Pulicat

Pulicat April 24

it’s the fag end of the migratory season and most migratory birds have already left and those that remain have nice breeding plumages as they prepare to migrate to their breeding areas (mostly in the arctic tundra). some photos from a visit to pulicat yesterday…

a couple of hens

bronzeback tree snake

no, definitely not something feathered…

Pulicat April 2022

Adit and I went to Pulicat yesterday with friends to try and sight some migrants and passage migrants. Some photos from the trip. All of these are migrants from Europe/Central Asia

Weekend birding in the city

photos from karapakkam in the city, where adit and i went for birding during the weekend.

drury’s jewel

a moth called drury’s jewel from thattekad, kerala. named after an 18th century british entomologist called Dru Drury….

Thattekad

Adit and i went to Thattekad in Kerala last week for a birding trip. we were dogged by rains in the afternoons but had good sessions in the mornings, more or less. standout photos for me from the trip…