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…
If you love woodpeckers and would like to see how they are distributed across India, here is a preview of few species of woodpeckers distribution based on the data provided by e-bird. The data used here is only for visualization purposes and for any further details regarding the data, please reach out to e-bird. You…
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…
Spotted these beautiful guys flying high and then landing on a tree where there were 20 more of them. This got me really excited and curious as to what is attracting them towards that particular location? When I ventured closer, I saw that there was a fish market and all these birds are waiting patiently…
20 years back Velachery was rich in life; I still remember growing as a child looking at Cobras, Rat Snakes, fishes and a lot of birds. There were hardly a few houses and the Pallikaranai marshland, which stretched to about 14,000 acres, was also part of it. During the laying of the metro railway tracks,…
One of the rare bird species to be spotted in south India, the Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) has arrived in Chennai. Since 2003 these birds have been visiting the Pallikarani Marshlands and this year, they arrived in great numbers. Over 220 Grey-headed Lapwings have gathered along the Pallikaranai marshland, feeding and flying around in flocks…
It was late evening and I was hiding behind a bush and observing the Yellow-Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus) nest in the grasslands. All of a sudden I could hear a Lapwing calling out loudly and in a few seconds I could hear the sounds of wings flapping and more Lapwings calling out. Hence, out of…
As I was driving my bike along the East Coast Road, a sudden flash of bright blue caught my attention and my eyes rolled to follow the blue flash of light. If you’re wondering what it was,it was the Common Indian Roller, such a beautiful bird which is calm, shy and when approached flashes its…
