Episode 76: Bird Behaviour with Rohan Chakravarty
Rohan Chakravarty is a Cartoonist, illustrator, and wildlife buff. Creator of Green Humour, the comic strip. He is an author and illustrator...
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Bird Podcast with Shoba Narayan
Welcome to the Bird Podcast — hosted by Shoba Narayan. This podcast will focus largely on birds, specifically on Indian birds with occasional global forays. India is home to some 1200 bird s...
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Episode 75: Gynandomorphism in birds with Dr. Hamish Spencer
The sex of a bird – whether it is male or female – is one of the most critical aspects of its biology. Males and females often behave differ...
Episode 74: A pigeon's nest at home and its ripple effects
When a pigeon comes into the house. This is a controversial episode. In fact, I am pretty sure nobody in the nature groups that I am part of...
Episode 73: Birds and Shola Forests with Dr. V.V. Robin
Welcome to the Bird Podcast — hosted by Shoba Narayan. This podcast will focus largely on birds, specifically on Indian birds with occasiona...
Special Episode: How did you get into birding
Here is a special episode about how different Bangalore birding experts got into birding.
Episode 72: Birding in Mauritius
Welcome to the Bird Podcast — hosted by Shoba Narayan. This podcast will focus largely on birds, specifically on Indian birds with occasiona...
Episode 71: The biodiverse splendour of Bhutan
This episode is about Bhutan: carbon-negative, Buddhist and a pioneer in sustainable tourism. This tiny country, about the size of Switzerla...
Episode 70: Toucanets and hummingbirds in Costa Rica
In this episode, we talk to a resident naturalist about the motmots, hummingbirds and toucanets that you can see in Costa Rica.
Episode 69: The Resplendent Quetzal of Costa Rica
Welcome to the Bird Podcast — hosted by Shoba Narayan. This podcast will focus largely on birds, specifically on Indian birds with occasiona...
Episode 68: Delhi birds with Sudhir Vyas
Delhi and its neighbourhoods, with its variety of habitats and landscapes, is remarkable for the wealth and diversity of its avifauna. It is...
Episode 67: The three-wattled bell-bird, Monteverde, Costa Rica
This is the first of three episodes about the bird life in Costa Rica. This one focuses on the three-wattled bell-bird and the episode is se...
Episode 66: Pleasures of birdwatching with Aasheesh Pittie
About Aasheesh Pittie's book of essays, The Living Air. If you're looking for new ways to engage with birds and birdwatching, Aasheesh Pitti...
Episode 65: Amazing bird species: Sarus cranes and storks
In Episode 35, Dr. Gopi Sundar paints a hopeful picture of cranes and waterbirds coexisting with humans. In this episode we delve into these...
Episode 64: Flight paths: about bird migration with Rebecca Heisman
In this episode, we are talking about how we know what we know about bird migration. Our guest, Rebecca Heisman describes herself on her web...
Episode 63: The Feather Library project with Esha Munshi
This episode is about the wonder of feathers. Salim Ali said that birds were "feathered bipeds." This episode explores how feathers are marv...
Episode 62: Bird diplomacy with Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud
Photographing birds across continents. In this episode, we interview His Excellency Jacques Pitteloud who happens to be the Swiss Ambassador...
Episode 61: Bird conservation: experiments that work
In this episode, we highlight conservation experiments that are interesting and have worked. We have chosen three experiments from previous...
Episode 60: The race to save our vanishing birds with Beverly and Anders Gyllenhaal
Beverly and Anders Gyllenhaal are veteran journalists and birdwatchers. They ran newsrooms, assigned features and wrote books. They publish...
Episode 59: The big year of birding with Noah Strycker
In this episode, we talk to Noah Strycker. Noah is the Associate Editor for Birding Magazine and author of several popular books about birds...
Episode 58: Where bar headed geese and black tailed godwits visit in the winter.
This episode is set in Hadinaru Kere, a lake outside Mysore in India. In the winter, the lake attracts a number of migratory birds. Some 85...