Ek Balam, Mexico
Bird of the Day: Turquoise-browed Motmot
Ek Balam, Mexico
Conservation Tourism
Bird of the Day: Yellow-breasted Apalis (Mole National Park, Ghana)
Endangered species : Nilgiri Langur
Two centuries ago, under the British rule, much of the Western Ghats forests were cut down to be replaced by tea plantations. In 1895, the damming of the Periyar river plunged 26 square km of pristine forests into what is now called the Periyar Lake. The 925 km2 of dense hilly forest that form the Periyar Wildlife sanctuary may seem huge, but it is actually a limited territory for the endemic species. Continue reading
Beauty Of Munnar – Lockhart Gap
Lockhart Gap
Munnar abounds in amazing views. The Lockhart Gap is located near Munnar on the Thekkady road, offering a bird’s-eye view of Bison Valley and the surrounding hills and tea plantations. It is also an ideal place for rock climbing. Continue reading
Bird of the Day: Bare-throated Tiger Heron (El Cuyo, Mexico)
Periyar Sightings, 6th June 2013
Photo credits: Mary Mathew
Mary Mathew and her family recently joined us at Cardamom for two days. They had some good sightings during their boat excursion in the Periyar Tiger Reserve this morning and shared some of their photos with us. Continue reading
Bird of the Day: Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Point Calimere, Tamil Nadu)
Bird of the Day: Maroon-tailed Parakeet
Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador
Bird of the Day: American Pelican (Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin)
Bird of the Day: Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Reserva Los Cedros, Ecuador)
Bird of the Day: Black Winged Stilts (Hebbal Lake, Bangalore, Karnataka)
Bird of the Day: Black-headed Munias (Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu)
Bird of the Day: Tyrian Metaltail Hummingbird
Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador
Bird of the Day: Hispaniolan Crossbills
Parque Valle Nuevo, Dominican Republic
Bird of the Day: Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike (Mole National Park, Ghana)
Bird of the Day: Yellow-throated Vireo
First record in Los Cedros
Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador
Diurnal bats
The forest canopy of the Periyar Tiger Reserve is rich in fruit all year round and bats feel very much at home.  Out of the 119 species of bats found in India, 28 occur in Kerala. As many as six species of bat have been recorded in the Periyar :  the  flying fox, the shortnosed fruit bat,  the Great-Eastern horse-shoe bat, the Tickell’s bat, the Common yellow bat, and the Painted bat.
Bats usually roost in camps in the bamboo across the road from Cardamom County, hanging upside down all day and feeding on the abundant fruit in the area after sunset. However when I sighted this wide cloud of bats around midday on the rooftop of the restaurant, it got me wondering : what disturbed them during the day ? Continue reading
Bird of the Day: Asian Paradise Flycatcher
female – Hassan, Karnataka
Bird of the Day: Sapphire-vented Puffleg Hummingbird
Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador
Bird of the Day: Wilson’s Plover (Las Coloradas, Mexico)
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