Ranganatithoo. (bird sanctuaries in southern India that offer unique opportunities for nature photographers)

From: PSA Journal | Date: June 1, 1994 | Copyright information

Two small but interesting places for great nature photography are the little-known bird sanctuaries, Ranganatithoo and Kokare-Belur. Near the populous cities of Bangalore and Mysore in the South of India, these sanctuaries have provided captivating subjects which have helped many photographers from the area to achieve photographic awards and honors.

Many species of birds and other wildlife can be seen and photographed there including ibis, egrets, cormorants, river terns, open-billed storks, night herons, roseate spoonbills, kingfishers, woodpeckers, stone plovers, crocodiles, ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Bird Land // The Joys of Urban Birdwatching
; ...literally can't move. "The birds will fly all night, until...says. Garden adds that the birds will sometimes be stuck...Alert" (708-671-1522). "The birds we list on the hotline...be impressed by the rare birds present in our urban environment. Birds use Lake Michigan to ...
For the birds -- and my kids, too
; ...Doing so to go see some birds when the back yard is routinely...this human activity, the birds came. Several small islands...home to five varieties of birds -- great blue herons, great egrets, black-crowned night herons, double-crested cormorants...Seemingly hundreds of birds nest on ...
This prison is for the birds.(The water bird population of Alcatraz)(includes related map of nesting areas of colonial water birds)
; ...nesting colonial water birds. The response was...existing colonies of night herons, pigeon guillemots...of black-crowned night herons. All the success...no one takes the birds' health for granted...and black-crowned night herons nest in the dense...vegetation gone wild. ...
ALL ATWITTER; Look. Up in the Sky. It's a Bird. It's More Birds. It's . . . Super.
; There are birds. There are birds, birds, birds, birds, birds, birds, birds -- and then more birds. They are flittering and chattering and fluttering and tittering everywhere, even in heavily residential areas that are clearly zoned for humans. May...
Jets vs. birds flap at new airport site
; ...Eastern Airlines Electra jet flew through a flock of birds on takeoff from Boston's Logan Airport. It lost power after sucking birds in its engines and crashed, killing 62 of 72 people...may have convinced Gov. Edgar that they can move the birds, but you're not going to be able to tell that to the ...
Birds: A Visual Guide.(Book review)
; Birds: A Visual Guide by Joanna Burger $29.95. 304 pp. Firefly...a teacher could have only one bird book in the classroom, Birds: A Visual Guide is the book to choose. From its title, format...diagrams, which are captioned to further explain the subject. Birds and Their World focuses on what birds ...
Which birds for an aviary? And how to keep them happy?
; Keeping exotic birds in aviaries (page 60) can be a delightful...or a lot of attention. When purchasing birds to train, look for ones that have been...comfortable around humans. Captured wild birds can be very difficult to handle. Know your...
In the Trees, A Pealing Bid To Shoo Away A Shrill Swarm; Manassas Concerned About Effects of Birds
; The birds of Timberwood Court are not like the murderous...looking up at a cluster of trees seething with birds. "And the noise is unreal." Already they...or so back yards -- to reach about 10,000 birds. That, officials say, is thousands too many...
The Little Guides: Birds.(Book Review)
; The Little Guides: Birds Joseph Forshaw (Editor) Fog City Press 814 Montgomery...in the Little Guide series The Little Guides: Birds is a 300+ -page work divided into sections. Part 1: THE WORLD OF BIRDS presents a three section overview for UNDERSTANDING...
Poison takes toll on birds
; Birds are falling dead from the trees in Dunsandel as Canterbury...Dunsandel man Roger Collins was devastated to find thousands of birds dead or dying on his 2ha block. An animal lover, Collins has planted native trees to attract birds to his property over his 22 years there. The birds, mostly...