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
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All about how to photograph birds in the wild in Asia
Photographing Birds with Your Ears
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 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
Photographing spectacular regional endemics birds in southern Vietnam | Dalat and Cat Tien
Bar-bellied Pitta. Regional endemic bird in southern Vietnam. Continue reading
4D3N Bird Photography Trip to Ganeshgudi, Karnataka, Western Ghats India.
4D3N Bird Photography Trip to Ganeshgudi, Karnataka, Western Ghats India. Continue reading
Asian Emerald Cuckoo – Bird watching in Bangkok Thailand.
Asian Emerald Cuckoos in Bangkok. Bird watching in Thailand. Continue reading
Dulit Frogmouth| First image of a very rare bird of Borneo| Kelabit Highland | Sarawak, Borneo
First image of Dulit Frogmouth Continue reading
Photographing Birds of Fraser’s Hill|West Malaysia.
Photographing Birds of Fraser’s Hill | West Malaysia (28 March- 6 April 2013) Photographing Birds of Fraser’s Hill|West Malaysia Fraser’s Hill has been a favorite destination for a long time especially for the locals to escape the tropical heat. It is also a popular birding destination in peninsula Malaysia . Located just 1.5 hours from … Continue reading
Flamingos in Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India
Flamingos in Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India. Excited about what we were going to see this morning, we left at 9.30 am after waiting for 3 other visitors from Ahmedabad to join us just for the flamingos expedition. The journey would take 1.5 hours one way through the scorching sun and barren land over … Continue reading
Reddish Scops Owl | Birds of Borneo
Reddish Scops Owl | Birds of Borneo I was in Kubah National Park Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo in October 2011 looking for owl with Yeo Siew Teck. It was about 8 pm on the main road in the park. The road going up into the national park was pitched dark as soon as we past the … Continue reading