Those of you who are birders and know something of where and what Dhaka is like (and who read the title) will be completely understand the incredulity I’m feeling. Yesterday afternoons birding started just like any other of my normal birding days besides that I went up to our rooftop a bit earlier than usualContinue reading “A Shearwater in Dhaka?!”
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Yard Birding Surprises!
I’ve been birding from our rooftop every evening and some mornings since lockdown started and just this afternoon reached fifty species with a flyover Shikra! It’s been a lot of fun being able to bird even in the middle of Dhaka during the lockdown, and I’ve had some awesome surprises along the way! My yardContinue reading “Yard Birding Surprises!”
Yard birding
COVID-19 is heavily restricting movement here in Bangladesh. The government has shut down most businesses and is encouraging people to stay at home. So we’re just hunkering down and only going out for groceries when needed. Because we homeschool it doesn’t affect our school at all. One upside to staying at home is I’ve beenContinue reading “Yard birding”
Birding during COVID-19
COVID-19 has been shaking the world, but if you have your trust put in the right place you need not have any fears! Thankfully coronavirus isn’t too bad here yet, and since I bike to New Vision it was fine to continue birding because I would not be using public transportation as most birders doContinue reading “Birding during COVID-19”
New Vision: dead kingfisher and cormorant 😢
I was able to bird New Vision again this weekend. By now it’s getting hot, and the bike ride though only 7 miles is starting to be a bit more wearing. While I was out it was probably mid to upper 80s (F) and thankfully humidity is still down in the 50s, but it’s notContinue reading “New Vision: dead kingfisher and cormorant 😢”
Birding JU: Brown Fish-Owl!
Nic and I finally got the time to go out to Jahangirnagar University (JU) this weekend. JU is a beautiful campus and well known birding hotspot just outside Dhaka. During the winter there are many migrants with the highest numbers being several thousand Lesser Whistling Ducks (most common duck in Bangladesh). Most of the migrantsContinue reading “Birding JU: Brown Fish-Owl!”
My First Blog Post: Birding New Vision
This weekend my brother and birding companion Niccolas (Nic) and I went out to my favorite birding hotspot: New Vision Eco City. It’s about a 7 mile bike ride from our home, to this bit of wetland/farmland that birders have discovered has amazing bird diversity. After the rainy season and through much of the winterContinue reading “My First Blog Post: Birding New Vision”
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