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Nature Feature: A dinner invitation

August 10, 2019 Deepa Mohan

“Will you walk into my parlour?” Said the spider to the fly. “I’ve spread a carpet of silk and diamonds! Walk in, and don’t be shy! Do come along, for I grow thinner… I’ve LOVE

Animal rescue: Contact numbers for Bangalore

July 18, 2019 Deepa Mohan

I received this list of contact numbers for the rescue of animals and birds, from Vasudeesha Hosabettu, 18 July ’19 Bird Rescuers – 96202 86800 / 98452 21309 (no names) Pigeons – 9845221309 / 080-23504333

Nature Feature, Jul ’19: A doomed romance

July 16, 2019 Deepa Mohan

This is butterfly season; you must have noticed these beautiful creatures fluttering past you, in the gardens and even on the roads, everywhere in the city. If you observe them carefully, you will find many

Nature Feature, April ’19: The Bear Rescue Centre at Bannerghatta National Park

April 4, 2019 Deepa Mohan

On the butterfly group that I belong to, one member told us about the Bear Rescue Centre (BRC) at Bannerghatta, and asked for volunteers.It was then decided that several of us would visit the Centre

Nature Feature, March ’19: Varna (castes!) in Nature!

March 6, 2019 Deepa Mohan

Since all of us are becoming so polarized by caste these days, I thought I would take a tongue-in-cheek look at the four varnas, or castes, into which I can categorize the living beings around

The Kidoor Bird Fest: Birding on the Border

November 29, 2018 Deepa Mohan

Birds know no borders; the ones that we go to see in Karnataka fly off and can be seen once we cross over into Kerala! So when the birders of Kasargod announced the second Kidoor

Butterfly Festival, Doresanipalya Forest Research Station

November 21, 2018 Deepa Mohan

I was about to write something about this event for my blog, and realized my official report for the Karnataka Forest Dept would do just as well! The founder-members of Bangalore Butterfly Club (BBC), from

Book Review: The Last White Hunter, Reminiscences of a Colonial Shikari

April 26, 2018 Deepa Mohan

The Last White Hunter, Reminiscences of a Colonial Shikari By Donald Anderson, as told to Joshua Mathew 265 pp. Rs.650 Indus Source Books PO Box 6194 Malabar Hill PO Mumbai 400 006 INDIA Email: info@indussource.com

The Great Backyard Bird Count, and the Campus Bird Count, 2018

February 15, 2018 Deepa Mohan

An initiative where everyone who is a birdwatcher, can contribute to the database of a worldwide organization that logs the birds seen during this time. The annual Great Backyard Bird Count is back and birdwatchers

Bangalore’s first eBirder meet

November 30, 2016 Deepa Mohan

For some time now, eBird has emerged as an application that is easy and convenient for birdwatchers (commonly referred to as birders) to record their bird-lists and allied observations. “We are working (through a

Where the wild things are

October 20, 2016 Sumanth Bindumadhav

Every city, even giant metropolises like Bengaluru, still have a few patches of green, blue or brown that have managed to survive or at least allay the formidable onslaught of concrete and glass. Look carefully

When an Indian Pitta goes to IIM-Bangalore!

October 15, 2016 Deepa Mohan

Earlier this year, in February, a group of friends and I had conducted a bird survey in the campus of IIM-Bangalore. At that time, the Dean of Administration, Prof. G Shainesh, and his famkily, keenly

Butterflies in Bannerghatta: under threat

April 21, 2016 Deepa Mohan

When we talk of conservation, we often think of trees, water, mammals and birds. However, Rohit Girotra, who, in the past few years, has popularized butterfly walks, and indeed, has discovered several species of butterflies

Waterfowl Census revived in Bangalore lakes

December 27, 2015 Deepa Mohan

With young students like Anvitha Rao and Joiston Pereira taking the initiative, the annual Waterfowl Census, which had been suspended some time ago due to lack of support by the authorities, was revived again on

Call for volunteers for the Waterbird Survey 2015-16

December 23, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Posting below, a mail from Anvitha S (Undergraduate student, St Joseph’s College) on <bngbirds@yahoogroups.com>, requesting for volunteers for the Waterbird Survey 2015-16. We are reviving the waterbird survey which was conducted between 1987 – 1996 by