Bird Behaviour Chronicles
The forest is a stage, and birds are its most tireless performers. From dawn calls to dusk murmurations, every action has a reason — wooing, nesting, feeding, defending, surviving. What may seem like a fleeting flutter or a casual call is, in truth, an ancient ritual shaped by instinct and rhythm.
This gallery is a glimpse into those little theatres of the wild — full of devotion, rivalry, tenderness, and play.
Cormorant calling
Declaration A guttural call rising over the water.
Courtship and territory display; calls help attract mates and assert presence.
Location: Wetlands, India
Murmuration at Thane Creek
Synchrony Hundreds of wings weaving a moving sky.
Safety in numbers — murmurations confuse predators and signal roosting.
Location: Thane Creek, Maharashtra
Waders resting at Arnala shore
Persistence Tiny legs dancing in and out with the tide.
Foraging for invertebrates in wet sand.
Location: Arnala shore, Maharashtra
Woodpecker & Magpie feeding together
Coexistence An unlikely truce over food.
Overlapping feeding niches — sometimes different species tolerate each other for access to rich food sources.
Location: Forest edge, Thattekad
River Tern wooing female
Romance A gift of fish, offered with hope.
Courtship feeding — males bring fish to impress and bond with females.
Location: Riverbanks, Central India
Baya Weaver and nests
Craft Homes woven with grass, swinging in the wind.
Males weave intricate nests to attract females; only the best structures succeed.
Location: Farmlands, wetlands edges
Sunbird with tongue out
Delight A flash of red throat, tongue darting for nectar.
Feeding on flower nectar with brush-tipped tongue.
Location: Gardens, Western India
Malabar Grey Hornbill feeding its family
Devotion A parent’s beak, a family’s lifeline.
Male hornbills feed females sealed inside tree cavities during breeding.
Location: Goa Forests, Western Ghats
Parrots mating
Intimacy Feathers close, bonds sealed with touch.
Pair bonding and reproduction.
Location: Bharatpur Wetlands
Baya Weaver on grain stack
Ingenuity Bold little architect stealing from harvests.
Collecting nesting material and food from human fields.
Location: Farmlands
Moorhen Loitering
Restlessness Dipping, diving, never still.
Omnivorous feeding on plants, insects, small creatures in wetlands.
Location: Bharatpur, Rajasthan
Scaly-breasted Munia carrying leaf for nest
Diligence A beakful of green, home in the making.
Nest-building for breeding season.
Location: Agricultural fields, Central India
Yellow-wattled Lapwing Chick looking for food
Care A careful beak passing life forward.
Parental feeding — high chick survival depends on care.
Location: Tadoba Tiger Reserve, Central India
Changeable Hawk Eagle juvenile drinking
Humility Even a predator bows to water.
Hydration and cooling; raptors drink at open water during heat.
Location: Kabini, Tiger Reserve, Southern India
Eastern Imperial Eagle taking bath
Relief A monarch splashing like a child.
Bathing keeps plumage clean, removes parasites.
Location: Tal Chappar, Rajasthan