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Developed Birding as my Hobby!

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It is been 3 years since my family moved into our new build house in 2017. The house is situated in M.V Paradise Layout amidst the scattered wilderness and surrounded by a few villages coming under rural Mysore. After being in a bustling, raucous, and crowded  Bengaluru city for more than 3 decades, this place seems to appear still, mystic, and isolated except for the constant twittering and chirping of various birds around dawn, dusk, and most of the daytime. Obviously, I do not want to overlook the nocturnal birds who visit our premises at nightfall. After encountering several birds like crows, common mynas, rock pigeons, etc in the city, I was delighted to encounter the wild birds new to me living around the woods. Whilst living in Bengaluru,  I was not into birding nor was I too interested in Bird watching. Unquestionably, Mysore is known for 190 species of resident birds. In the beginning, most of their calls were unique and dissimilar from what I heard in ...
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6 Benefits of Being in Nature

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Territorial Fight between two Owl Species

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  As we live around a wooded area in one rural part of Mysore, we are accustomed to all types of bird calls in the daytime as well as nighttime. 3 species of owl have become our Nocturnal neighbors. Indian Eagle Owl, Barn Owl, and Spotted owlet.   Owls are active during the nighttime. Indian Eagle Owl hoots some 50 feet away from our residence. Whereas Spotted Owlet is a frequent visitor to our terrace.  It is aware of Indian Robins’ family roosting in our portico enclosed with grill. Hence, as it cannot enter through the grill, it waits upon the terrace (close to my bedroom) hoping to prey on a Robin and/or rodents who dwell in coconut trees and make way towards the terrace during nights. Occasionally, the owlet preyed on a Robin, perhaps the robin came out of the grilled area to catch a glimpse of the Spotted owlet. However, the rodents, large in numbers wander around our terrace and all over our premises are bigger prey to these owlets. Hence, our terrace has b...
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My Encounter with Other Birds

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     Every month or so, I come across some new species or existing species that I haven't encountered before. Here are some of the few species I encountered or observed their activities in a brief manner.        Southern Coucals There are several  Southern Coucals  in our layout. Like the Babblers, they wake up early and call loudly to wake up other birds and of Course humans too. I have seen them busy foraging from one bush to another or from one tree to another during the daytime. One day, as I observed SC wandering around the meadow went go stock still when a grey mongoose suddenly came before it. The Coucal was on a bigger shrub. It was a bit terrified upon seeing the mammal. The mongoose tried its best to reach out to it. Coucal was a bit high and made sure the mongoose did not get at it. Finally, after some failed attempts to reach SC, the mongoose went away.           On one summer day, one of the Southern Co...
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The Spring & Summer Camp

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                          No wonder winter has gone, and spring is here. All over the layout is flourishing with greenery. Many flowers bloom and fruits like Mangos are developing on the trees. As spring approaches, there is a lot of excitement and increased activities of our feathered visitors, including our tiny furry visitor-Squirrel. Due to these increased activities, our backyard has now turned into a Spring/Summer camp for them. Indian Silverbills Red-vented Bulbul and Indian Robin Rose Ringed Parakeets, Indian Palm Squirrel, and Laughing Doves   Compared to other seasons, I now observe manifold species of birds visiting our backyard more frequently than in any other season. They not only visit our backyard to feed but also spend some quality time in the backyard performing various activities.  The regular visitors are Sunbirds, Mynas, Rose-ringed Parakeets, Doves, Robins, Bulbuls, Babblers...
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My Encounter With The Rock Bush Quails

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    Around September 2020, once during the day aftermath of the night rains, I happened to see cute and fluffy small brown shaded birds resembling small chicks in a flock of 8-10 drop down from the fence into the garden. Instantly, they kept pecking at something on the ground perhaps some seeds in a rapid manner and simultaneously followed the leader in a line. I could not believe my eyes. They seem to be very familiar with each tree, plant, and fallen seeds in our garden. After spending some moments in the garden, they climbed onto a tree branch, hopped onto the fence on the other side, and vanished. This was my first encounter with them. I had first mistaken them as Rain Quail. But later came to know they were Rock Bush Quails .           A month ago, around evening time, I glanced at a Laughing Dove pecking at grains at the tray. Laughing Doves are common residents of the garden during the daytime. Later, I realized the absence of the long tail...
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Papaya Fruit Relisher

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  Papaya is a tropical fruit that is grown throughout the year. It is also known for its medicinal and nutritional properties. We have several papaya trees in our garden. This fruit like any other fruit attracts many birds and squirrels to feed on it. Unlike other fruits that grow in a specific season, papaya is grown throughout the year, giving an opportunity to every feathered friend and small furry friend to relish it in our garden.                         Here are some pictures of birds occupied in relishing the fruit and unaware of me taking pictures of them in this act. Yellow-Billed Babblers Indian Palm Squirrel Red Whiskered BulBul Red Vented BulBul
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