Bangalore Bird Race 2008

Here it is finally the trip report of the Bangalore Bird Race 2008! I had pre-post on this here!

This time around we missed Raghu but had Mr. Harish Bhat instead! Harish is the lead author of Pakshi Prapancha (World of Birds), a handbook of Birds in Kannada. Read the book review here. And that made our team, a scholarly one!

We had sort of pre-race planning meeting at IISc on Saturday and broadly zeroed in on the places we may want to visit. Puttenahalli (near Yelahanka), Hesaraghatta and TG Halli reservoir were on the cards. IISc was certainly on the cards. On Sunday morning, by 6 am, I had to pick Gururaja from Sanjay Nagar and get back to campus where Karthick would join. Harish Bhat was on his way and joined us by 7:30 am. Formally, we started from CES, IISc at around 6:45 am and went around Jubilee Gardens via the Swimming Pool. While we looked around for birds, the morning rays making past the remnant dense patch was simply enjoyable.



I guess this is an abrupt end to the report. For I have taken a bit too long to complete the report. Anyways, the map I had prepared for the Bird Race was graduated a few days later as "Guide to Birdwatching Places in Bangalore". This has been now accessed 7,633 times :)