Santosh Rajus
Explore the distribution of woodpeckers and piculets across the Indian subcontinent. Expand the above Power BI interface for better experience. Datasource is from ebird.org and use only for visualization purpose only. For further details regarding data and its usage reach out to ebird.org…
Woodpeckers have been one of my favorite birds from childhood since it was very rare to spot one and it was one of the first birds which I saw making holes on huge and strong trees in search of food. 25 years later, I got to observe so many different species of woodpeckers and learned…
The word Rain always brings joy and puts a smile on everyone’s face. For animals, it starts with the soil-dwelling bacteria that releases a sweet-smelling chemical that we relate to the smell of rain. The frogs and fishes wait in anticipation for the rains to begin their journey and move to richer grounds for mating…
Coffee agroforests are home to diverse animals and working along with them is a mystery. You see their trails, marking and scat but not the animals as such. Following animal tracks is always fun as it always tells a story. Once while following an elephant trail, I could see how the baby elephant had playfully…
Right before the pre-monsoon shower, I was walking towards the field station and started hearing sounds like there was a heavy rain approaching. Every step I took, the rain was getting closer and closer but I could not see any rain, what was it? It was raining poop: caterpillar poop. The entire tree was filled…
Life is not easy, we work our way up every day to eat and put a shelter over our head. Can you imagine how hard it would be in a jungle? The Indian cobra after a long search in the grassland has found the scent of the jungle-fowl eggs and has gulped it all. The poor…
Life in a coffee plantation keeps surprising me. Even though the coffee plantation has been modified extensively, it is always a joy to see wild animals still moving around. Walking around the fields for a few days I observed a peculiar marking on the ground with the surface disturbed and a half destroyed Robusta plant…
Walked through the woods or forest? Ever had a feeling that you are being constantly watched? Yes, indeed! Look closer and you will see them watching you, perfectly camouflaged and hoping that you won’t spot them. But, how do they do it? Here are a few pictures, it took me a while to spot them…
Watching insects has made me completely lose my mind, they are totally awesome! I was observing a beautiful tree filled with life, and within minutes the weaver ants caught my attention. I walked closer to look at them and there I saw them carrying their eggs, crowded on a branch. At first I thought the…
A morning walk in the coffee plantation always brings me great joy when I see the way the gentle giants have walked through and left their markings; especially tracking the young one’s path in the fresh grass. The path of adults would be in a single line and then next to it a playful and…
