by Shoba Narayan | Jun 4, 2023 | Issue
In this episode, we are talking about how we know what we know about bird migration. Our guest, Rebecca Heisman describes herself on her website, as a “bird writer for hire.” Her first book, flight path has the following subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky...
by Shoba Narayan | May 21, 2023 | Issue
This episode is about the wonder of feathers. Salim Ali said that birds were “feathered bipeds.” This episode explores how feathers are marvellously adaptive to suit birds and species. Our guest is Esha Munshi who co-founded the Feather Library, a digital...
by Shoba Narayan | May 9, 2021 | Issue, Person
“By the time a bar-tailed godwits dies, it would have flown to the moon and most of the way back,” says ornithologist and author Scott Weidensaul. A bar-tailed godwit flies 18,000 miles a year. By the time it dies, it will have flown closer to 500,000...
