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Birding at Chakki Mod
Chakki Mod is a small village not far from Chandigarh situated on the Chandigarh-Solan Highway. It was on my bucket list for quite a while and so I planned a 1 day trip there on 15 November, 2020. It had been raining for the whole week and there was still heavy cloud cover on that day…
Birds
Egrets
Egrets are medium to large sized birds, closely related to the Herons (see here) and belong to Ardea or Egretta genera. Similar to their (very) close relatives – Herons – they also have long legs and a long beak. Infact, the actual biological difference between herons and Egrets […]
Cormorants (Phalocrocoracidae)
Cormorants are medium to large sized fishers. All the 3 species of Cormorants that are found in India are dark coloured. Some Species have coloured facial skin. The gReat Cormorant has yellow and a white gular patch, the chin is yellow with a patch of white […]
Travelogue
Spiti Sojourn – Spiti Valley – Part 4 – the Moon Lake – Chandra Taal
On 28 June, 2019, a beautiful day dawned with a promised chill and some overhanging clouds over Kaza. At around 1 in the afternoon, we packed up and began on an amazing journey […]
Birder’s Day Out – Birding at Pong Lake
It was on 29th December, 2019t hat I, finally, got the chance to spend a Day Out Birding at one of my Favourite Birding Locations – pong Lake. I first visited the place in 2015 and till then it has […]
