ARUNACHALA BIRDS

Photo by Daniel Stoychev In both my Arunachala Birds and Arunachala Grace blogs I have written about and posted many excel...

Shrikes are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family name, and that of the largest genus, Lanius, is derived from the Latin wor...

The Grey Francolin (Francolinus Pondicerianus) is very common in scrubland throughout this area. This bird can also be found in large num...

The Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis) is a member of the family of Sturnidae (Starlings and Mynahs) native to Asia. The Mynah ...

Currently I have a beautiful Erythrina Indica -- Coral Tree, in bloom outside my front door. This tree with its lovely, striking scarlet ...

I've never noticed this bird in large numbers around the Samudram Lake (south of Arunachala and popular location for migratory waterbird...

I receive many bird visitors throughout the day to my garden and am always on the lookout for the first time visitor. Whereupon I generally ...

Right-click on all photographs to view enlargements. The White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) is a waterbird of the Rail and Cra...

Right-click on all photographs to view enlargements. The Glossy Ibis (Plegadis Falcinellus) is a wading bird and is the most widespread of t...