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…
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…
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…
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…
Life in field can sometimes be very lonely! But mine was exciting all the way because of the three musketeers: Whity, Browny and Naughty. They were three dogs who I got friendly with during my period of work at field. They were always happy to accompany me as I walked inside the coffee plantation alone,…
Working on the Coffee white stem borer, observing them in the field in their modified ecosystem and a recent observation of a huge gathering of beetles feeding on the secretion from tree barks makes me wonder, what happens to the insects when we modify their ecosystem? How do they find their host? How far do…
