captain’s wood snake
We discovered this snake from under the ground while digging, the same time when this species was being named. That is, it was not known that such a species existed, taxonomically. It was in...
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spider X and st. andrew’s cross: death-feigning tactics
This is a common garden spider, but known by a lot of special names, one of them being the St. Andrew’s Cross spider. They are known so because they align their legs in the...
cherry picking at our backyard: the indian koel
Is somebody watching me? The female Indian Koel, eudynamys scolopacea, on our cherry tree. eh? Got it! These koels often raid our bulbul nests. The bulbuls often make their nests around our house, at...
nest raiders at our backyard
One day we heard a lot of commotion just outside of our house. We saw 3 or 4 purple sunbirds, red whiskered bulbuls and yellow browed bulbuls at the same location, hovering and squeaking...
red whiskered bulbul
Red whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | Red whiskered Bulbul nesting. Lo and behold the beauty of the red whiskers! Adult bulbuls are around 20-22cm long. A few studies show that males have slightly...
