Straddling the Beas River as it emerges out of the confines of the Himalayas, the Pong Lake lay limitlessly spread in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh marking the state border with Punjab. Early this winter season in December 2015, I…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels, Wildlife
Tags: Barrage, Beas, Bird, birding, Birdwatching, conservation, Dharamsala, Himachal, Kangra, Lake, Maharana, Pong, Ramsar, travel, Wetland, Wildlife
As the state government showcased Sultanpur habitat as part of its tableau in the just held Republic Day parade at the Rajpath in New Delhi, I thought of writing about this ever popular bird-watching destination located within the confines of…
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Category: Haryana, Travels, Wildlife
Tags: Bird, Bird-watching, birding, Birdlife, conservation, Delhi, Gurgaon, Haryana, Lake, National, Park, Reserve, Resort, Sanctuary, sultanpur, travel, Wetland, Wildlife
It was during my recent visit at the Kalesar National Park when I finally got a chance to visit the Asan Barrage in Uttarakhand. It was on Sh Bharatlal’s, Forest Guard at the Sultanpur National Park, recommendation as a must-visit…
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Category: Travels, Uttarakhand, Wildlife
Tags: Asan, Barrage, birding, conservation, Dakpathar, Dehradun, Dhalipur, Doon Valley, Fish Eagle, Garhwal, GMVN, Kalesar National Park, Sal, Uttarakhand, Wetland, Wildlife, Yamuna
During one of my recent visits to the Kalesar National Park, Haryana’s only Sal forest, I finally got an opportunity to visit the famed Hathni Kund barrage on the Yamuna River. Although, I had crisscrossed the barrage as well as…
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Category: Haryana, Travels, Wildlife
Tags: Bird-watching, birding, conservation, Forest, Haryana, Hathni Kund, Kalesar, Tajewala, travel, Wetland, Wildlife, Yamuna, Yamunanagar
It was in mid-January of 2013 when I first got a chance to visit the Kalesar National Park situated in the terai region of eastern Haryana. Although the visit chanced upon at a time when winters were peaking but fortunately…
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Category: Haryana, Travels, Wildlife
Tags: Asan, Barking Deer, Barrage, Bird, Bird-watching, birding, Dense, Elephant, Forest, Green, Haryana, Hathni Kund, Jungle, Jungle fowl, Kalesar, Monsoon, Muntjac, National Park, Paonta Sahib, Protected, Rajaji, Sal, Sambar, Species, Sunset, Wetland, Wildlife, Yamuna, Yamunanagar
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