State of West Bengal has great biodiversity and is home to more than 900 birds species. Here you will find those birds through my experience and lens.
Black-rumped Flameback Bengal Birds-4 (সোনালী/সুবর্ণ কাঠঠোকরা) Throughout the lockdown this bird has worked as my time-clock! This Black-rumped Woodpecker (‘kaththokra’) is very punctual! Every evening it will visit our coconut tree and the other nearby one and from its call there, I know the time is somewhere between 5:30-6 pm. My first encounter with this […]
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The ‘vigilante’, Black Drongo Bengal Birds – 3 (ফিঙ্গে) My pre-lockdown knowledge about Black Drongo’s natural habitat was only restricted to rural agricultural areas, far from any crowded city. But my perception changed when I saw this bird in my locality during the lockdown! I remember seeing these birds sitting in a row on either
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Asian Koel Bengal Birds -2 (কোকিল) My wife and I hated this Asian Koel ‘guy’ (yes, they are male!). Every morning till the cyclone ‘Umpun’ hit West Bengal on 20th May,2020 it was his call from our neighbor’s mango trees that acted as our pre-alarm clock in the morning! The storm partially uprooted one of
White-throated Kingfisher Bengal Birds-1 (সাদাগলা মাছরাঙা) I first saw this bird during the strict lockdown period, on a late afternoon, while strolling on my rooftop. A sudden glimpse of a flying deep blue something raised a hope in me that I’m definitely going to see something new! Looking carefully into the nearby mango tree I
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