Sid the Birder

#IndiAves
Banker by Day, Bird Whisperer by Weekend. Also Knows a Thing or Two About Indian wilderness. Atheist| Aesthetically communist

[Sid the Birder @siddisimple]

#TributeToSalimAli
1/5 Salim Ali was renowned for his ornithology, but very less was spoken about his visionary thinking, his negotiation & presentation skills. In winters of 1969 he visited a Jheel near Delhi,

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Tomorrow the 21st of June is celebrated as World Giraffe Day

We at IndiAves would like you to be a part and celebrate this day by sharing all long-necked birds and animals and stand tall with grace

Tag us #IndiAves

[Sid the Birder @siddisimple]

Pigeons can coo without fully opening their beaks.
Their puffed throat acts like a resonance chamber, amplifying low-frequency sounds produced deep inside the vocal system.
The result is that soft, familiar cooing sound we hear so often.

#indiaves
#birds

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Chalo Dilli - 20 June

Dharmendra Pradhan Must Resign!

[Cockroach Janta Party - Bihar @CJP_4_Bihar]

Hello Cockroaches, You are doing great.
#Bengaluru
#FreedomPark

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

Namma Bengaluru defying the rain!

Dharmendra Pradhan must resign!

[Manish Hariprasad @manishariprasad]

Lifer #15 from the trip.

The Broad-Billed Warbler.

This was an absolute surprise. Not the bird I ever was looking for. Saw It merrily hunting in and out of the bamboo thicket, and almost didn't click, thinking of it to be the Chestnut-Crowned Warbler.

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[Manish Hariprasad @manishariprasad]

Lifer No. 14
And the best of the sunbird picks from this trip
Mrs Gould's Sunbird

Named after Elizabeth Gould, the first person to paint the 80 odd Himalayan Birds for the book "A century of Himalayan Birds".

#HimalayanBirds - 19
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[Ritesh @Riteshk95050394]

Don't buy gold, don't travel, don't waste resources because he needs your money to keep his clown show running. 🤡

[Sid the Birder @siddisimple]

@rohitvaarma Baddie

[Manish Hariprasad @manishariprasad]

Lifer no 12, yes.
The Violet Cuckoo. One of the rarities from this trip.
The only bird from India with Violet in the name.
Observed it for almost an hour flitting between low canopy greens and open leafless trees.

Oh, And that little ant!
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#HimalayanBirds- 16

[Sid the Birder @siddisimple]

@rohitvaarma One man's ego can wipe out an species

[Prachi Mehta @wildwise @WRCSIndia]

In their pin-striped attire, the Kashmir Nutcrackers are true show stealers. And what attitude they have...I am sure they know that Tchaikovsky has named his "Nutcracker" opera after them @indian_pitta @BirdWatchDaily @birdsofindia

[Manish Hariprasad @manishariprasad]

And the last one of the Laughingthrushes that I clicked on this 10 day trip...

The amazingly pretty Red Faced Liocichla. One of the prized ones. Good to click, and awesome to observe.

Unreal design on wings.

#HimalayanBirds-14
#Lifer no. 10

#IndiAves #BirdsSeenin2026

[Sid the Birder @siddisimple]

@WRCSIndia @IndiAves Masters of merging in background and acquisitions amongst hearts of birders

[Cockrock is Back @helloGr0k]

धर्मेंद्र प्रधान का इस्तीफ़ा होना चाहिए रीट्वीट अगर सहमत है .
#dharmendre #neet

[Sid the Birder @siddisimple]

@Dev_Fadnavis @namitaj68

[Manish Hariprasad @manishariprasad]

#HimalayanBirds - 2

The Fulvous Parrotbill.

An absolute golgappa of a bird, barely 12 cm, and with a bill that is almost non existent.

A nightmare to click, as it is notoriously restless, barely staying for a second anywhere.

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[Sid the Birder @siddisimple]

@alimshaikhTOI Nivedita Ekbote is a known RSS supporter

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@anuradhamathur Wow

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@karmanomad Cow urine shots would have made the menu complete