“It is the spirit of the forest that moves the earth.” — Justice M.M. Sundresh & his Bench at the Supreme Court.

Indeed a great piece. Should be widely read.

Uploaded 3rd edition of this ongoing project to indianbirds.in/links/. It’s a 51 MB PDF. #ornithology #southasia #bibliography #Biography

An FB memory from 2014. A slumberous kitten dripping off the sawn beam like marmalade! #cats #catnap

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Thank you! It was great to see your enthusiasm for birding and nature. The Paradise Flycatcher loiters in the area and often it’s call announces its location. Good luck!

How did the MoEA miss this?! Never mind, now that our alert media has discovered it … 🤣

If realised, this Biden order would ban logging on around 32 million acres of federally administered old-growth forest by next year.
Reason number 4,337 why Trump’s re-election would be catastrophic. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/d…

Applications for the Rauf Ali Fellowships for 2024 are now open!

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National Centre for Biological Sciences
Nature Conservation Foundation
WCS-India
Dakshin Foundation
ATREE
CES, IISc

Spoke at #HLF2024 on Bonding with Birds along with G V Prasad & Sita Reddy
#thelivingairbook Anita Mani juggernautbooks

Great piece! Alas, paywalled.

आपदामपहर्तारं दातारां सर्वसम्पदाम्। लोकाभिरामं श्रीरामं भूयो-भूयो नामाम्यहम्॥१॥ Who removes all types of adversity & agony of Jiva (living beings); Who bestows all types of favour, honour & wealth; By looking at whom, d world feel very pleased; to that Shri Rama, I bow repeatedly

Looking forward to this with G V Prasad and Sita Reddy Do come, all of you to celebrate birds!

Neha Sinha puts her finger on the spot. Birding the Aasheesh Pittie way can be infinitely rewarding . lifestyle.livemint.com/news/opinion/w…

#thelivingbirdbook finds mention in this Neha Sinha column. lifestyle.livemint.com/news/opinion/w…

Between 1985 and 1993 I had a few sightings of this vulture around Hyderabad. It was treated as a vagrant so far south. This photograph of the imperilled giant, though tragic in its occurrence, grants vindication of sorts. siasat.com/stuck-in-manjh…

Indian BIRDS Vol 19 No 5. Published 16 Jan 2024. Entire issue, or individual paper PDFs can be downloaded at indianbirds.in
#india nbirds #india nbirds journal #ornithology #southasia #india #birds #birding

Obligate fruit-eating birds, those that only eat fruits, e.g., trogons, feed on wild avocados, rich in oils and proteins!
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For those who like sports, here’s a great article by Rohit Brijnath