Deepak Rajanna

My second visit to Ankasamudra felt different since all the winter migrants had left and there was much lesser bird activity in all the usual hotspots...

Seeing a bird as rare as the Lesser Florican in the wild is a bittersweet experience. Especially a male in its mating season which happens to coincide...

In May, the water levels in Bhadra drop and in the process expose three or four islands that have become a favored nesting location for thousands of R...

Southeast Asia has a frustrating pattern: the moment you step out of the forest and into human-inhabited space, the birds vanish. It's jarring if you'...

The Chambal river has a complicated reputation. For decades it was better known for its ravines — the refuge of dacoits and outlaws — than for any...

A visit to Sultanpur was a small part of the agenda of an action packed week in which Birdlife International brought together partners from 13 countri...

Hagaribommanahalli, on the banks of the TB dam reservoir near Hospet, turned out to be a huge surprise on many counts. The bird density and diversity,...

We finished the year at the birding mecca of India, spending time with the research team that rings migratory birds in Bharatpur. A superb ending to t...

Safaris in Pench are usually about looking for tigers. But in the other small tiny windows in between looking for the big cars, there are always oppor...