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Most of the group (Abhishek and 2 more people are missing...total 15 people)


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Composite profile of a bad "bird photography tour" participant ( Read more... )

The podcast waa recorded in Jan 2021, B C... just Before Covid! Finally released now ( Read more... )

Group at the event:


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I see so many posts about tree/ sapling plantings, seed balls and other good-intentioned greening efforts. But I never see any posts about how those saplings are maintained over the next few years...only a repetition of the same planting ceremonies ( Read more... )

Cavery Bopiah and I walked through the garden.

eBird: https://ebird.org/checklist/S105826974

Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/86494503@N00/albums/72177720297710244


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Plastic. We can rail and rant all we want, but until we discover or invent another material as useful, as versatile... and as cheap... it's going to be around. The genie cannot get back into the bottle (which is a plastic one, of course).


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Today I was happy that 6 of my friends also volunteered for the Jala Dhara initiative, where Wildlife Conservation Group (WCG) conducted a watering session for the saplings planted last year, to tide them over until the 2022 monsoon begins ( Read more... )

Composite profile of a "bird photography tour" participant: I go with others who also don't know a thing about the birds we are going to "target".I do NOT use binoculars. Sometimes I may at least know my camera, but am very likely to be a newbie there too. I cart around a Canon7D Mark II, with huge lens and a fancy tripod. Then I keep asking ( Read more... )