by Thomas | Apr 11, 2010 | Birds, Endangered Species, India, Kaziranga
We begin this post with the Cinereous Vulture, which is perhaps the largest bird of prey. A winter visitor of North Eastern India, it has a “Near Threatened” conservation status. A couple of causes, which have led to this status include habitat destruction...
by Thomas | Apr 4, 2010 | Birds, India, Kaziranga
Part 2 of the ‘Birding in North Eastern India’ series features some of the bird species that we have seen for the first time. As mentioned in the previous post, North Eastern India is a birder’s paradise and we were thrilled to have sighted several...
by Thomas | Mar 7, 2010 | Birds, India, Kaziranga
The Common Stonechat is a resident and a winter visitor to India. During our visit to Nameri and Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuaries, we saw many of them, but found it was quite challenging to get close and photograph them. But we did get lucky on a couple of occasions....