A few of us walking around the outskirts of the local village. The vast expanses of green, gray or blue, or brown was refreshing. Amidst all environmental concerns, the openness in the surroundings of any village gives a sense of hope! We started with some quiet moments of mindfulness, and then started, just having an…
We may have noticed these common holes in soft sandy patches and walked on. Few might imagine that these tiny holes are actually the engineering effort of some young insects (antlion larvae), at work catching a little hard working engineer – an ant! As ambush predators, catching prey is risky because food arrives unpredictably and,…
In this era of iPhones and iPads, watching these birds in the neighborhood (off Kanakapura Road, Bengaluru) was… iBliss! Unlike other ibises in the region it is not very dependent on water and is often found in dry fields a good distance away from water. … The red-naped ibis is a large black bird with…
A neighbor off Kanakapura Road, Bengaluru, keenly observed an unusual looking bird and shared it with others. Who would’ve guessed what it was by the photo taken by a typical mobile camera of the bird which was quite far away. Photographer and naturalist Sushma visited the place and shared her picture of this magnificent bird….
After a long time, had gone out really early morning just after sunrise, and just walked briskly for a few kms without any camera. This evening went with some others on the same route at sunset. This crow took off shortly after this pic into the golden light. Cormorants flying around after the sunset before…
Seems to be wondering… 😉 umm… what does this say…? echo location isn’t much help in reading… is this thing bat-safe? ok let me try it anyway… Came across this tiny baby bat almost motionless but slowly moving around. Had it fallen out of the tree? Was it abandoned? A naturalist friend Sheema shared… [21/11/2021]…
Contenders for WWL 😉 After some heavy rain…
It was a nice to see this beautiful fellow looking around for minerals on the ground… and holding his ground in the strong winds. The green jay butterfly belongs to the swallowtail family (wiki): Strong and restless fliers, they are very active butterflies and flutter their wings constantly even when at flowers. They are seldom…
Left to stay at the foothills of Shivagange Hills at Shivagange Foothills Stay for a camping trip arranged by BASCOOL. It was a scenic drive… On the way we passed this small hillock near Shivagange… the floating clouds touching the top were nice to watch but we had to go on to reach the homestay…
My son did this experiment and showed me these two blocks of ice made from the same water… and asked me how they were different… One was more transparent, and the other was more whitish and transclucent. I realized I was unclear about the answer, but before my gray cells could warm up… he told…