Click here for gallery This was certainly not your regular day of forest ghooming: this kind of stuff does not happen everyday! Indeed my expectations from the trip were very low: i was hoping to catch some interesting birds when i set out that morning: the A “Changeable Hawk Eagle” is one bird that can [...]

Hesaraghatta on the North-North West of Bangalore Urban was a man-made reservoir made by damming across the Arkavathy river. Now defunct and completely dried out, the lake bed and adjoining grassland totalling around 500 hectares(??), still remains a viable eco-system for a variety of bird-life ranging from the Common Myna to Kestrels to (allegedly) Vultures. [...]

Brief: To construct a remote-controlled, night-vision camera streaming Color/B&W images to a computer/LCD screen/recording device. Mounting: Camera mounting will be fixed externally on vehicle roof BEFORE a forest trip and removed on return. Camera should be designed to be mounted on this mounting. Location for mount towards rear of the Gypsy Camera will be only [...]

With an upcoming expedition to the Himalayas looming, I decided to opt for a more reliable electrical system in the Gypsy: the one bugbear in an otherwise reliable vehicle. So I ripped out the Carputer, Tablet and all associated jhingtang, and while I was at it, decided to bootstrap the electricals to cleanup the system. [...]

As I set out to write this, the CAG has leaked yet another report to its friends in the media: triggering another round of debates and discussion in TV Studios and blistering attack from an opposition that is otherwise totally divided. Meanwhile, on internet forums and social media, Sanghi trolls are running their well oiled [...]