The Large Cuckoo-Shrike

Mhow, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Camera: SONY DSC H9

Common Name: Large Cuckoo-shrike

Taxonomic Name: Coracina macei
According to the Wikipedia: "The Large Cuckoo-shrike, Coracina macei, is a species of cuckooshrike found in south and south east Asia. They are mostly insectivorous and usually fly just above the forest canopy. They have a loud call Klu-eep and have a characteristic habit of shrugging their closed wings shortly after landing on a perch."
Thanks to Sumit Sen, founder of Birds of India (www.kolkatabirds.com) for helping me in identifying this species.

Food For The Gods... Ashtami Bhog... Durga Puja, 2010

Oct 15, 2010.

Ashtami - The eighth day of the Durga Puja festival.

Celebrations of the Bengali Samaj, Mhow.

Held at the Narnoulli Dharamshala, Mhow

Camera: SONY DSC H9.

There was a time when I too was young ...

October 20 2010.

Clicked in Mhow Bazaar. Near a Motorbike repair shop opposite the old Kotwali and not far from the Bohra mosque.

Camera: SONY DSC H9

Marshall's Iora - A beautiful bird

July 2, 2010

I clicked this Marshall's Iora in the Swarg Mandir area of Mhow. It was sitting on the branch of a Chikoo tree.

The One And Only Traffic Lights in Mhow

Chinese Dies!!!!

Anyone will die if the chef is vindictive enough :-))

An old photograph

Station Road Mhow in 1918 when Mhow Cantonment was a 100 years old. This is most probably by Guerra and Sons.

Source: The internet.

The Jarul blooms in May

From my archives. Clicked in May 2008.

The Spotted Owlet In Her Nest.




more here.

Birds Near My House.

I decided to count the number of species of birds that I see in the garden of my house and within a one kilometre radius. The count comes to roughly forty species. Ten of these species can be seen in a blog post by clicking here.
Camera: SONY DSC H9.


Black Shouldered Kite

Dragonfly in the waters of Choral Dam

Where have all the sparrows gone?

More here

Sunny day and a suspicious mynah...
17 August 2009.
Camera: SONY DSC H9

More here.

Independence Day - 15 August 2009, Saturday

Picture clicked on the platform of Indore railway station. More pictures here.

When Mhow Elected An MLA -

The Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly) Elections 2008 in Mhow.

When Kailash Vijayvargiya (BJP) defeated Antar Singh Darbar (INC)

































Also See the following posts in my Sulekha Weblog

(1) Letter From Mhow: An Election Album

(2) Letter From Mhow: When A Small Town voted for its MLA

From Dhan Teras to Bhai Dooj
Diwali 2008 (Oct 26 to Oct 30) in Mhow













Click here to access a more detailed blogpost in my Sulekha weblog.