Birding in Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park (Mizoram), INDIA

Over the last decade our journey into the various forests looking for different species of birds has been exhilarating. Our bird count had touched 987 (in India) after our recent trip and typically had the desire to reach the 1000 mark by the end of 2023. Each time, when we set out to find different species, the words of my Spiritual Master echo in my mind. “We are born for desires...fulfill them...the day you are without desires...Its Moksha...

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Birding in Dosdewa Forest (near Badsaitila Reserve Forest), Karimganj, South Assam

The Barak Valley is the southernmost region and a administrative division of the India’s north-eastern state of Assam. It is named after the Barak river. The Barak valley consists of three administrative districts of Assam namely - Cachar, Karimganj, and Hailakandi. Among these three districts, Cachar and Hailakandi belonged to the erstwhile Cachar district in British-India, whereas Karimganj belonged to the Sylhet district. Sylhet was gifted to...

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