Red-backed Button-quail (Turnix maculosa)
The female of Red-backed Button-quail is, as with other buttonquail, polyandrous, mating with itinerant males each breeding season and never pairing with any. She...
The fire-tailed Myzornis
The fire-tailed myzornis (Myzornis pyrrhoura) is a bird species formerly placed in the Old World babbler family (Timaliidae). Its genus Myzornis is monotypic and...
Hume’s wheatear: A Rare Enigmatic Beauty In the Wild
Family: Hume's wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) is a member of the Old-World flycatcher family Muscicapidae in the genus Oenanthe that a French ornithologist, Louis Vieillot,...
Ground Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina maxima)
Habitats: The Ground Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina maxima) is the only member of its family that walks and feeds on the ground. Due to its long legs,...
Ruddy Kingfisher: A Perfect Photogenic Bird
When you’re a beginner, you get excited about seeing beautiful birds of any kind. However, when you’ve been photographing or bird-watching for some time,...
Pale rockfinch (Carpospiza brachydactyla)
Pale Rockfinch is also known as Pale Rock Sparrow and Pale Petronia. This finch is 14 cm in length. The pale rockfinch is a...
How to Grow Raspberries and Blackberries
Raspberries and blackberries are the most healthy and tasty fruits. If I could grow only one fruit, it would be raspberries. They're a favorite...
Shingle Beach – Armoured with Pebbles and Cobbles
When the word “Beach” comes, the first notion comes in mind is sand and water. People do not want to rest upon a thousand...
The Melodious Crested Lark Singing and Other Facts
Vocalizations: As a bird lover, if you hear a melodious song in the dry fields, it is probably a crested lark singing nearby. The...
Steller’s Jay: The Aggressive Bird with a Fearless Attitude
The Steller's Jay is a familiar scavenger that mostly lives west of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico. The most noticeable difference from...