by Thomas | Jan 19, 2020 | Animals, Bandipur, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
I was resting in the sit-out of my cottage in Jungle Lodges property in Bandipur National Park when I spotted Munia’s flying back and forth from the next cottage. I instinctively knew that there was a nest somewhere on the roof of that cottage and it...
by Thomas | Jul 27, 2014 | Birds, BR Hills, India
While waiting for the Blue-capped Rock Thrush that I successfully photographed and described in the previous post, I spotted a Scaly-breasted Munia foraging in the grass near the golghar. They are known to nest around human structures. So I paid attention to this...
by Thomas | May 18, 2014 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, India
In the Indian Wilderness, no two safaris look alike. And after two safaris in Bandipur National Park today, we decided to title this post as an ‘Off-Day’ in Bandipur National Park for all the right reasons. We started the morning safari on a cloudy winter...
by Thomas | Dec 12, 2010 | Birds, Corbett, India
Continuing with the series on Birding in Corbett National Park; we saw this Grey Bushchat enthralled in singing, thereby giving us an opportunity to get close to it and get some reasonably good images. The Red-vented Bulbul is another bird, which was one of the...
by Thomas | Sep 27, 2009 | Birds, India, Masinagudi
The scaly-breasted Munia is a widespread resident species in India. It is a tiny (10-12cms) shy bird making it a pretty challenging subject for photography. There is however a sure shot way to get close and photograph this bird – find a nesting pair. And we were...