We made a plan to visit Sinhagad valley and left home by 6:30 am. We reached valley and saw ‘Changeable Hawk Eagle’. The main attraction of this time was ofcourse, Paradise Flycatcher and we disbursed to take up the positions in the patch of the valley where these birds are ought to be found. The [...]
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Mulashi-Tamhini: off track, reverse monsoon & wildlife treat
Posted in Bird watching, Photography, Travelogue, Wildlife, tagged Around Pune, Bird watching, Birds, Chaatak, Clouds, Explore Pune, Fog, Greenery, Marathi-Chaatak, Monsoon, Mulashi, Mulashi sunrise, Paud, Pied Crested Cuckoo, Pirangut, Pirangut ghat, Pune, Rains, Rainy outing, Reverse monsoon, Road to heaven, Scarlet Minivet, Scarlet Minivet Female, Scarlet Minivet Male, Sunrise, Tamhini, Tamhini ghat, Waterfall, Wilde Cat, Wildlife on November 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Reverse monsoon (November rain) is not a pleasant thing anymore. Moreover as it was accompanied with storms, cyclone Phyan and what not. Rains made the days dull and lazy. Weekdays were spent in the office and then came weekend. My friend wanted to capture clouds/fog for time lapse in Mulashi-Tamhini and I decided to accompany [...]
Sunbirds & I…
Posted in Bird watching, Photography, Wildlife, tagged Bird, Bird Photography, Bird watching, Birding, Birds, Crimson Sunbird, India, Maharashtra, Pune, Purple Sunbird, Purple-rumped sunbird, Ratnagiri, Red Crimson Sunbird, Sunbird, Sunbird in Eclipse plumage, Sunbirds on August 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My fondness with sunbirds dates back to more than a decade or so. My home garden at Ratnagiri, houses many birds. Sunbirds are major among them. I still remember when I first noticed the Purple-rumped sunbird pair building their nest on our pomegranate tree branch. The couple was hard-working and busy building their sweet home. [...]
Interview on Boingbird
Posted in Bird watching, General, Interview, Photography, Travelogue, tagged Bird, Bird Photography, Bird watching, Birding, Birds, Boingbird, Interview, Ruhi, Ruhi Malgaonkar on June 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Many thanks to Michael for publishing my interview on BoingBird website!!! You can read it here – http://boingbirdtv.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/boingbird-talks-to-photographer-ruhi-malgaonkar-northern-mocking-bird-photo/ And also for picking up my ‘Barn Swallow’ snap as “Bird pic of the day!” I have also posted the same interview below – ******************************************************************************************************** Boingbird talks to photographer Ruhi Malgaonkar In an interview with Boingbird CEO [...]
La-Kā-Ki (or Model Colony) Lake
Posted in Bird watching, Travelogue, Wildlife, tagged Bird, Bird watching, Birds, Coots, India, La-Kā-Ki Lake, Lakaki Lake, Lake, Maharashtra, Migratory birds, Model Colony, Model Colony Lake, Model Colony Pune, Pune, SPotbill, Spotbill Duck, Water, Waterhen on May 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Every time I passed from Jagtap Dairy in Model Colony, this beautiful lake caught my attention. Finally one evening, I decided to go there and find it out. I bought the ticket and entered in the park. I was pleased to see beautifully developed park around the lake with walking track. Another attraction was obviously [...]
Sinhagad Valley – Birder’s Paradise
Posted in Bird watching, Travelogue, Wildlife, tagged "Crested Bunting", Around Pune, Ashy Prinia, Asian Paradies Flycatcher, Bird, Bird watching, Birding, Birds, Birer's Paradise, Black Drongo, Black-winged Kite, Blue napped Monarch flycatcher, Cattle Egret, Common Iora, Common Kingfisher, Crested Serpent Eagle, Dove, Eurasian Black bird, Fan-tailed Flycatcher, Golden fronted Leaf Bird, Green bee eater, Grey Babbler, India, Indian Robin, Jungle Babbler, Jungle Mynah, Jungle Prinia, Little Bee eater, Magpie Robin, Maharashtra, Marsh Harrier, Nature, Orange Headed Thrush, Oriental White-eye, Pied Crested Cuckoo, Pied Kingfisher, Pune, Purple Sunbird, Red Munia, Red vented Bulbul, Red whiskered Bulbul, Red-rumped Swallow, Red-throated Flycatcher, Scaly-breasted Munia, Sinhagad, Sinhagad Fort Valley, Sinhagad Valley, Small Minivet, Tailor bird, Ticklle’s Blue Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Ultra-marine Flycatcher, Valley, White-breasted Kingfisher, Yellow Sparrow on May 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I accompanied my friend to ‘Sinhagad valley’ on Saturday morning. I started from home at 5:30 AM and reached my friend’s place. Two more friends joined in and we all headed for the valley. ‘Sinhagad’ or ‘Sinhagad Fort’ valley is an amazing place for bird watching. In monsoon, there is a stream which flows by [...]
Nashville & Lake Catherine State Park
Posted in Travelogue, Wildlife, tagged American Black vultures, American Robin, Architecture, Arkansas, Around US, AT&T building, Batman Building, beautiful farm houses, Beautiful nature, Bird, Bird watching, Birding, BOA Plaza, Cassin's Finch, Court House, Cumberland River, Dallas, Davidson County Public hall, Davidson County Public hall and Court house, dense forests, Downtown, Downtown Nashville, Greek lonic temple, green grasses, hanging bridge, Heather Bond, horses, Hotel Hilton, Hotel Renaissance, jersey cows, Lake Catherine State Park, lakes, Life & Casualty Tower, Lower Broadway Nashville, Music Clubs, Nashville, Nature, Rest area, Rest areas in US, Robin, scenic views, Sky scrappers, Spring, Spring Season, Sri Ganesh temple, Sri Ganesh temple Nashville, stables, State Capitol Nashville, State Park, State Parks, Tennessee State Capitol building, The Music City, The Natural City, The Pinnacle, TN, Travelogue, trees, Turkey vultures, US, Water, Waterfall, Wooden Bench on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Nashville, Tennessee: I went to Nashville last weekend. One of my colleagues (Sandeep) got a BMW and he wished to go to Nashville to do its ‘Pooja’ at Sri Ganesh temple there. He asked whether I would like to join them. I was not sure in the beginning but then I remembered one of my [...]
Morachi Chincholi
Posted in Bird watching, Photography, Travelogue, Wildlife, tagged Around Pune, Bird watching, Explore Pune, India, Maharashtra, Morachi Chincholi, Nature, Peacocks, Peahens, Pune on September 4, 2008 | 17 Comments »
“Mor” means peacock and “Chincholi” means dense tamarind trees in Marathi. Morachi chincholi is a small village which is around 85-90 kms from Pune on Pune- Ahmednagar highway. This information does not catch your attention unless and until you read next lines. Yes, this village is now a peacock sanctuary which shelters more than thousands [...]
Ramdara
Posted in Travelogue, tagged Around Pune, Bird watching, One day outing, Pune, Ramdara, Ramdara Temple, Travelogue on September 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It was 3:30 pm on Sunday and I was doing nothing at home. It was instant plan to go to Ramdara. My friend confirmed by SMS and at 4 pm we started for Ramdara. As we drove, we noticed that there was sudden change in climate. The sky turned very cloudy at once and signs [...]
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