Photographing birds in Gujarat | Kutch District| India Photographing birds in Gujarat, Kutch district in India, holds a very unique landscape for wildlife and birding. My interest in Gujarat started after reading the documented journeys made by the late Salim Ali and Datuk Loke Wan Tho back in 1943 to 1944 in the book, “Loke Wan … Continue reading
Photographing Birds with Your Ears It is already challenging to look for an elusive bird in the rainforest in daytime, let alone searching for nocturnal bird at night. This is where ‘photographing birds with your ears’ comes into play. Borneo has beautiful luscious green rainforest with rustling foliage by day and totally pitched dark with … Continue reading
Masked Finfoot | Early sighting in 1992|Malaysia Masked Finfoot | Early sighting in 1992 | Malaysia In the early 90’s, not much was known about the Masked Finfoot (heliopais personata), an aquatic bird, except for its distribution in eastern Indian subcontinent, Indochina and Malaysia. There were a few reports of its early sighting in Taman Negara, … Continue reading
Bar-bellied Pitta. Regional endemic bird in southern Vietnam. Continue reading
7 Endemic Birds of Vietnam in Dalat I was fascinated by the number of endemic birds in Vietnam in the main land as compared with the neighbouring southeast Asian countries like Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. Normally islands like Philippines or Borneo bring about habitat isolation with more endemism due to geographical isolation by the sea. … Continue reading
4D3N Bird Photography Trip to Ganeshgudi, Karnataka, Western Ghats India. Continue reading
Asian Emerald Cuckoos in Bangkok. Bird watching in Thailand. Continue reading
Birding Khao Yai National Park Thailand It was 43 ° C in Bangkok under the direct sun and 38 °C under the shade. Nomatter how you look at it, it was very HOT. It was time to escape the heat to the cooler 20 degree mountain air, Khao Yai National Park for birding. The last time I stepped … Continue reading
Tigers of India. Our story on the tigers of India is published in the current isuue of Asian Geographic Magazine ( No 122 Issue 6/2016). The past 13 years have taken us on several journeys through many parts of India. The rich biodiversity of nature in India has led us to return again and again begging … Continue reading
Whistling-Thrushes in Borneo, India, Malaysia, Thailand & Sri Lanka| Birding in Asia Continue reading
