Chennai resident sights two rare warblers at home on the same day
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April 06, 2021 12:14 IST
The city falls in the migration route of the passage migrants Western Crowned Warbler and Large-billed Leaf Warbler. As these birds ‘pass through a narrow window of time’, there are not many records of them from these parts
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A Large-billed Leaf Warbler sighted in the greenery at an apartment complex in Pallikaranai on April 3, 2021. Photo: Sundaravel Palanivelu
The city falls in the migration route of the passage migrants Western Crowned Warbler and Large-billed Leaf Warbler. As these birds ‘pass through a narrow window of time’, there are not many records of them from these parts
Dive in with the Pochards
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March 18, 2021 11:51 IST
During the migratory season, Common Pochard and Red-crested Pochard occurrences in South India are scattered. However, these deep-diving ducks can be found if one knew where to look for them
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A male Common Pochard. Photo: Rama Neelamegam
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During the migratory season, Common Pochard and Red-crested Pochard occurrences in South India are scattered. However, these deep-diving ducks can be found if one knew where to look for them
To the neighbour, a celebrity is just a presence across the fence unless the latter has a fortification around them.
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February 27, 2021 12:59 IST
The species’ frequency data around waterbodies and wetlands in Chennai, Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur particularly gives rise to this notion
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An Osprey with its kill flying over Siruthavoor lake. Photo: Rama Neelamegam
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The species’ frequency data around waterbodies and wetlands in Chennai, Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur particularly gives rise to this notion
Is the migratory Ospery more at home in Chennai and neighbouring districts than believed? That question is being asked by birdwatchers, their human-superciliums raised by the species’ frequency data.
The raptor has redefined the migratory season for itself, being consistently sighted outside that window. Observed for a reasonable passage of time, this pattern prompts a consideration: Has a small population of them become residents?
When in doubt, choose the slash
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February 22, 2021 20:32 IST
There are surefire ways of telling a Common Snipe from a Pintail Snipe. However, when a birder is uncertain, eBird encourages them to exercise an alternative option, as it does for other difficult-to-identify birds
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During the migratory season, the Common Snipe and the Pintail Snipe occur in Chennai. They can sometimes be difficult to be told apart, unless they are seen in flight and their underwings are exposed. Photo: Sundaravel Palanivelu
There are surefire ways of telling a Common Snipe from a Pintail Snipe. However, when a birder is uncertain, eBird encourages them to exercise an alternative option, as it does for other difficult-to-identify birds
Vagrant at estuary near ECR
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January 03, 2021 06:59 IST
For a couple of weeks, eBirders from Chennai have been heading to Yedaiyanthittu Estuary to study an unexpected visitor a Grey-tailed Tattler. Previous data about this bird points to Pulicat lake
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The vagrant Grey-tailed Tattler at Yedaiyanthittu Estuary. Photo: Rama Neelamegam
For a couple of weeks, eBirders from Chennai have been heading to Yedaiyanthittu Estuary to study an unexpected visitor a Grey-tailed Tattler. Previous data about this bird points to Pulicat lake
Everyone hates a prating tattler. Even two tattlers do not expend any love between them. The lone and striking exception is when tattlers are togged in feathers, wear a tail with a cinder-grey shade to it and keep bobbing it.