Monthly Archives: February 2013

Painted handmaiden moth

Click on the pics to load them in high resolution The Painted handmaiden moth (Euchromia polymena) is a day flying moth that I often encounter during the winter months when I go out birding in the forests of Goa. At … Continue reading

Painted Snipe

One morning I was sitting by the garbage dumpsite on one end of the Pilerne lake hoping to photograph some White breasted waterhens. There are usually about four or five of them scrounging around for food in this spot. Local … Continue reading

The Flying Lizard

Click on the pics to load them in high resolution At around ten one summer morning I was sitting on a bench outside my room at Cotigao wildlife sanctuary showing Deepak (a young forest worker) some of the pictures I … Continue reading