Young Birdwatcher's Club

Blue Rock Pigeons are the most adaptive of birds and are found world over. They are always found in flocks and these birds are found to nest anywhere and everywhere, also in the galleries and window sills of high rise buildings as they are not afraid of human population.   Because of their close proximity to humans they have been trained throughout history to carry messages, Pigeons eat everything from seeds, fruits to worms and insects too.  Their size is almost of a crow, with slaty blue colour and a mix of green, purple and blue sheen on the neck.   Many cities face severe problem of cleaning and maintenance of important heritage and famous structures due to droppings of pigeons.  They make a classic 'gootr goo' sound, which all of us have heard sometime or the other. The Pigeon family members have been made mascot or symbol of 'Peace', but truly speaking they are quarrelsome and noisy birds. For whatever, they might be, in India, we consider it our religious duty to

Asian Koel is an illusive of all birds but makes a very distinct sweet sounds of 'cooo'. The male birds are black in colour while the females are in shades of brown and grey, with both the birds having red colour eyes. They camouflage themselves so effectively that it is difficult to locate them and thus makes them illusive. This trait also helps the mother Koel bird to lay her eggs in some other bird's nest, which is called brood parasitism.   Koels are eat fruits and insects and are also know to steal eggs of smaller birds at times.  They are most active during the summer months and everyday you can hear them sing especially early morning. It helps us sail through the sweltering heat of summer with its sweet "cooing" sound while relishing sweet mangoes, sitting in garden - a nature's gift to humankind. Asian Koel Male Asian Koel Female Our friend Keyur Sheth , a passionate wild life photographer has offered to provide us with photographs taken by him in last

Kadamba Tree in our culture has a lot of significance and it is associated with Lord Krishna. This tree looks very common just like others through out the year, but the magic starts to appear after the first showers and within few days small buds start to appear as of from nowhere. These buds then grow into real large spherical bulbs of orange yellow colour, which looks like a series lightening the tree. Once these spherical buds have come of size it starts giving out fragrance attracting bees and birds alike in the area. On fine misty morning, you wake up to the bloom, a mesmerizing sight! Today we woke up to this mesmerizing sight and we are sharing it with you all. And it reminds us one of the songs written by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. "Badal diner Pratham Kadam -You have gifted me the first blossom of Kadamba of this monsoon." The Kadamba blossoms are the harbingers of change from hot sweltering summer months to much awaited and rejuvenating Monsoon season.   The great

The Indian Peafowl is one of the most colourful and beautiful birds.  It is native to the Indian Subcontinent.  They are spread over in forest areas, rural areas as well as some green pockets of urban areas.  While in the forest they act as the sentries giving out 'danger' calls when they see a large preying animals.  In villages they are mostly known as pests and cause a havoc in the fields.  But at the same time they control the insects and other pests as it forms a part of their diet.  The Peafowls adapt to all types of landforms and are found everywhere and become a pleasant sight to behold for everyone due to its splendour and beauty. Precisely, that is the reason that it was elevated to the title of the National Bird in 1963 by the Government of India. The male bird is the Peacock and the female bird is Peahen.   Mythologically, Pecocks hold a very distinct and important position as the vehicle of Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning and Lord Kartikeya, the God of