Cannundrums

In Keoladeo NP in India our guide Ashok identified a lesser whitethroat, a lifer for me. It is a widespread Old World warbler  which winters...

I'd previously seen a white-breasted waterhen in Bundala NP, Sri Lanka in March 2019, but got a poor, blurry photo. In November 2025 we ...

We recently saw the gray francolin in Keoladeo NP and in Ranthambore NP in India. They are a lot like quail with a run first attitude, but a...

The bluethroat is part of the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in wet birch wood or bushy swamp in Europe and across the Palearctic (a...

In Keoladeo NP in India I encountered a white-eared bulbul for the first time. The white-eared bulbul has a brownish-gray body and appears r...

Shortly before our 2025 trip to India I was looking at some publication with photos of birds of India or Asia and saw a photo of a brahminy ...

The river tern is also known as the Indian river tern. It has dark gray upperparts; white or very pale gray underparts; a forked tail with l...