Book review: First garden of the Republic

Happy to share my review of this book, published in IndianBIRDS vol. 14 no 3.

Indian BIRDS Vol 14 No 3

The new issue of Indian BIRDS is now available for free download as PDF from www.indianbirds.in.

Short-eared Owl from a photograph by Birupakshya Mitra

Black Francolin from a photograph by Bhavesh Rathod.

Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch from a photograph by Husein Latif

Asian Barred Owlet from a photograph by Siddhesh Bramhankar

Black Baza from a photo by Debapratim Saha

Colour pencil sketching: Vigors's Sunbird from a photo by Abhishek Jamalabad

Journal

A leaf from my journal. Just discovered the joy of colouring.

Intimacy without violation

The wonderful people at natureinfocus, have posted an essay of mine, on bird photography and ethics, on their website. I've called it Intimacy without violation: A short meditation on bird photography. 

Deeper Birding

On 31 March 2018, the Hyderabad Birding Pals completed their 200th bird walk, and celebrated the milestone in style. I gave a talk on Deeper Birding. It begins at 27:22 mins.