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Sep 19th, 2007, 01:41
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Wildlife groups for India
For those interested in Wildlife in India you may want to join any of the groups below. Most of these groups exchange both information as well as photos.
All India india-nature-pixs@yahoogroups.com Possibly the largest wildlife photography group in India. Many members also post on the forum of: http://www.indianaturewatch.net insectindia@yahoogroups.com A group of insect lovers and entomologists interested in the Indian sub-continent. Insects here means members of class Insecta  ; all insects except Butterflies, Moths, Dragonflies and Damselflies. butterflyindia@yahoogroups.com 600 people who exchange information about butterflies in India mothsindia@yahoogroups.com 150 plus people discuss anything to do with Indian moths dragonflyindia@yahoogroups.com A group dedicated to dragonflies and damselflies of India spiderindia@yahoogroups.com As the name suggests, this group is for sharing information on spiders in India Reptileindia@yahoogroups.com 133 people who are fond on reptiles and exchange information and photos on the subject amphibianindia@yahoogroups.com A small group which exchanges information on frogs and other amphibians from India wildflowerindia@yahoogroups.co m This group is meant for people interested in sharing photographs and information of wild flowers in India indiantreepix@googlegroups.com In this group members interact with each mainly through posting pictures of trees, bark and tree flowers Regional delhibirdpix@googlegroups.com Well established birding platform for Delhi with more than 600 members bgnbirds@yahoogroups.com Large birding group with 978 members who exchange information pertaining to the birds in and around Bangalore mountabubirding@yahoogroups.co m Birding forum for Mount Abu and Kutch region iora@yahoogroups.com The birding group for Gujarat. BiCoSoGuj@yahoogroups.com A small group for senior and seasoned birdwatchers in Gujarat state. Worldwide but with good India representation orientalbirdingpix@yahoogroups .com A 1766 large member list of people interested in wild birds, birding and conservation in the Oriental region. In association with the Oriental Bird Club. Many members from India. Herp-pix@yahoogroups.com Herp-pix was created for people to share photographs of wild reptile and amphibian species found throughout the world. With a good number of India based members |
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Sep 19th, 2007, 02:20
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An extremely wild & gamey post .... but very informative reference links!
  
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Sep 19th, 2007, 21:36
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Thanks Peak and thanks to the moderator who made it a sticky.
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Feb 16th, 2008, 05:22
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Great info Birds. Thanks. We could add some NGOs too ...
Aaranyak http://www.aaranyak.org/ are based in Guwahati and mainly active in the North East |
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May 27th, 2008, 04:24
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Birders in Karnatka
Found a good site for birders in Karnataka: http://karnatakabirds.googlepages.com/home
It also provides links to other birding sites in India on: http://karnatakabirds.googlepages.co...inginkarnataka http://karnatakabirds.googlepages.com/links And, for the really committed, checklists. By the way, some of India's birders are very actively including information and photographs of Indian birds on Wikipedia see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_India. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sp...tions/J.M.Garg The guys behind this are very serious birders and, the general consensus is that most information is correct. They are building a great resource! "We often ignore the beauty around us" |
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May 27th, 2008, 04:51
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Conservation groups
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Some other conversation groups are: All India: defendingwildindia@yahoogroups .com For Goa: wildgoa@yahoogroups.com, greengoa@yahoogroups For Bangalore: bgncore@yahoogroups.com, HasiruUsiru@yahoogroups.com For Mumbai: http://www.savebombaycommittee.org, prakruti@yahoogroups.com For Thane Mumbai: http://www.yuwarajgurjar.com and hopethane@yahoogroups.com There are plenty more. For almost every area in India there is either a Yahoo or Google Group. And if there is not, and you want to raise awareness, you can start a group in minutes. Every little helps! Some of these groups have achieved lots of improvement in their environment. |
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Jun 2nd, 2008, 05:40
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Jun 2nd, 2008, 12:46
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Have you seen Butterfly India News (http://butterflyindianews.blogspot.co m)
It is also worth looking at Mr. Kunte's website, which has apparently the largest collection of Indian butterfly photos http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/krush...IndianButt.htm There are a couple of people in India who are trying to map the Indian butterfly migration. I used to take part in the counting when I was living in Bangalore which was one of the points on the migrating route. I am not sure what has happened with it because the last year we were there the number of butterflies was already considerably less. The easy answer would be pollution but whether that is indeed the reason I don't know. |
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Jun 2nd, 2008, 12:50
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Thanks Birds...informative link listing..!
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Jun 3rd, 2008, 03:04
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Thanks Birds - great links.
I'm trying to work out how I can use this to help me ID butterflies while travelling. I think I've seen the book and decided against it. I find field guides with illustrations rather than photos easier to use - not to take anything away from the great photos Mr Kunte has taken. Just fussy, I guess! |
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Jun 3rd, 2008, 11:52
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I agree illustrations tend to be easier, I prefer those for birds too.
But if you would take a Blackberry or IPhone along on your trips you could access the websites with the photos. Will be lighter than a book too. |
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Dec 4th, 2008, 19:31
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Dec 5th, 2008, 12:57
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Hi Mike,
Good to see you on IndiaMike! You see we are following each other: Delhi, Bangalore, Goa and now virtually too .To all IndiaMikers interested in birds, Mike is a walking bird encyclopedia .
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Dec 5th, 2008, 14:05
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Maybe see you next time I'm in Goa. Not sure when that will be though, I certainly prefer to avoid the Christmas/New Year madness so Nagarhole and Masinagudi I think are on the agenda... |
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Jan 4th, 2009, 21:31
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when nature calls
generally in each santuary there is a place called the check post in the middle of the jungle where u can get down to relieve yourself
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