More ways to be different
There are many senses of diversity. There can be diversity in the molecules of a gas may move, in the profiles of customers of a product or service or in the age of individuals in a population. A paper by an international group of a scientists reports the finding that a healthy mix of age groups in fish populations is useful for the stability of numbers.
Adventure
Tiger Hill
The world has few if any remaining secrets. We have poked and probed to the last niche on earth, first by those with a thirst for adventure and now by those who search for exploitable resources. There is very little new or unknown, even the ocean floors are mapped.
Bird Watching in Delhi
A Date with-“ WEAVER”
‘Julaha” or ‘Baya” or ‘Weaver bird” were the names of the same bird for me until I realized that broadly there are three species of these ‘Weaver Finches” in NCR region, which were wide spread once upon a time until late eighties in Delhi, But they are now concentrated only at the banks of Yamuna, Sultanpur national Park,(Haryana), YBDP, OBP, Dadri wetlands(UP) and some near by villages of Delhi.
Burning Issues
Amidst the Greens of Arunachal: Weapons of Mass Destruction, Distraction!
While ad hoc development in other parts of the country could sustain to some extent, a similar mistake in Arunachal Pradesh could be devastating for the state’s fragile ecosystem and result in more harm than gains.
Common Birds of India
Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
Flower nectar is something the Golden oriole does not like to miss. Sometimes when these bright yellow birds are sipping nectar sitting on bright red flower bunches, it is a wonderful sight to see. The contrast in color is so good, it makes for a marvelous photograph.