Sanjay Gandhi National Park- Borivali

May 232012
 
Sanjay Gandhi National Park- Borivali

When you are looking to click wildlife there are days when lady luck is smiling at you and then there are days when the she is laughing at you! Last weekend Desi Traveler was in Mumbai  for some personal work.  We have lived in Mumbai for more than a year, and did most of the touristy things in that one year- Juhu Beach, Elephanta Caves, Gateway of India etc. One of the regrets I always had was not been able to visit Borivali National park or Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivali, a green oasis in the middle of [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Gudimalkapur Flower Market Hyderabad

May 122012
 
Gudimalkapur Flower Market Hyderabad

  Gudimalkapur Flower Market- Morning Ragas with Colors  Photography ka keeda is slowly spreading in my mind-body and soul and I visited Gudimalkapur flower market early morning to see some action with flowers. A little history first-I had thought that I had overcome it after I mothballed my film Nikon and after that every single point and shoot camera that we had been monopolized by our daughter. But then I read about Nikon D7000 and got hooked again. Not that I am very good at photography I just point and shoot and then pray that the subject would have understood [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Save Peerancheru Lake – An initiative by PBEL City Residents

May 052012
 
Save Peerancheru Lake - An initiative by PBEL City Residents

 How Residents of PBEL City Got Together to Clean The Peerancheru Lake While your lazy bones Desi Traveler was struggling to get out of bed on Saturday morning, some of the environmentally conscious  residents of PBEL City decided to get up early on a weekend and clean the Peerancheru lake to bring back its pristine glory. The lake that has a good population of water birds like Ducks, Egrets, Pond Heron, Painted Stork, Kingfishers etc. But unfortunately due to pollution and dumping of waste it has become dirty. Well not any more today morning more than 10 of our residents and some staff [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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A Money Savvy Model

May 042012
 
A Money Savvy Model

We city dwellers always think that we are the smartest bunch around, only to be humbled  by simple folks around us time and again. Some time back I visited the Nallamala forest near the Srisailam temple. It is a very sparsely populated area and most of the folks living are farmers and some tribals. Education levels are very poor, and for a city bred guy like me it is difficult to understand the folksy wisdom passed down from one generation to another in our villages. While coming back we stopped in a village haat to buy some locally grown fruits, whose taste is [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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A Dark Corner

May 022012
 
A Dark Corner

We are so caught up in our day to day things that some time we forget very beautiful things around. It is very common for us to miss a beautiful bird sitting on the tree right in front of our home or even the blossoms on the tree. But every once in a while you get to see some thing that you just stop and want to click a picture and wish you had contributed in the creation of the same. Recently while visiting a resort on a vacation with my kids I came across this flower, shying away from eyes [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Birdwatching at Mrugavani National Park Hyderabad Telangana

May 012012
 
Birdwatching at Mrugavani National Park Hyderabad Telangana

A Visit To Mruguvani National Park for Birdwatching  Recently I went again to Mrugavani National Park in the morning,  I got up without an alarm at 7 am on Sunday and thinking this is some divine sign decided to hit the road. It is only about 5 km from our home and is one of the last surviving green lungs for the city of Nizams. It is approachable both from Mehdipattnam via Lunger House and Hitech City via Outer ring road on the way to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Shamshabad. You take exit 18 on the airport highway on the Vikarabad [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Purple Sunbird is not Hummingbird

Apr 282012
 
Purple Sunbird is not Hummingbird

Hummingbird vs Sunbird in India As mentioned in the earlier post I was able to capture the hummingbird or more accurately the purple sunbird in the camera.  Why I say Sunbird is that Hummingbirds are only naturally found in the Americas, what we have in India are Sunbirds. They seem to have developed independently and as their habitat and feeding habits are similar they look and behave very similar to each other. But scientifically there are no Hummingbirds found in India or Asia for that matter.  I am totally amazed at the way nature works. Two continents separated by thousands [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Sunbird pictures

Apr 252012
 

Today was my lucky day, while walking in the compound I noticed a bush outside the boundry that had fragnant, though non descript flowers. I decided to investigate and to my amazement a female humming bird was doing acrobatics on the flowers. I took out my phone to take some pics but she was too fast to be captured by a phone camera. I was in too mind to continue my walk or get the camera. The Nikonian defeated the walker by a wide margin and I went back to get the camera. But by the time I returned [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Cut your food bill: Plant a garden

Apr 242012
 

Cut your food bill: Plant a garden I have myself tried growing tomatoes in past successfully. I must say the tomatoes were much more juicy and tasty than anything I have bought in a store. I am seriously thinking of starting an herb garden. I am sure the Missus will be happy to see some leaves as our current Botanical adventures are limited to Cacti and Succulents, started as an approach to be frugal with water and yet enjoy the beautiful plants. Check some of mine and some friends cacti plants here. Hopefully I will be able to post some [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Birds Around PBEL II

Apr 222012
 
Birds Around PBEL II

Observing Birds in City Bulbul The humming bird remains elusive and is beating the fastest shutter speed I have tried. It seems Shutter priority mode is is not the thing to do. But I was lucky again and caught the Indian Bulbul and a Pied Bushchat enjoying a worm.  The Early Bird Catches The Worm I will continue to try to shoot the Hummingbird, any suggestions on camera settings would be welcome. To read the earlier post in this series please click here Thanks for reading, do leave a comment.

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