Tag: #birds
Articles tagged with #birds
Bardia’s birds
The Bardia National Park is a jewel of nature in western Nepal, and a birder’s paradise
Nepal's 'Owl Sir' awarded
Raju Acharya wins the 2024 Whitley Award to protect the endangered nocturnal birds in central Nepal
Vultures swing back in Pokhara
All photos: KRISHNA MANI BARALMonsoon floods usually bring death and destruction, but that is not necessarily bad news for the vultures of…
Pokhara's royal egret sanctuary
All photos: KRISHNAMANI BARALAfter Nepal's monarchy was abolished in 2008, most of the property of the royal family was nationalised, and some…
Nepal’s vultures: Between existence and extinction
69 vultures were found dead in Nawalparasi last month.On the grounds of a college campus in Nawalparasi, the great brown birds lay as if they…
Rare wild pigeon sighted in Nepal
A Green Imperial Pigeon spotted for the first in Nepal by wildlife photographer Devendra Kharel in Jhapa last week. Photos: DEVENDRA KHARELOn 24…
Crying fowl at Dasain
Photos: MONIKA DEUPALAA market at Bhaktapur was doing brisk business on Saturday as people ignored physical distancing rules and flocked to buy…
Saving Nepal’s flyway for migrating cranes
Demoiselle Cranes flying south in autumn along the Kali Gandaki at Kagbeni with Mt Dhaulagiri looming in the background. Photos: RAJENDRA…
Eurasian Curlew visits Kathmandu after 50 years
Eurasian Curlew spotted in Bhakatpur last week. Photo: Bimita Bhandari They once used to arrive in flocks of 200 in Kosi Tappu wildlife reserve,…
Nepal is a model for vulture conservation
White-rumped vulture. photo: ANKIT BISHAL JOSHIVultures get a lot of bad press.Unlike other birds which are praised for their melodious song or…
It’s a small world
All photos: AJAY NARSINGH RANAWe have been home now for more than four months, and as a blogger, nature and wildlife photographer, the shelter…
The Great Trans-Himalayan Bird Migration
Photos : HEM SAGAR BARALBecause Nepal is located at the confluence of four eco-biological domains, and because of its vast altitude difference,…
Spiny babbler tourism
Photo : HATAN CHAUDHARYCarston Involson from Denmark arrived in Kathmandu in the first week of January. Recently retired from the Danish…
It’s a zoo out there
Fast running out of space for rescued wildlife, the Central Zoo wants to expand to Bhaktapur
Better Nepal-China connectivity helps wildlife smugglers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1rSf1D72vY&feature=youtu.beOn 22 March, Qiu Guorong, 40, and Que Labao, 34, had just flown into Kathmandu from…
Between existence and extinction in Nepal
THE 6TH EXTINCTION: This orchid with medicinal properties, Dactylorhiza hatagirea, (Panchaule) is an endangered species.Nepal is situated at the…
Protecting the last home of the Spiny Babbler
Photo: CAROL INSKIPPThe ruined 250-year-old Gorkhali fortress of Upardang Gadi is located on the northern rim of Chitwan Valley. But that is not…
Cranes, nature and godliness
Co-founder of the International Crane Foundation George Archibald with Vice Chair of of the Lumbini Development Trust Awadhesh Tripathi. Photo:…
Kathmandu's silent spring
The publication in 1962 of Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring drew public attention to how pesticides had killed much of North America’s…
Nepal bird census
Photo: Kamal Rimal The census of birds in various nature sanctuaries around Nepal last month showed that the number of indigenous and migratory…