Birding With Arjun

November 15, 2022

Birding in Kashmir | Mission Kashmir – Part 3

Destination – Kupwara, Lolab Valley & Bungus ValleyDate – 23 & 24 June, 2021 Kupwara After spending about 5 days in the southern part of the beautiful Kashmir valley, we decided it was time to explore the more untouched areas in the north. So, on the afternoon of 23 June, 2021, we packed all our […]

March 25, 2022

Birding in Kashmir | Mission Kashmir – Part 2

We reached Kashmir late, the sun had already set and there were only a couple of places we could have visited that evening. We decided on going to […]

February 25, 2022

Birding in Kashmir | Mission Kashmir – Part 1

We started our journey in the morning and reached Mansar lake by noon. Apart from a couple of […]

November 28, 2021

Rann Roadies – Part 4 – Ahmedabad, Churu, and Back to Base

After spending a wonderful day at the Salt Desert in Dhordo, we started towards Ahmedabad in the afternoon. On the way, we stopped at […]

September 24, 2021

Rann Roadies – Part 3 – Bhuj and the White Rann

Bhuj is a small city in the Kutch district of Gujarat. It has great historical importance and is famous among tourists going to Dhordo for ‘Rann Utsav’. Besides the Aina Mahal and Prag Mahal, there is not much to see in Bhuj city. So, after spending some time there, we left for Mandvi in the […]

August 8, 2021

Rann Roadies – Part 2 – Jodhpur to Dholavira

We entered Jodhpur at around 8pm which wasn’t very late but according to the Covid Regulations, all restaurants had to be closed by 7pm. After a lot of looking, we found a decent hotel which was still serving food. As usual, by that time we didn’t know where we were going to spend the night. […]

February 28, 2021

Rann Roadies – Part 1 – Phillaur to Khichan

I planned a road trip to Rann of Kutch for New Year 2021. The first part of this wonderful trip was from Phillaur to the famous village of Khichan via Bikaner.

January 20, 2021

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.

September 7, 2020

Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Size (48-52 cm): It is the smallest of all the Egrets found in India Area: Most of India except the Himalayas Habitat: Lakes, village ponds, cultivations, river-banks

August 29, 2020

Prinia Mania- Birding at Phillaur (#9)

Prinia Mania- Birding at Phillaur (#9) Date: 18 March, 2020 After yet another birding-break and with the winter slowly drawing to a close and the birds reverse migrating to Europe, Russia etc. to their breeding grounds, I went to Sutlej again. Just like before, I left before sunrise, but, this time it was intentional because […]

August 1, 2020

Weavers and Plovers – Birding at Phillaur (#8)

Weavers and Plovers – Birding at Phillaur (#8) After taking a long break from birding, on 24 January, 2020, it was time for me to go out and shoot some birds. So, I packed my stuff and left for the Sutlej River. This time I didn’t go to Mao Sahib though. Instead, I went to […]

June 28, 2020

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.