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Adventure
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Khichan’s Famous Demoiselle Cranes
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Priya Phadtare
--------------Khichanisa sleepy
and a dusty hamlet of the Phalodi Tehsil which is inhabited by the community ofMarwaris.The village is like any average dessert village found in Rajasthan except that it is the migratory pit-stop of the smallest and the second most abundant species
of the crane species, the Demoiselle crane, around the world from the months of August to March. One gets to see a maximum number of these birds in the months of December and January. I consider myself lucky to have chosen December to travel to Rajasthan.----
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Calendar of the month
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Desktop Calendar February 2012
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RagooRao from Mysore has done some beautiful digital paintings, which we have converted
into monthly calendars. Please download these calendars free and use them as your desk top wall paper.
By clicking on RagooRao's name, you can read the numerous articles he has written for IndianWildlifeClub.com. He is also a superb nature photographer.
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Green Defenders
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Arrival of avian friends
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Prajakta Hushangabadkar
----The Migration of birds to a certain place signifies the health of the habitat and it improves the richness in biodiversity too. For the conservation of biodiversity of this area we need to pay attention to the conservation of these water bodies. After
that we have very common quote in Hindi“ atithi devo bhav “ which means “try to give comfort to guests”-please include your avian guests too in the term. We wish these beautiful avian friends do visit us every year and make that habitat more graceful with
their presence.-------------
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Poem
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The Rape of Mother Earth
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How do I feel have you ever thought?
The advice of your Mother Earth have yousought?
Everything interconnects in the web of life,
Turn back it needs just a little strife.
© Behrooz KY Avari (2011)
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Story Of The Month
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The Broken Wing
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Debashish Ray
-----------I may have finished some fifty pages when I looked up to see one of the urchins running full tilt after a large brown bird that appeared to be hurt. It was thrashing along on the ground between the cassias out of
reach of the pursuing kid. My reaction was to mutter, “D---those s- -must have hit the bird with a ball or club”. Then after about some thirty metres the bird suddenly took off. Its flight showed no injury and then flashed a belated recognition-it was a Lesser
Whistling Teal.-------------
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Wildlife Photolog
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Tigers of Ranthambhore
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-----------It would be morally illegal to have a perfect trip, but I almost did. The following morning I encountered another male, T17 (these tigers will make someone pay for these disgraceful names), looking hungrily
at a herd of deer around a small lake. He weighed his options, made some calculations, and was off like a shot – a yellowed silhouette of a torpedo racing through tall grasses at his target. But it turned out to be a dud. The chap could have done with some
heat sensing technology, like the Scuds, to home into his prey. Before long, he wandered aimlessly and crossed in front of my Gypsy – a scrawny fellow looking malnourished. Needs to be a better hunter I guess. He also had what looked like a dog strap around
his neck. T17 has a tendency to wander outside the reserve area – the installed tracker helps pull him by the ears right back where he belongs. True to his reputation, he crossed the limits the same evening. I was driving around in my own car around the periphery
of the forest when he ambled across on the road. Still looking for food. He finally settled for a stinking carcass in a baoli (stepwell) – certainly not a meal fit for a royal species. But times can be hard for anyone.-------
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