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Aug 1, 2003 9:14 am
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Hi In an otherwise busy schedule, spotted 02 Common Sandpipers at the US Club previous sunday, 20 Jul - first of the wintering waders. It would be interesting...
Hi there Here are the details how to come to Gawalideo. Gawalideo lies on the MIDC service road, which branches off from road going to Kalyan from Thane belpur...
sagar mhatre
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Aug 1, 2003 2:27 pm
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Please refer to your intimation some how or other I am unable to exercise the option. I would like to have option as under:- *Individual Emails Messages are...
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Aug 2, 2003 6:21 am
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Hi folks, Today saw a Rhesus macaque adult male feeding on a spotted dove in Chandrabani Dehradun. Surprisingly the macaque just ate the hind quarters and left...
GlacierDear Amogh & Delhi Birders, I had the same kind of experience here in Srilanka.. On April there were a family of five scops owls in my garden at...
Hello All, Fixing an arrival date for a migratory species on it's wintering grounds is difficult.Two major factors that contribute to the difficulty are...
Hi folks No news is presumably good news! I spoke to Mr Bharati last week about some of the issues raised in the emails, and I am told he has used the SRP at...
hello everyone, I am a new member to this egroup. I have been in Pune for a no of years, and am now in Dehradun. Hope to be reading and writing a lot on the...
Hi, i am interested in designing a bird scarer which could be used by farmers at a cheap price the google search gave a lot of products that use ultrasonic ...
Dear Rohit, Macaques are omnivores and they will not hesitate to devour a bird if the opportunity arises. In fact, bird eggs, calotes and even geckos are...
There is a lot of emails doing the rounds re the SGNP. It would be nice to put Mr Bharati on the loop. I think he is not in the know of the going ons on this...
Ranjan Biswas
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Aug 4, 2003 5:11 am
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Hi, I have heard/read that Koel lays eggs in Crow's nest - but have not observed. Yesterday, saw a Koel chick on a Gulmohar tree in our garden apparently being...
Hi there ! Yesterday while having a wildflwer trail arranged by Navi Mumbai chapter of BNHS, one three toed Kingfisher was sighted in the moring around 0900...
sagar mhatre
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Aug 4, 2003 7:23 am
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Hi, Just a small correction ................It was "Malabar whistling Trush" and not a "Nilgiri whistling Trush". As mentioned by Sagar, Gawalideo is indeed a...
Dr. Joseph George asked Dr. M. B. Krishna and me this question and as I did not have an answer, I am asking all of you for any information on the same, with...
Hello Naveein and All, I do not have direct answer about the correctness of the specific reference regarding the Cotton teal, but here are some bits of ...
Dear All, I have witnessed a Bronzewinged Jacana fly with two chicks for a distance of about 20 metres in Padam Tal, Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan in...
Hello Anish How did the Jacana carry the chicks? On the back? Don't the chicks hide under the wing in emergencies normally? Is the duck observation your own or...
krishna mb
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Aug 6, 2003 4:24 pm
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Hi Anish & All, Same thing i saw with White Breasted Waterhen but thing was little different as bird was trying to keep chicks dry. As they all were in deep...
Friends, Thanks for the many responses to my query on tree Ducks, Would it be safe to assume that NO BIRD CARRY's their YOUNG on their back in flight????? rgds...
Hello Naveein and all, This is in response to your query :Would it be safe to assume that no bird carry their young on their back in flight?" Apart from the...
Dear Naveein and Krishna, a) Parent carrying chicks to safety:- The adult bird was holding the chicks in its long digits. The legs were dangling below the...
Dear Fellow Birders, thanks to all you wonderfull people who have responded, pls find below Dr. SreeKumar's mail, requesting Dr. Sreekumar to document the same...
Mr. Shyamal L sent me this, I think this settles this discussion. http://www.stanfordalumni.org/birdsite/text/essays/Transporting_Young.html Transporting Young...
hi naveen, I have seen dabchick or Little Grebe carrying three chicks in wings when Osprey (Avian Predater) approaching the water body.This was about three...
Dear all members, http://indianenvironmentonline.net/riverlink This is our own programme to compile the information about the recently proposed National River...
I write from where ghosts of the wild, haunt the slaves of progress... On a more realistic note, any news of the Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher. (Q1) Where have...
