Click, click, hoot, hoot: How one man photographed all species of owls in India
1 year, 4 months ago

Click, click, hoot, hoot: How one man photographed all species of owls in India

The Hindu  

The Indian subcontinent is home to about 38 species of owls. “I want to photograph all the owls in the Indian subcontinent in one year,” I said. J.K. Rowling might have got something to do with the owl’s current fandom—everybody wants to have a snowy owl like Harry’s Hedwig for a pet—but the owl recurs frequently in myth and history too. Since the younger generation finds the owl “cool”, they should come forward in dispelling the superstitions that cause the bird’s cruel death. Dhiraj Singh is a CEO and author, most recently, of Owl Out: The Trailblazing Journey of Finding All Owls in the Indian Subcontinent in One Year!.

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An effort to save the enigmatic owls in India
2 years, 9 months ago

An effort to save the enigmatic owls in India

The Hindu  

Owls are one of the most enigmatic creatures of the wild. Identification cards have been issued to enable law enforcement authorities to accurately identify 16 commonly-found owl species in illegal trade. Through the identification tool, we wanted to highlight the need to protect these enigmatic creatures and assist officials and other organisations working for conservation in identification of owl species,” …

Self-taught bird photographer Bharat Chintapalli’s walk into the wild
4 years, 2 months ago

Self-taught bird photographer Bharat Chintapalli’s walk into the wild

The Hindu  

Birds are the heart and soul of Bharat Chintapalli’s photographs. The spark bird, a vulture he saw during a west India tour, created a life long interest in birds and to study the impact of climate change on them. Raptors or birds of prey, the strong migrating birds that come to India, soon became my interest; I began to see …

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