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Hampi – Temples, Monuments, Ruins & Wildlife

Rudy Birding Hotspots, Featured, Nature, Wildlife February 29, 2016November 28, 2017achuta rayas temple, bear, daroji sloth bear sanctuary, hampi, hemakuta hill, Indian eagle owl, matanga hill, painted sandgrouse, painted spurfowl, sloth bear, stepped tank, tungabhadra river, virupaksha temple, vittala temple, yellow-throated bulbul, yellow-throated bulbul at hampi 1 Comment

Winter season being the best times for exploring birds and wildlife, we some how managed to pull off the 1st weekend this February and plan a quick 3 day trip to Hampi. As we were planning for a trip filled with architectures, monuments and landscapes; we soon found out about the unique and buzzing wildlife activity around Hampi – The globally threatened Yellow-throated Bulbul, the colourful Painted Spurfowl and Painted Sandgrouse, the mighty Indian Eagle Owl, the Sloth Bears… Read more

Weekend Birding @ Bhigwan & Veer dam

Rudy Birding Hotspots, Photo Blog January 19, 2016January 20, 2016Bar-headed Geese, bhigwan, demoiselle cranes, greater flamingos, Greater white-fronted goose, Peregrine Falcon, Veer dam 0 Comment

A weekend getaway to Bhigwan & Veer dam – this tour with Wild India Eco Tours was the 1st of 2016. We had a lovely time in these two days sighting over 70 species of birds with some key sightings of the Greater White-fronted Goose, Bar-headed Geese, Demoiselle Cranes, Peregrine Falcon, Greater Spotted Eagle, Indian Coursers & Small Pratincoles. Read more

Bird-watching in Goa – Ghats, Mangroves & Wetlands!

Rudy Birding Hotspots January 13, 2016October 9, 2017bird watching in goa, Bondla, goa birding, Great Hornbill, Natures Nest, Tambdi Surla, whistlingtrails, Wild India Eco Tours 0 Comment

This was probably the most awaited bird-watching trip of 2015 with Wild India Eco Tours; a full 3 day bird-watching in the Goa. With me being a Goan, we have done birding in Goa every time we went home, but doing a full fledged birding trip was high on our wish list; and we were not wrong to be so much excited about it – 15 lifers & over 150+ species in 3 days with some very special sightings like the Great Hornbill, Mountain Imperial Pigeon, Blue-bearded Bee-eater and more..!!! Read more

tete-a-tete with an Indian Wolf

Rudy Birds, Nature, Wildlife December 22, 2015October 9, 2017booted eagle, Indian Wolf, pune grasslands, pune outskirts, quails, scrub lands, short toed snake eagle 7 Comments

It was yet another bird-watching session in Pune outskirts; and again in the arid grassland habitats. Its been around 6-8 months we have been visiting these habitats and we have been pleasantly surprised with the wide variety of wildlife these grasslands have to offer. This time was no different, rather it was our best outing in the grasslands till date as we got blessed by nature to observe the Apex predator of grasslands – Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes). Read more

Bird-watching at Akshi – Day trip from Pune

Rudy Birding Hotspots, Photo Blog December 2, 2015January 12, 2017akshi, bar-tailed godwit, Bird-watching at Akshi, birding at akshi, caspian terns, curlew sandpiper, dunlin, great knots, pallas gulls, Ruddy Turnstone, terek sandpiper, waders at akshi, whiskered terns, whistling trails, www.whistlingtrails.com, www.wild-india.in 8 Comments

The winter has arrived and so have the migratory birds. A quick bird-watching excursion to Akshi beach resulted in observing some lovely bird species which included four lifers – Great Knots, Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin and Caspian Gulls. Some other key highlights were the Terek & Curlew Sandpipers, Whimbrel, Whiskered Terns and Ruddy Turnstones. Read more

Bonelli’s & the Chinkara – A spectacular wildlife moment..!

Rudy Birds, Photo Blog, Wildlife November 9, 2015January 19, 2016Bird-watching in Pune, Black stork, Bonelli's eagle and chinkara, bonellis eagle, Chinkara, northern pintail, pallid harrier, ruddy shelduck, scrubland, whistlingtrails, www.whistlingtrails.com 14 Comments

Nature has its own way of things.. and we did come across one such unique wildlife moment during a recent bird-watching trip. It was a regular bird-watching outing on a weekend and with Amur falcons on their migration path to Africa, me and my friend Sandip were off to Pune-outskirts to try our luck. We did not see the Amur falcons; but what we saw was something to be cherished for life. Read more