Piculet-The Natural History Tales

31/12/2022

Bheemanadi forest bird survey
22-Dec-2022
Kasaragod Birders had a wonderful bird survey at Bheemanadi Reserve Forest; a total of 95 species were observed. Highlights : Black Baza, Blue-bearded Bea-eater, Besra, Hair-crested Drongo, Blue-throated Flycatcher, Thick-billed Flowerpecker, etc.

(Endemic sp.- 10, Raptors- 8).

Trip report: https://ebird.org/tripreport/93982

Thanks to Social forestry division, Kasargod for making this survey happen and thanks to the entire team members who were actively participated throughout the survey
(we managed to cover maximum area by doing the survey in 3 transacts).
Thank you!
Akhil S
Dr. Anitha
Manjunath UP
Sreekanth C
Sreelal K Mohan
Sreehari K Mohan⁩ Shyamkumar Puravankara
Dhanesh Sir (KL Forest Department)

20/07/2021

When we see small numbers of our migratory shorebirds during July, we always wonder whether they even left our shores to go back to their breeding grounds. Can they really go all the way back and return so early?

The wonderful story of Nijhum Rani, a Eurasian curlew tagged by Bisharga Das and team at Nijhum Dweep, Bangladesh, shows that shorebirds can indeed go all the way to southern Russia and return as early as 16th July! It spent just over 2 months at its breeding site and made 2 high altitude flights over the mighty Himalayas!

Birds can return early for multiple reasons, either by finished breeding very early or after a failed breeding attempt. But the moral of the story is that the smattering of shorebirds that we see across the Indian Subcontinent during July - Green Sandpipers, Greenshanks, Redshanks, Marsh Sandpipers, etc. - can be birds that have returned early rather than have stayed back.

Although there is evidence over multiple years that there's a spike in shorebird detections during mid-late July, we may soon be able to tell (with more tagged birds) whether this is a regular phenomenon or something that is more likely during certain years with specific climatic conditions.

Link to the original post: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10226171625220126&set=a.3504343890332

20/02/2021

06 Feb 2021 Saturday morning was starlit, dry, and clear. It’s always fun sharing birds with other people, and even more so when they are new to birdwatching. Everything is exciting, and you see even the commonest birds through their fresh eyes.The dawn chorus at Perdala was so hypnotic that I was awake by 6 ‘o'clock that morning; eager not to miss the soothing calls....

06 Feb 2021 Saturday morning was starlit, dry, and clear. It’s always fun sharing birds with other people, and even more so when they are new to birdwatching. Everything is exciting, and you see ev…

09/02/2021

98 species spotted in bird survey - The Hindu -

Ranipuram forest, untouched by humans, turns a fertile habitat

02/02/2021

26/01/2021

What do you call an effort involving 1,000 birdwatchers, surveying 4,000 locations across an entire State, spending 600 days in the field over 5 years from 2015 to 2020? Answer: the largest systematic bird atlas in Asia!

The first output of the KERALA BIRD ATLAS is now available. What interesting patterns do you see?

Download the full Atlas report here:
https://birdcount.in/kerala-bird-atlas/

16/01/2021

Post Written By: Manjunath UP There were a total of four different wetlands covered within two days (02 & 03) January 2021 On the first day (02 JAN 2021)*PERALATHVAYAL*CHEMATTAMVAYAL On second day (03 JAN 2021)*CHITTARI ESTUARY*KUNIYAN WETLANDS It is my first time joining for AWC and that census was a great and interesting one. My team leaders Shyamkumar Puravankara & Harish Babu M put much more effort to complete this survey....

Post Written By: Manjunath UP There were a total of four different wetlands covered within two days (02 & 03) January 2021 On the first day (02 JAN 2021)*PERALATHVAYAL*CHEMATTAMVAYAL On second …

16/01/2021

There were a total of four different wetlands covered within two days (02 & 03) January 2021 On the first day (02 JAN 2021)*PERALATHVAYAL*CHEMATTAMVAYAL On second day (03 JAN 2021)*CHITTARI ESTUARY*KUNIYAN WETLANDS It is my first time joining for AWC and that census was a great and interesting one. My team leaders Shyamkumar Puravankara & Harish Babu M put much more effort to complete this survey....

There were a total of four different wetlands covered within two days (02 & 03) January 2021 On the first day (02 JAN 2021)*PERALATHVAYAL*CHEMATTAMVAYAL On second day (03 JAN 2021)*CHITTARI EST…

14/01/2021

There are four different wetlands covered within Two days(02&03) January 2021 On the first day (02 JAN 2021).PERALATH VAYAL.CHEMATTAM VAYAL .In second day(03 JAN 2021).CHITTARI.KUNIYAN WETLANDS It is my first time joining AWC and that census was great and interesting. My team leaders SHYAM KUMAR PURAVANKARA &HARISH BABU make much more effort to complete the survey....

There are four different wetlands covered within Two days(02&03) January 2021 On the first day (02 JAN 2021).PERALATH VAYAL.CHEMATTAM VAYAL .In second day(03 JAN 2021).CHITTARI.KUNIYAN WETLANDS…

14/01/2021

Post written By: Ashwin Nair CM It was an exciting day ahead of us, and we didn't want to miss a great opportunity to join the Asian Waterbird Census.On the morning of the 2nd of January, my cousin (Manjunath) along with my uncle, came to my house to pick me and my sister ( Nandana ) and dropped us at Peralathvayal....

Post written By: Ashwin Nair CM It was an exciting day ahead of us, and we didn’t want to miss a great opportunity to join the Asian Waterbird Census.On the morning of the 2nd of January, my …

10/01/2021

Post Written By: Rohan Rai Kamanabail On January 2nd and 3rd, We Kasaragod Birders had to complete AWC counts in wetlands.So I decided with Maxim Rodrigues and Raju Kidoor about joining for the wetlands survey on the first day. In the early morning, Maxim Rodrigues reached my home to pick me at 06:00 am. Then we started our journey towards Manjeshwar estuary....

https://piculet.wordpress.com/2021/01/10/my-birding-along-with-awc-2021-in-kasaragod/

Post Written By: Rohan Rai Kamanabail On January 2nd and 3rd, We Kasaragod Birders had to complete AWC counts in wetlands.So I decided with Maxim Rodrigues and Raju Kidoor about joining for the wet…