Tag: birds

One man, one mission – to save the birds of the Tricity from heat, dust, injuries, and electric shocks and give the winged beauties a chance to fly again. Manjit Singh, better known as Prince Mehra, and his electric scooter are constant companions, as he heads out every morning ...

New Delhi (India), June 21 (ANI): As many as 31 Predator drones, to be acquired by India from the US soon, would be operated by the tri-services jointly. Speaking to ANI, a senior defence official said, "The decision to buy 31 (Predator or Reaper) drones for taking care of ...

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir  —  The impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine is being felt as far away as Indian-administered Kashmir, where ornithologists see the conflict as contributing to a shortage of migratory birds which make their way each winter from Europe to the wetlands of the Kashmir Valley. Every ...

Because of the centuries of bad press, experts say that African vultures have never been a well-funded research area like elephants or rhinos. But work by a handful of naturalists in Kenya offers clues about the consequences of their decline.  A paper published earlier this year found that, over ...

A new study by KS Gopi Sundar, Swati Kittur and Suhridam Roy, at the Nature Conservation Foundation, details the discovery of a novel social unit among sarus cranes. The study has found that while breeding, sarus cranes, which typically mate for life, form trios to raise their chicks, in ...

#Pakistan News Famous for their colorful feathers and imitation of human voices, parrots have faced the 'invader' stamp in recent years.Parrots seen in Istanbul, especially in places such as Yıldız Park, Emirgan Grove, Fenerbahçe Park, Validebağ Grove, Gülhane Park, Florya Atatürk Forest, Edirnekapı Martyrs' Cemetery, are a constant topic ...

‘Parakkunna Soundaryangal’, co-authored by top IPS officer B Sandhya and police photographer V G Vinod, describes close to 100 species of birds on the Kerala Police Academy campus The Isabelline Wheatear is a little brown bird found in Russia, Central Asia and northern Pakistan. When it was spotted at ...

#Pakistan News A rare bird species called bar-tailed lark has been spotted in Turkey for the first time, in the country's southern province of Hatay, according to an expert. Also known as the "Saudi Arabian lark" in Turkey, the bird was spotted in the Samandağ district of Hatay by ...

#Pakistan News A rare bird species called bar-tailed lark has been spotted in Turkey for the first time, in the country's southern province of Hatay, according to an expert. Also known as the "Saudi Arabian lark" in Turkey, the bird was spotted in the Samandağ district of Hatay by ...

But security concerns in south-west Balochistan, where an armed separatist insurgency has raged for years, means it's no longer safe to camp in the middle of nowhere. Royal family members now mostly stay in hotels or homes made to their liking, of the kind provided by Haji Hanif. From ...