Indian Pitta, Coorg - First we invite visitors to throw away their alarm clocks before coming to Coorg, so they could have a totally...

Heart-spotted Woodpecker, Coorg - If you can’t hear the telltale rat-a-tat of someone drumming on a tree bark, or even if you can’t spot...

White-breasted Waterhen, Coorg - Most of us have a hidden spark of musical genius, often experienced by select audiences who’re left...

Rose-ringed Parakeet, Coorg While the Chateratti in the social networks swear by Facebook, MSN and Twitter, residents of Coorg have...

Yellow-eyed Babbler, Kabini What do you call someone who announces her presence with the sweetest melodies, and then underlines her...

Northern Pintail, Kabini If you thought you were a globe-trotter, and that life was what happened between connecting flights, do consider...

Common Kestrel, Kabini - What would you consider the greatest virtue of a species whose very name conjures up visions of high speed...

Darter, Kabini - Out in the jungles of Kabini, there exists a rock star like no other, a phenomenally successful performer who doesn’t...

Loten's Sunbird, Coorg - Coorg is famed for the profusion of its plant life; a patchwork quilt of green, embossed with gorgeous floral...

Grey Junglefowl, Coorg - It’s early morning in Coorg and you’re sitting back, eyes closed, enjoying a steaming mug of Sidapur coffee,...

Common Hoopoe, Coorg - If one were to go by the adverts we see on TV, women who use a certain brand of perfume can have it all: an...

Grey Heron, Kabini - Meet a bird that not only teaches us the virtue of waiting, but also how to perform seemingly impossible tricks:...

Purple Swamphen, Coorg - Forget the old debate about which came first. In the swamplands of Coorg, there exists a hen that knows the...

Lesser Whistling Duck, Kabini - One doesn’t know if it’s a sign of innate good cheer, or just a touch of genetic flirtatiousness, but...

Short-toed Snake Eagle, Kabini - If you’ve ever wandered off the urban jungle into the hinterland of India, chances are you’d have been...

Black-naped Monarch, Coorg - He may be the monarch of all he surveys, but this is one member of the avian royalty who’d much rather...

Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Kabini - There’s nothing undercover about this sting operation. It’s all above board, very public, and cruelly...

Small Pratincole, Kabini - If the marketing whiz kids at those multinational companies could just brand and sell them, the Small...

Little Ringed Plover, Kabini He’s small. Very small. But, size apart, there’s nothing little about this plover. This low flying sentinel...

Indian Roller, Kabini - Headbangers of the avian world unite. Come summer, and The Rolling Stones of Kabini are ready to put on a show...