Trip Report Nestled on the foothills of the northern fringes of the Eastern Ghats in Odisha, is a small forest, known for its unique biodiversity
Trip Report List of Species – Kalisthan Beach – 21st Nov 2020 List of Species – Bakkhali Beach – 21st Nov 2020 Participants Major B
Trip Report In search of … the careless vagabonds of the sea. On 03, April 2021, a team of 16 birders of Birdwatcher’s Society (BWS)
Trip Report 21st Nov 2020: Arnab Raychoudhury and I visited Kalisthan Beach at low tide ( https://ebird.org/checklist/S76477427) and Bakkhali Beach ( https://ebird.org/checklist/S76525957) at high tide.
“দিকে দিকে পাখি পাতা, জাল নয়” জয় গোস্বামীর এই কবিতার লাইনটি সবসময় মনে পড়ে, যখন ভারতবর্ষে রেকর্ড হওয়া পাখির সংখ্যার দিকে তাকাই। ১২৫০টির মতন রেকর্ড
ছোট চারচাকার গাড়িটা যখন হোমস্টের সামনে নামিয়ে দিলো, তখন দুপুর প্রায় একটা, ম্লান একটা রোদের ভাব চারদিকে । রাস্তায় আসতে আসতে দেখছিলাম পাহাড়ের গায়ে
Rajarhat.
28th July 2020.
Sanchita Dey
Dust bathing (also called sand bathing) is an animal behavior characterized by rolling or moving around in dust, dry earth or sand, with the likely purpose of removing parasites from fur, feathers or skin. Dust bathing is a maintenance behavior performed by a wide range of mammalian and avian species.
Rajarhat | 2nd August 2020 | Sujan Chatterjee
Habitat: tall grasses and reed-beds, lowland fields, wetlands by paddy fields, tamarisk thickets, grassy side of mangroves. Singly or in pairs. Forages low in vegetation, flicking its tail constantly. Food: mainly insects and their larvae; small spiders and butterflies. Song: distinctive; a cascading series of twitters following a buzzing introductory note.
Joka | June 17, 2020 | Pampa Mistri
Rajarhat.
2nd August 2020.
Sujan Chatterjee
Kolkata | May 24, 2020 | Pampa Mistri
Spotted Flycatcher is passage migrant which spend few weeks in Western India in monsoon during their pathway to wintering in Africa. It's bit strange to see this bird wintering in India, specially in the eastern part of the country. Probably this is the first record from West Bengal.
Bali Island, Sundarban | Jan 22, 2019
Sumanta Pramanick
Foraging behaviour of Sanderling. In the estuary, Sanderlings forage in muddy-sand areas during low tide which helps in achieving higher intake rates than in sandy areas.
Frasergunj estuarine , West Bengal | Sep 18, 2019
Sumanta Pramanick
We found 8 birds were roosting amongst a large mixed flock of Curlew Sandpipers, Lesser/Greater Sand Plovers, Sanderlings and Dunlins. They were seen on the beach of Jambudwip (approx 8km south-west from Fraserganj coast in Bay of Bengal) during high tide.
Jambudwip, West Bengal | Feb 13, 2020
Sumanta Pramanick
Hornbills in West Bengal & their conservation by Dr. Aparajita Datta.
By Birdwatchers’ Society
Citizen bird-watchers and their role
in conserving birds and their habitats.
By Birdwatchers’ Society
Bird-watchers contribution to science and conservation.
Speakers: Mittal Gala and Ashwin Viswanathan.
Organized by: Birdwatchers’ Society
Birds of Barak Valley, Assam.
Speaker: Dr. Hilloljyoti Singha, Professor, Dept. of Zoology, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, Assam.
Organized by: Birdwatchers’ Society
Topic: Woodpeckers of the Western Himalaya: What They Are Telling Us and Why We Should Listen?
Speaker: Dr. Ghazala Shahabuddin (Senior Scientist, CEDAR)
Webinar on White-bellied Heron.
By Birdwatchers’ Society
Harriers over time and space: indications of the status of critical habitats in India.
Speaker: Dr. T. Ganesh of ATREE
By Birdwatchers’ Society
Conserving endangered Greater Adjutant through peoples movement in Assam.
Speaker: Purnima Devi Barman, Wildlife Biologist , Aaranyak.
By Birdwatchers’ Society
An occurrence status and conservation issues in Arunachal Pradesh.
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Mize, Department of Zoology, Rajiv Gandhi University.
Organized by: Birdwatchers’ Society