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Monsoon is here. Birds Love It.

June 24, 2013November 6, 2017 ~ Lalitha Krishnan ~ Leave a comment

The mist is rolling in, the trees are beginning to sprout ferns, the bugs are out as are the birds as usual.

Tickell’s Leaf Warbler/Grey-hooded Warbler

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📸I suck at photographing on manual mode so I decided to practice on a difficult subject- a bumble bee. I had been doing this for a few mornings when I spotted a spider-trapped #Odotoperabilinearia. Of course, I couldn't have identified it without Sanjay Sondhi's help. Then early one morning I spotted the hawk moth. Fascinating and challenging subject. I switched to 'A' mode in a blink of an eye -- this was no time for the conscience but a time to capture a rare moth. I followed its hasty movements and took a bunch of blurry photos. Suddenly there was no sight of it at all. How could that be I wondered? This is what I found. It was completely still. Paralyzed by the spider in a split second? I got a photo but I am still trying to fathom how such a swift creature which hovers rather than settle can be caught?🦋🕸️ #wild_himalayan🏔️🇮🇳 #hawkmoths_of_Landour🦋🐛 #Sphingidae #mothsofindia #spidersoflandour #mothsofuttarakhand🦋🇮🇳 #mothsoflandour

Just stretching. This is case of give a bucket of water and they take over the whole place leaving us behind glass doors.Swipe for more. Check out the igtv @heartofconservationpodcast #Langursathome #animalbehaviour #langursofinstagram🐒

Know your 'bycatch'... and take a good look at your toothpaste'. Lost at sea? Copy paste the link below to read the article👆 I wrote a while ago. Learn more about relevant terms like bycatch, bioaccumulation and such. 🐠🐳🐢💧 https://earthymatters.blog/2017/12/12/know-your-bycatch-before-that-bitcoin-and-take-a-good-look-at-your-toothpaste/ 🐋 Chihuly’s glass-blown sea-forms on a platter is a nice reminder of the depth and breadth of nature's bounty which we seem determined to destroy. I took this photo at the Chihuly museum. #worldoceansday2019 #beconscious #earthymatters #heartofconservaitonpodcast #chihuly #artnconservation

🐦🎵If the grey-winged blackbird has any songster-competition on the hillside it's the Himalayan blue whistling thrush. These guys appear on the roof at dawn and wake you up gently with a sweet melody They love hopping around & seem to recognize me now. :) I know this because everytime I step out I first get this small screech-notification then the whistling thrush hops around for a few seconds and perches close by.🤗🐦Check out the competition- the grey-winged blackbird on @heartofconservationpodcast #bluewhistlingthrush #birdsongaddict🐦🎵 #birdsoflandour #songsters🐦🎵

🐵 The langur in the middle looked like it was actually nursing a painful paw. It cradled it between its front paws for long time between taking a mid morning siesta. This, after 3 of them ravaged my garden-patch of nasturciums, stock, celery and chives..basically eating everything they could find and destroying the rest. But ofcourse, I always forgive them.🐒🙈🙊 ❤️ #wild_himalayan #primates #animalbehaviour #langursoflandour #worldenvironmentday2019

I was weeding when I saw what I thought was a wildflower. Turned out to be the wings of a #Prayingmantis #wild_himalayan #mantis #insectsoflandour

Listen to Ep# 10 on #heartofconservationpodcast.🎧🎙️⬇️ Download for free. 🦐🦀🐟🐬🐋🐳🏝️🌅💧 Otters are kept as pets. Can you imagine? They are a huge part of the illegal wildlife trade. I found out this and more at Wild Otters an otter-research based organization, tucked away in a corner of Chorao island in Goa. Listen to Ecologist and Director, Dr. Katrina Fernandez and Director and Chief of Communications Kshitij Garg; Katrine Burford-Bradshaw and Shiri Lev and find out what they're doing to conserve the Smooth-coated otters in its habitat. Listen on Spotify, Apple podcasts, Google podcast, and Android. Show notes for this episode coming soon on earthymatters.blog Photo courtesy: WildOtters. #ottersofindia #smoothcoatedotters #stopwildlifetrade #saveotters

A male Russet sparrow taking a break from feeding its chicks. 🐤🌲 #wild_himalayan #russetsparrow #birdsofuttarakhand #cinnamontreesparrow #sparrowsinthehimalaya🐦🐣🏔️🇮🇳

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My view of life in the Himalaya and everything below. The landscape is never the same on any two days and I'd like to share the uniqueness, all the quirks, and surprises the mountains send out to me. Bird and animal behaviour, people and culture; I capture it all through writing podcasting and photography. Contact me at earthymatters013@gmail.com

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A Grey langur watches me watch him. Photo credit: Lalitha Krishnan

Deodar cones dispersing seeds in winter. Photo credit: Lalitha Krishnan

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