WINGS IN THE VILLAGE – THE SIMPLE PLEASURES OF BIRD-WATCHING IN RATNAGIRI

There is heaviness in my eyes as I try to open them after a late night’s sleep. Outside the window, I hear ‘Magpie Robin’ merrily singing on a lemon tree. His melody is my morning alarm in this quiet and quaint village of Talavde in Lanja taluka of Ratnagiri district. I …

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FIRST BIRD-WATCHING EXPERIENCE IN THE FOREST WITH BIRD ENTHUSIASTS

I have loved reading about birds. Whenever I come across an article on birds in the natural history books or magazines, I get delighted. Birds have fascinated me from childhood. I always observed the sparrows making a nest in the wall crevices of our neighbor’s house. I still do. The …

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