re-friend a sparrow
It’s world sparrow day today, 20th March. Sparrows have been those winged companions of humans for a long time. Over the recent years there has been a sharp decline in the sparrow sightings though-...
Category: photography
crimson marsh glider and its pruinescence
Crimson marsh gliders are crimson, and frequent visitors to marshlands. Well, it is the male who is crimson, and the female (below) adorns totally different colors.
popinjay, scat puddling
If you are on butterfly watch on a trail, the best place to spot them would be over rotten fruits—or animal scats. Butterflies do mud puddling for their sodium/salt intake. Probably for similar reasons, they...
the big bumble bee and the little honey bee
Who’s in first? A bumble bee and a dwarf honey bee competing for nectar. Bumble bees and the dwarf honey bees belong to the same family, apidae, which includes the common honey bees too.
common yellow swallowtail
The swallowtail family of butterflies include the largest butterflies in the world. The common yellow swallowtail here is a widespread species, through Asia, Europe and North America. The image here is from the Island...
