Kanwar Bir Singh (KB)

Time to celebrate 💐 facebook.com/share/uDsuQaAS… We're now highly engaged #Facebook community of half a MILLION passionate #birders, sharing 10s of thousands posts & pics/month from every parts of #India & countries of #IndianSubcontinent #IndiAves #BirdTwitter #birdphotography

@syedrizwanmehb1 Long-legged Buzzard. Winter visitor to these parts. Don't think it can hunt a chinkara though.

Bite off more than you can chew! Rare single frame sight, showing the Raptor taking on a Chinkara Gazelle ( just look at their comparative sizes) - somewhere deep inside Cholistan desert of Pakistan

Dr. Zach Bush shares a mind-blowing nature insight: Birdsongs in each region have evolved to interact with tree pores (stomata), helping them open to breathe more oxygen and CO₂—kickstarting the life cycle. Historical / science nugget: Studies on plant bioacoustics (e.g., from Yeungnam University and others) show sound vibrations—like birdsong or "green music"—can influence stomata opening, boost nutrient/water uptake, and enhance growth by triggering molecular changes in plants. While not every regional birdsong is proven to "perfectly match" local trees, vibrations from natural sounds act as a gentle signal for better respiration and vitality. Bush extends it to us: Nature's sounds and beauty do the same for the human body—up-leveling metabolism, energy, and resilience no matter diet or toxins around you. Get outside aggressively—listen to the birds, feel the shift. Nature is the ultimate viral healer. What's your favorite way nature "turns you back on"—birdsong, ocean waves, forest walks?

@AnchitGupta9 @IAF_MCC Fascinating story

Harish Chander Sircar was the first & senior-most officer commissioned in the @IAF_MCC on 8 Oct 1932. More dubiously, he also holds the record for the first to be dismissed from service in March 1935. The intervening period is a story of many firsts. #IAFHistory (1/15)

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker #Karimganj, #Assam, Feb 2026. This gorgeous picture by Momita - facebook.com/share/1Ay2WHRE… #IndianBirds #BirdTwitter #birdphotography #Birds

@indian_pitta One day i’ll hike with a camera too and NOT just soak in the chorus of birds—but NOT today, or anytime in the near future :)

One day i’ll hike without my camera and just soak in the chorus of birds—but not today

@Scheherzadeh I have a wonderful memory of Black Storks to share! In May 2004, saw two of them soaring high up in the Himalaya, over the Rohtang pass, on their northward journey after spending winter months in the Indian Subcontinent.

@KB1997_ Thank you so much! Yes luckily got the one with the beak clean and red, some were looking muddy because they were feeding!:)

Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) Sialkot #Pakistan

@shubhvanii Truly

GOD Please Don't Let Me Mismanage The Moments I prayed for......

@WaterBaker Birdwalk, early on a Sunday morning in a nearby piece of wilderness.

You’re meeting someone on a first date, but it can’t be a cafe, restaurant, or bar. Where are you going?

@MulaMutha Sikh empire of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh too...lost after the two Anglo Sikh wars.

A correspondent for the Daily Mail, GW Steevens traveled to India in the late 1890s, offering a Western perspective on the British Raj. After the ‘Jubilee Murders’ by the Chapekar brothers (in 1897), he wrote a book in 1899 called ‘In India’ where he made these observations: - ‘Other provinces of India were ceded to us or conquered from alien lords; the Marathas lost their all in war. They lost more than others, and they feel the loss more. For others we were a change of masters; them we brought down from masters to slaves. His empire, his nationality, his religion, his honour, his beautiful language—we have taken away his all’. Pic: A cannon on display at Pune’s Shaniwar wada.

@RamanPsekhon Interestingly, even we called ਭਾਜੀ to our ਦਾਦਾ..😊💕

ਭਾਜੀ ( ਦਾਦਾ ਜੀ ) - ਕੁੜੀਏ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਦਾ ਕੁੱਝ ਸੌਰਿਆ ਅਜੇ ਕੇ ਨਹੀ !

@ApedaRondo Akebia quinata –commonly known as akebi, chocolate vine, five-leaf chocolate vine, or five-leaf akebia– is a vine that is native to Japan, China and Korea, commonly used as an ornamental or edible plant..from wiki

I don’t know the scientific name of this wild fruit, but we called it Apomo, and it was a staple of our childhood stomachs.

The great ecologist Madhav Gadgil died last night. I am devastated. He was an exemplary scientist and citizen, and, to me, a friend and mentor for forty years and more. Here’s a piece I published on his 80th birthday in May 2022: telegraphindia.com/opinion/people…

@BlueDartCares Any update? The time is yet to be delivered. @BlueDart_

@KB1997_ We regret the inconvenience and delay caused, we have registered a complaint, please note the complaint no. 1570004. Our team will get back to you. Thank you.

@BlueDart_ still waiting for this delivery. It has been almost two weeks now. I keep getting insane messages without anyone attempting to deliver the package. How much more #pathetic can you guys get.

@nehaa_sinha @HarperCollinsIN @jilpanz Congratulations Neha. Have ordered my copy already.

So excited to share my new book, my labour of love, WILD CAPITAL! Over many years, nights & days, through sunshine & silences, I have captured Delhi’s hidden wilderness for you. You will find forgotten rivers, fireflies, words & meaning. Pre-order here: amzn.in/d/fZsyiYJ

@BlueDartCares No one has cared to reach out. @BlueDart_ Tired of your service.

@manaman_chhina Ditto. Stopped doing it over five years ago.

I realise I have reached an age where staying awake for New Year is a nuisance.

@syedrizwanmehb1 Wood Sandpiper. A common winter visitor, in mudflats and wet fields.

Van Gogh ambience in Khunjerab National Park, GB Early morning click of Migratory Sand Piper in near frozen upper Hunza River

@syedrizwanmehb1 Grey Francolins as they are called...Ortygornis pondicerianus

Alike GIBs in Cholistan, wild desert Partridges are also friendly with me - as we drove inside desert, a flock just walked in front - they came so close that I could almost touch them Cholistan desert is magic