Posted in Maina on Aug 29th, 2009
 A Jungle Myna [Maina] – Acridotheres fuscus – preening and drying-off after being wet in a rainstorm from last night. It kept wondering where the little dash of light was coming from, and what the clicking sound was. But it stayed and gave me a few nice shots.
Posted in Bird, Bulbul, Chestnut-tailed Starling, Dhaka, Sunbird on Apr 24th, 2009
This Friday’s lazy arm-chair birding…. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sunbirds ~ a Bulbul ~ and a Starling. Made my day!
Posted in Bangladesh, Bird, Dhaka, Maina, nature, new year, random thoughts, Tailorbird on Jan 2nd, 2009
It has been work-work-work for the past 3 weeks and not a moment spare to pick up the camera. Ah well. Needed to change that! Looked out the bedroom window and saw a pair of Jungle Mynas on the Mahogany tree. It was a bright day with the birds strongly shadowed and highly lit from [...]
Posted in Arm-chair birding, Bangladesh, Bird, Dhaka, nature, Sunbird, Tailorbird on Dec 1st, 2008
The Tailorbird and the Sunbird are hyper-active little birds – constantly on the move and hardly ever still. They usually are on a branch or twig for just a few seconds before they move again. Both these birds are in the 10 to 14 cm size tip of beak to end of tail and weigh [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Bird, Dhaka, Exhibition, Gallery, Photography, Portrait, Samiul Mohsanin on Nov 25th, 2008
A multi photographers bird-photography exhibition - I went to view Samiul Mohsanin’s photos today. A treat! Samiul is a student of Jahangirnagar University, extremely knowledgable about the habitat and birds, and has hosted us and been our guide on a previous birding visit. Samiul Mohsanin: The exhibition is being held at birder and naturalist Enam Ul Haque’s home [...]
Posted in Asian Koel, Bangladesh, Barbet, Bird, Bronze-winged Jacana, Bulbul, Coppersmith Barbet, Dhaka, forest, Jahangirnagar University, Lesser Whistling-Duck, nature, Orange-Headed Thrush, Savar, Scaly-breasted Munia, Striated Babbler on Sep 12th, 2008
Birding trip around Jahangirnagar University in Savar, Bangladesh. We had planned to head out 5:30AM today, but a massive thunder-storm delayed us to 7. We had a great trip watching the wide variety of birds around Jahingirnagar University in Savar just around 30km from Dhaka…. it turned out to be a very hot day and [...]