by Shoba Narayan | Mar 11, 2024 | Species
When a pigeon comes into the house. This is a controversial episode. In fact, I am pretty sure nobody in the nature groups that I am part of will approve of this. In fact, they may even condemn this episode. Because you see, it is about pigeons,...
by Shoba Narayan | Jan 19, 2024 | Destination, Person, Species
This episode features Dr. V.V. Robin who does cutting-edge research on bird diversity using genetics with many surprises. You can see his work at skyisland.in. In this episode, Dr. Robin will talk about understanding the patterns and processes of ecology, evolution...
by Shoba Narayan | Nov 23, 2023 | Person
Here is a special episode about how different Bangalore birding experts got into birding.
by Shoba Narayan | Nov 13, 2023 | Destination
This episode is about birding in Mauritius. This pearl of the Indian Ocean is home to 156 species of birds, many of which are endemic like the Mauritius pink pigeon, black bulbul, kestrel, grey white eye, olive white eye, pardise flycatcher and the fody. ...
by Shoba Narayan | Sep 28, 2023 | Destination
This episode is about Bhutan: carbon-negative, Buddhist and a pioneer in sustainable tourism. This tiny country, about the size of Switzerland contains 774 species. In comparison, neighbouring India— nearly ten times the size— has just 1200 species. Here we talk...