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My Birding Journey
My interest in bird watching started with COVID. I have lived in the same house for over 15 years and didn’t realize the beauty of nature around me. During the hectic work schedules, taking a few minutes of break, and relaxing to the sound of nature, started a curiosity to know about them. And that…
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Thamirabarani and Periyaar
A short break to Alwarthirunagiri, a temple town on the banks of Thamirabarani river was our next holiday destination. The drive from Vagaikulam to Alwarthirunagiri was picturesque, passing along the banks of Thamirabarani with green fields on both sides. We spotted many birds – drongo, indian roller, bee-eaters, egrets, herons, kingfishers, doves. We spotted the…
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California Bay Area
An office trip clubbed with family celebrations made us pack our bags to San Francisco for 6 weeks. We stayed in Richmond, Marina Bay area and were gifted with daily sightings of birds. Meekers Slough, a mudflat channel along the Richmond coastline was our regular birding spot. We also sighted few birds in our treks…
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Narsapur forest and Gummadidala cheruvu
Our first (of hopefully many ) visits to Narsapur. Narsapur is a forest park close to Hyderabad and frequented by many bird watchers. Having researched online, we started our Saturday morning excited to see the birds. The drive to Narsapur was around 90 mins and we started our walk into the forest from the Medalamma…
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Peerancheruvu
Nestled between bunch of high rise apartments, it is a small lake with a walking path leading to the lake bank. The lake had fishes and that attracted birds. In addition to the usual suspects (egrets, herons, lapwings) we spotted the white breasted waterhen here.
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Ameenpur Lake Birding Spot
We planned to go to Ameenpur lake again and this time we followed google maps to the “Ameenpur lake birding spot for water birds”. It was a bit of an adventure to get to the place, but it was worth it as it had some great spots to see birds. We had a better vantage…
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Trip to Nandipalle
Got a new lens and planned a trip to Nandipalle. On the way back, stopped near the Rasheedguda lake ( was more a pond). The villagers at Rasheedguda were curious as to what I was shooting. Ashwin told them “Pittala photolu teestunnammu” and they wondered why anyone would want to take photos of birds. Revisited…
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Himayat Sagar Lake
The original plan for Saturday evening got moved to Sunday evening and we planned an evening trip to Gandipet lake. Once we were in LangerHouz, we decided to do Gandipet a different week and traveled towards Himayat Sagar Lake with the help of Google maps. After going through a few dead ends to get closer…
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Trip to Shamirpet & Hakimpet lakes
June 2nd started with an early morning trip to Shamirpet lake for bird photography. There was a good breeze and it helped overcome the heat. The man made lake was huge, however saw more water bottles and beer bottles than birds. There were fewer birds compared to the Ameenpur lake and I was disappointed with…
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Birds of Kaziranga
The best birding season for Kaziranga is in winter with all the migratory birds visiting the area. We visitied in April which is the off season, but still enjoyed seeing many birds.
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Kaziranga National Park – Big5
Kaziranga had been on my bucket list for quite sometime – a penchant to see the Indian one horned rhino. Kaziranga remains closed during the monsoon season – May to October and we planned the trip in the last week of April. We stayed in Diphlu River Lodge and went on 2 safaris every day.…
