Last year, somewhere around August or September, when the first time I spotted a White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis) near a well in my university campus, I mistook it to be an Oriental-magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis). The mistake was bound to take place because I was observing it from quite a distance and both the species have somewhat similar colouration and build. […]
Stopping by the woods on a Saturday morning
There is magic in the spring air, one often gets to hear. But, to feel the real charm of this magic, that no written or spoken words can ever describe, one has to dedicate a day out in the woods, in the arms of nature. When you step in the woods and enter the realm of nature, you lose all […]
Birdwatching report: Day 04, 05
A separate entry recorded on 16th December for the birdwatching that I did on 14th and 15th December while traveling to a nearby (yet faraway) town, Chatra. On 14th December, we’d to travel to Chatra (a small, densely populated township 70 kms away from Piparwar) to meet my eldest sister. Even though, I was somewhat against covering such a long, […]