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Episode 34: Amazing Bird Species: Brahminy Kite

by Shoba Narayan | Feb 27, 2022 | Species

There is this bird that my mother watches. When it comes down, she says Garuda, garuda. And does a namaste. This bird is called the Brahminy kite. Haliastur indus. But is this bird really the Garuda that Hindus worship? That is the bird of Indonesia–...

Episode 24: The Real James Bond: Birds, Theft and a Spy.

by Shoba Narayan | Oct 10, 2021 | Destination, Person

Is there a link between birds and 007? Well, author and American birder, Jim Wright says there is. The title of his latest book says it all. “The Real James Bond: A True Story of Identity Theft, Avian Intrigue and Ian Fleming.” The book...

Episode 19: All the Birds of the World with Josep Del Hoyo

by Shoba Narayan | Aug 17, 2021 | Destination

This episode features Josep Del Hoyo, one of the founders as well as the director of Lynx Edicions and an expert videographer of birds. This episode is a wide-ranging conversation about birds in different parts of the world.

Episode 17: About Striated Caracaras with Jonathan Meiburg

by Shoba Narayan | Jul 18, 2021 | Person, Species

This episode is about striated caracaras, or rather, one man’s obsession with them. The man in question is Jonathan Meiburg who is a musician, author and bird lover. In 1833, a young Charles Darwin was astonished by a strange animal he met in the...

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Episode 34: Amazing Bird Species: Brahminy Kite

Episode 24: The Real James Bond: Birds, Theft and a Spy.

Episode 19: All the Birds of the World with Josep Del Hoyo

Episode 17: About Striated Caracaras with Jonathan Meiburg

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