2014
The Vice Owl!
Indian Eagle Owl, Kabini We have all grown up on a diet of stories about the animal kingdom, where each denizen is anointed with a...
Oct 31, 2013
The grass is greener on the other bank
Greater Coucal, Coorg We’ve all known those perennially unsatisfied people who complain about everything, reminding us of the saying,...
Jul 3, 2013
Woman on Top!
Bronze-winged Jacana, Coorg If some of our male readers had the chance to become someone else and live that person’s life, we wouldn’t be...
Jun 6, 2013
About Tern!
River Tern, Kabini At the outset, we’d like to apologise for not having the will power to resist using this particular caption for this...
May 8, 2013
A Bird in the Clock…
Common Cuckoo, Kabini If you’re a Dunnock, Pipit or a Eurasian Reed Warbler, you could be excused for walking around with a slightly...
Apr 3, 2013
Tea for Two @ Coorg!
Pied Bush Chat, Coorg We’ve all heard of the legendary hospitality of Coorg, and how the denizens readily share their table and cellar...
Mar 20, 2013
Pirate Spotted in Kabini!
Indian Spotted Eagle, Kabini How would you feel when you’ve spent a long time sussing out your prey, before successfully hunting it down,...
Feb 13, 2013
The Three Wise Men from the East!
Spotted Owlet, Kabini Since antiquity, owls and owlets have fascinated mankind, and different societies have invested in them an almost...
Jan 10, 2013
Home Tailoring In Coorg!
Common Tailorbird, Coorg Tailors stitch clothes. Or that’s what we’ve always believed. In Coorg, however, they sew, rivet and stitch...
Nov 29, 2012
Fisherman’s Friend!
Little Cormorant, Kabini We all know how it is with fishermen and tall tales,and how the fish they caught last summer gets bigger and...
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