Tarique's Travails

The largest Hornbill

tariquesani — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:34:33 +0000

The Southern Ground Hornbill or cafer (Bucorvus leadbeateri), is one of two species of ground hornbill and is the largest species of hornbill. Tweet

Alexandrine Parakeet

tariquesani — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:45:37 +0000

Posted in Tumblog

The Alexandrine Parakeet is named after Alexander the Great, who is credited with the exporting of numerous specimens of this bird from Punjab into various European and Mediterranean countries and regions, where they were considered prized possessions for the nobles and royalty. Though still classified as a species of “Least Concern” Alexandrines have all but [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-05

tariquesani — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:19:00 +0000

Posted in Twitter Digests

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Common Woodshrike

tariquesani — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:59:05 +0000

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The Common Woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus) is a species in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae. The woodshrikes were formerly placed in the Campephagidae (cuckooshrikes) Tweet

2nd Feb is World Wetlands Day

tariquesani — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:21:53 +0000

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World Wetlands Day occurs on February 2, every year. It marks the date of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands, called Ramsar Convention, on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Yellow Bittern is a very shy bird of the wetlands and is protected under [...]

Black Eagle at Nagpur

tariquesani — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:24:13 +0000

Posted in Tumblog

This picture may not have much aesthetic merit but I am pleased that I could manage it! Black Eagle is a rarity in Nagpur. This picture is full frame and was taken at 1000mm handheld, with 400iso at 1/50sec with subject at a distance of 21m, in retrospect I can easily say I could have [...]

The Cute Couple!

tariquesani — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:29:54 +0000

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The species name brama is from the French name Chouette brame and indirectly refers to this owl’s Indian habitat by way of homage to Brahma, the Hindu supreme spirit. In Hindu mythology the owl is a vahan (mode of transport) of Lakshmi, goddess of wealth. This myth has let to sacrifices of owls in hopes [...]

Yeah! Whatever…

tariquesani — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:13:11 +0000

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Yeah! Whatever… This is what this young male Lion seems to be saying. Classified as vulnerable were once widely distributed across entire Africa, Europe ad India. This map tells the sad story of it’s decline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lion_distribution.png Tweet

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-29

tariquesani — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:19:00 +0000

Posted in Twitter Digests

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Saddle-billed Stork – a portrait!

tariquesani — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:36:27 +0000

Posted in Mundane Musings

This bird is represented in an Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph that had the phonetic value “ba” Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddle-billed_Stork Tweet