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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
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
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
At four centimeters in length the restricted demon (Notocrypta curvifascia) is a small species of butterfly. The butterfly probably gets its name from the fact that it usually settles on low bushes and does not stray far from its home … Continue reading
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Non-venomous ‘If you’re gonna get rid of your fear of snakes you’re gonna have to get bitten someday.’ I explained to Shippo. He was an eighteen year old lanky lad from my own village in Parra, and he wanted to … Continue reading
Simply known as the Baron this medium sized butterfly flies with stiff wingbeats and occasional glides. At the butterfly conservatory Yashodan Heblekar managed to attract them with overripe pineapple and papaya. In the absence of these fruits one morning he … Continue reading
Click on the pics themselves to load them in high resolution. A male Malabar pied hornbill below A year later I photographed these hornbills in flight at Dandeli male female Malabar grey hornbill male photographed when it would bash … Continue reading
On the 13th of May my neighbors phoned me – quite like the pizza delivery boy – shouting through the receiver that I needed to come rightaway and catch a snake from their house. The snake turned out to be … Continue reading
Click on the pics to load them in higher resolution I came upon this bizarre creature one morning while birding with clients at the Paithona stream. To me this little animal seemed like some kind of a cross between a … Continue reading