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Black-winged Stilts of Vypin Mangroves

// May 28th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Culture and Ecology

The lush green mangroves of Cochin, especially the green belt around the north coast at the mouth of the harbor and the lagoons and archipelago formations in the backwaters that run up to Mangalavanam have remained as the lungs and kidneys of this unique estuary and ecosystem that is also called the queen of Arabian [...]

Green Imperial Pigeon of Chinnar

// May 19th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Culture and Ecology

The thorny scrub of Chinnar is a unique habitat at the eastern margin of Kerala.  It houses the relics of stone age rock art and cave paintings.  The dry deciduous and thorny jungles of this eastern slope of the Western Ghats form a rain shadow country.  It  nurtures the sandalwood forests of Marayur and the [...]

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