A lot is said about the cull of wild boar (pigs) here in A.P. I have been working on a lot of issues regarding wildlife, conflicts etc. Most wild boar live within or near crops and horticulture...
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A lot is said about the cull of wild boar (pigs) here in A.P. I have been working on a lot of issues regarding wildlife, conflicts etc. Most wild boar live within or near crops and horticulture...
While talking about endangered animals - I've got disturbing news that TIGERS have gone the Sariska / Panna way at Thekkaddy (Periyar Tiger Reserve), Kerala. Can someone prove me wrong? I shall be...
Looks like one of the cockchaffers.
Let you know after I check my collection for sure.
Cheers,
Rajeev M
Hi Mrudul,
The otters and lesser fauna also need attention. I have caught poachers of otters and they use dogs. This at Godaveri River in Adilabad. A sanctuary for the less charismatic species...
Painted Grasshopper
Cheers,
Rajeev M.
Having read all your posts on the Cheetah may I add that according to Dunbar Brander (Wild Animals of Central India 1923 - Pg 273) '...is now very rare in the Central Provinces'. R. Lydekker's 'Game...
Diclofenac has been banned, but as Henry Gonsalves points who's monitoring the ban? While Chris Bowden's right in wasting no time in trying to save the vultures, in India where the drug is still...
1 & 8 Plain Prinia
2 & 3 Female and Male Indian Robin - in that order
4 Yellow-eyed Babbler
5??
6 Black Kite
7 Grey Breasted Prinioa
Cheers,
Rajeev M.
Culls after studying the carrying capacities have been calculated are understandable. But, 70% of the population! Crazy!! To top it Air guns of Indian origin are not powerful enough to kill...
I still maintain it is not injured. I have kept bonelli's, booted, shaheen and many more confisticated from the illegal trade, therefore I know of injuries. And the picture most importantly shows...
The bird is not injured. Many sit / stand on one leg. Wading birds, and ducks do this too. Wonder why.
Pied buschat alright.
One has to take the media reports on wildlife especially with a lot of salt. Hunting Falcons - basically hybrids of saker and gyr - are used by the princes of the middle east for hunting a wide...
Very interesting! Never seen this before. Brilliant!
Cheers,
Rajeev M.
This bird is the Sykes's Crested Lark, and endemic to the Deccan Plateau.
Cheers,
Rajeev M.