Hi there, Just for info, the following are the specimens of Desert Wheatear collected in the early part of the last Century from Mumbai and as reported by the...
Hi everyone, Some unusual sightings in city.Looking forward to your reply. Grey Necked Bunting Embriza buchanani Date 23 Nov. 2001 Bird sighted at Airport...
Hi, The shahin ( I feel it is a male) is still in residence (23 nov 01) at the transmission tower near Bombay gym. Watched it make desperate high speed dives...
Apologies for cross posting Short review Birds of Pune Compiled by Anchal Sondhi. Kalpaviriksh/Centre for Environment Education, Pune, 2001. Rs. 50/- This...
Hi all, Spotted a very large flock of Alpine swifts circling over my place at Borivli today morning at 9:00 AM. Wonder why I've never seen them before. Is this...
Thanks a lot Nivedita ,Leon , Kiran for the identification of the swifts. Yes, they were Alpine Swifts, plenty of them. Initial description was with the naked...
This is periodical reminder. While replying to a message ,edit and keep only relevant bits from the earlier message.Otherwise mails continue to circulate...
Location : Thakur Village, Kandivali (East), North Mumbai Spotted over last couple of days during the morning hours a large congregation of Alpine Swifts...
Inviting all to attend a talk by Dr Mahesh Rangarajan on "Battles for Nature: contests over wildlife conservation in India" on Friday 23 November at 6.00 pm at...
Dear Birders, I have been observing a flock of about 50-100 Swifts that pass over my house in Dahisar between 9.30-10.30 a.m Size : Twice the size of Palm...
ON 11/13/01 AT 4:10:00 PM Leon Pereira wrote:
>Spotted two Crested Goshawks, (Accipiter trivirgatus) in what appeared to
>be display of some sort? near Pookot...
( Due to some problem Meena's mail to birdsofbombay has not come through yet,I am posting the cc of the mail she sent me,in case it doesn't come through at...
Hi Sunjoy has reported a very interesting trip to Uran but has expressed the absence of flamingoes. In my earlier note on sightings from Seawood balcony I did...
Hi all, Quite a fruitfull trip to Bordi beach off gholwad . We were at the beach from 10:00 AM -2:00PM. THe sightings of the morning were as follows: Numenius...
Hi everyone Was at Seawoods complex again today ,set up the scope on the 11th floor balcony,the sightings were as follows: Tadorna ferruginea-Ruddy Shelduck 2...
Dear friends, On 12th November 2001 we ( VIRAL & PARITOSH.) had a very amazing bird watching while coming from Nasik to Mumbai. Usually its 3 hrs drive but...
Wishing all Nature Lovers a Very Happy Diwali and a Prosperous New Year!! Debi Goenka ... This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information....
Dear Pakshimitra WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY DEEPAWALI AND A BRIGHT NEW YEAR !!! Let us celebrate Deepawali as a festival of lights, colour and peace and clean /...
Hi there, The following are the sightings/observations I know of the Lesser Kestrel from the subcontinent. Any further contributions to this would be welcome. ...
Hi, Spotted two Crested Goshawks, (Accipiter trivirgatus) in what appeared to be display of some sort? near Pookot Lake which is 13 Kms from Kalpetta, Wayanad...
Hi all birders, When on this Saturday morning I went outside of my house to check the calls of Koel, I wondered if my head had flees on it because as soon as...
Hi Was at Seawood complex off Palm beach road near Vasi between 6:00 -6:30 PM. Was pleasanly surprised to see. Ruddy Shelducks -tadorna ferruginea 4 in all. ...
Martin had been having rouble with his computer and at the moment is out of town. Hense the delay in sending the corbett list. List of the species seen is at...
Hello All, A flock of 20-25 Greater Flamingos was seen at 8 am today, flying above the Colaba-Cuff Parade area,South Bombay.The flock had gained some height...
Hi all Just back from Nanaj, & other areas. Offcourse the highlight was Great Indian Bustard-Ardeotis nigriceps. Seen 2 males & 4 females on the 1st of nov....
Dea friends, One of the BNHS members, Sandeep Gupta has forwarded an interesting site for birdwatchers which u all might have visited already. It is...
