Arka
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Birds & Butterflies of West Bengal
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Day 5 of proving bird names makes no sense.
The naming is all over the place for this fairly common north American warbler. A name is supposed to describe the species/paint anyone a mental picture easily. This species got its name for the shape of the nest it builds🤦🏻♂️
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#WhatWereTheyThinking
The naming is all over the place for this fairly common north American warbler. A name is supposed to describe the species/paint anyone a mental picture easily. This species got its name for the shape of the nest it builds🤦🏻♂️
#birds
#WhatWereTheyThinking
September 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Day 5 of proving bird names makes no sense.
The naming is all over the place for this fairly common north American warbler. A name is supposed to describe the species/paint anyone a mental picture easily. This species got its name for the shape of the nest it builds🤦🏻♂️
#birds
#WhatWereTheyThinking
The naming is all over the place for this fairly common north American warbler. A name is supposed to describe the species/paint anyone a mental picture easily. This species got its name for the shape of the nest it builds🤦🏻♂️
#birds
#WhatWereTheyThinking
First ever record of Pectoral sandpiper from eastern India in its entirety. Photographed off the coast of Bay of Bengal in frazergunj by a team of 5 bird watchers at midday yesterday. Found roaming in a pond a bit away from the actual shore. This is a vagrant for India.
Photograph off Facebook.
Photograph off Facebook.
September 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
First ever record of Pectoral sandpiper from eastern India in its entirety. Photographed off the coast of Bay of Bengal in frazergunj by a team of 5 bird watchers at midday yesterday. Found roaming in a pond a bit away from the actual shore. This is a vagrant for India.
Photograph off Facebook.
Photograph off Facebook.
Found some people really upset about a death across the world. More than a genocide actually. So it seems to be a good day to post this.
September 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Found some people really upset about a death across the world. More than a genocide actually. So it seems to be a good day to post this.
Day 5 of proving bird names makes no sense.
This is another interesting one. This fairly common Australian robin was called brown flycatcher till 1926. Then its name changed under colonialism supposedly due to its winter call.
Now it’s a mob boss. Or a porn star.
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#WhatWereTheyThinking
This is another interesting one. This fairly common Australian robin was called brown flycatcher till 1926. Then its name changed under colonialism supposedly due to its winter call.
Now it’s a mob boss. Or a porn star.
#birds
#WhatWereTheyThinking
September 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Day 5 of proving bird names makes no sense.
This is another interesting one. This fairly common Australian robin was called brown flycatcher till 1926. Then its name changed under colonialism supposedly due to its winter call.
Now it’s a mob boss. Or a porn star.
#birds
#WhatWereTheyThinking
This is another interesting one. This fairly common Australian robin was called brown flycatcher till 1926. Then its name changed under colonialism supposedly due to its winter call.
Now it’s a mob boss. Or a porn star.
#birds
#WhatWereTheyThinking
Day 4 of proving bird names makes no sense.
This is an interesting one. It was supposed to have a hummingbird added to its name at the end. But during some point, someone decided to omit it and that name have stuck since! Like what???
I give up🙏🏻
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#WhatWereTheyThinking
This is an interesting one. It was supposed to have a hummingbird added to its name at the end. But during some point, someone decided to omit it and that name have stuck since! Like what???
I give up🙏🏻
#birds
#WhatWereTheyThinking
September 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Day 4 of proving bird names makes no sense.
This is an interesting one. It was supposed to have a hummingbird added to its name at the end. But during some point, someone decided to omit it and that name have stuck since! Like what???
I give up🙏🏻
#birds
#WhatWereTheyThinking
This is an interesting one. It was supposed to have a hummingbird added to its name at the end. But during some point, someone decided to omit it and that name have stuck since! Like what???
I give up🙏🏻
#birds
#WhatWereTheyThinking
Day 3 of proving bird names makes no sense. Like what is even this? Can you be any more literal??
#birds
#WhatWereTheyThinking
#birds
#WhatWereTheyThinking
September 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Day 3 of proving bird names makes no sense. Like what is even this? Can you be any more literal??
#birds
#WhatWereTheyThinking
#birds
#WhatWereTheyThinking
Saturday was sad. So happy Sunday?
This west Mexican wren is unbothered by the world and permanently off sadness.
Dat 2 of providing further proof that avian naming makes no sense.
This west Mexican wren is unbothered by the world and permanently off sadness.
Dat 2 of providing further proof that avian naming makes no sense.
September 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Saturday was sad. So happy Sunday?
This west Mexican wren is unbothered by the world and permanently off sadness.
Dat 2 of providing further proof that avian naming makes no sense.
This west Mexican wren is unbothered by the world and permanently off sadness.
Dat 2 of providing further proof that avian naming makes no sense.
Okay then.
Let’s start with this inexplicable name. A Jamaican flycatcher who is forbidden to be happy.
This is one of those names that absolutely shut me up with the suddenness, the fact that it hasn’t been changed since is even more ridiculous.
I would loveeee to know the lore behind its name
Let’s start with this inexplicable name. A Jamaican flycatcher who is forbidden to be happy.
This is one of those names that absolutely shut me up with the suddenness, the fact that it hasn’t been changed since is even more ridiculous.
I would loveeee to know the lore behind its name
September 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Okay then.
Let’s start with this inexplicable name. A Jamaican flycatcher who is forbidden to be happy.
This is one of those names that absolutely shut me up with the suddenness, the fact that it hasn’t been changed since is even more ridiculous.
I would loveeee to know the lore behind its name
Let’s start with this inexplicable name. A Jamaican flycatcher who is forbidden to be happy.
This is one of those names that absolutely shut me up with the suddenness, the fact that it hasn’t been changed since is even more ridiculous.
I would loveeee to know the lore behind its name
NTCA on July 25th filed an affidavit in Bombay HC stating they were in process of strengthening the definition of tiger corridors based on various criteria. About a month later, they flipped on their own decision and included only the least cost tiger pathways.
You can only laugh because logic🚀
You can only laugh because logic🚀
August 24, 2025 at 5:59 AM
NTCA on July 25th filed an affidavit in Bombay HC stating they were in process of strengthening the definition of tiger corridors based on various criteria. About a month later, they flipped on their own decision and included only the least cost tiger pathways.
You can only laugh because logic🚀
You can only laugh because logic🚀
Neither they will progress nor will they let anyone progress!
Sci-Hub has been ordered to be banned across India by a Delhi HC order. Entirely a section of Indian academia runs on scihub. The students who cannot afford subscription are gonna be left in the dark.
Sci-Hub has been ordered to be banned across India by a Delhi HC order. Entirely a section of Indian academia runs on scihub. The students who cannot afford subscription are gonna be left in the dark.
August 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Neither they will progress nor will they let anyone progress!
Sci-Hub has been ordered to be banned across India by a Delhi HC order. Entirely a section of Indian academia runs on scihub. The students who cannot afford subscription are gonna be left in the dark.
Sci-Hub has been ordered to be banned across India by a Delhi HC order. Entirely a section of Indian academia runs on scihub. The students who cannot afford subscription are gonna be left in the dark.
Back from a field visit where I finally managed to photograph a chocolate albatross after years of seeing it, and well ignoring it. An incredibly common butterfly in the sub-mountainous regions of India. Their large scale mud puddling in riverbeds is a sight to behold.
#butterfliesofindia
#butterfliesofindia
August 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Back from a field visit where I finally managed to photograph a chocolate albatross after years of seeing it, and well ignoring it. An incredibly common butterfly in the sub-mountainous regions of India. Their large scale mud puddling in riverbeds is a sight to behold.
#butterfliesofindia
#butterfliesofindia
Every Bengali is Bangladeshi, every punjabi is khalistani and every Kashmiri is terrorist. The country is rotten to the core
August 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Every Bengali is Bangladeshi, every punjabi is khalistani and every Kashmiri is terrorist. The country is rotten to the core
Feels like I haven’t posted birbs forever with everything that’s been going on lately.
So here’s a Brahminy Kite. Rather his postcard. On a windy, cloudy day flying over chilka lake trying to make sure he stays airborne in strong headwinds while looking out for potential prey.
#Birdsofindia
So here’s a Brahminy Kite. Rather his postcard. On a windy, cloudy day flying over chilka lake trying to make sure he stays airborne in strong headwinds while looking out for potential prey.
#Birdsofindia
August 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Feels like I haven’t posted birbs forever with everything that’s been going on lately.
So here’s a Brahminy Kite. Rather his postcard. On a windy, cloudy day flying over chilka lake trying to make sure he stays airborne in strong headwinds while looking out for potential prey.
#Birdsofindia
So here’s a Brahminy Kite. Rather his postcard. On a windy, cloudy day flying over chilka lake trying to make sure he stays airborne in strong headwinds while looking out for potential prey.
#Birdsofindia
J.K. Rowling is not hated enough
August 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
J.K. Rowling is not hated enough
It’s so disheartening to see absolutely zero talk about book ban in Kashmir. All the pompous book club and bookstagram people have turned a blind eye. Ironically, the political ideology that is so against censorship somehow does the most censoring.
August 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
It’s so disheartening to see absolutely zero talk about book ban in Kashmir. All the pompous book club and bookstagram people have turned a blind eye. Ironically, the political ideology that is so against censorship somehow does the most censoring.
বাংলা এখন বাংলাদেশী ভাষা নাকি🙂
যেই বাংলা বলবে সেই বাংলাদেশী আর বাংলাদেশ মানেই তো মুসলিম দেশ
যেই বাংলা বলবে সেই বাংলাদেশী আর বাংলাদেশ মানেই তো মুসলিম দেশ
August 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
বাংলা এখন বাংলাদেশী ভাষা নাকি🙂
যেই বাংলা বলবে সেই বাংলাদেশী আর বাংলাদেশ মানেই তো মুসলিম দেশ
যেই বাংলা বলবে সেই বাংলাদেশী আর বাংলাদেশ মানেই তো মুসলিম দেশ
This is the state of the acclaimed director originating from Kerala at a time when propaganda film targeting their state won a national award. Casteist+misogynist. The ones who can speak up has gone down the toilet.
August 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM
This is the state of the acclaimed director originating from Kerala at a time when propaganda film targeting their state won a national award. Casteist+misogynist. The ones who can speak up has gone down the toilet.
Should’ve added this on #Internationaltigerday. Essentially the discovery of Ajanta caves was due to a tiger. One of the greatest collection of human art was discovered because a hunter followed pug marks.
From the book The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World by William Dalrymple
From the book The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World by William Dalrymple
August 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Should’ve added this on #Internationaltigerday. Essentially the discovery of Ajanta caves was due to a tiger. One of the greatest collection of human art was discovered because a hunter followed pug marks.
From the book The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World by William Dalrymple
From the book The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World by William Dalrymple
China mail (published in Hong Kong), August 18th, 1950. Since everyone loves comparing what Nehru did back then. And yes, he was talking politics. Photo ops didn’t exist back then but politics did.
July 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
China mail (published in Hong Kong), August 18th, 1950. Since everyone loves comparing what Nehru did back then. And yes, he was talking politics. Photo ops didn’t exist back then but politics did.
Don’t even have words atp😶
July 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Don’t even have words atp😶
Came across an ig comment under a post criticising vantara. So is this right in India?
Article 21 of Indian constitution dictates a right to life and personal liberty. Supreme Court later observed that "life" constitutes all life, not just human. So you see, animals in India has a right.
Legally.
Article 21 of Indian constitution dictates a right to life and personal liberty. Supreme Court later observed that "life" constitutes all life, not just human. So you see, animals in India has a right.
Legally.
July 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Came across an ig comment under a post criticising vantara. So is this right in India?
Article 21 of Indian constitution dictates a right to life and personal liberty. Supreme Court later observed that "life" constitutes all life, not just human. So you see, animals in India has a right.
Legally.
Article 21 of Indian constitution dictates a right to life and personal liberty. Supreme Court later observed that "life" constitutes all life, not just human. So you see, animals in India has a right.
Legally.
The updates coming out are so much grim. And no wonder Indian men are celebrating the father
July 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The updates coming out are so much grim. And no wonder Indian men are celebrating the father
This is so sickening. Ego of a controlling misogynistic patriarch got hurt, so he killed her own promising young daughter
July 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
This is so sickening. Ego of a controlling misogynistic patriarch got hurt, so he killed her own promising young daughter
That’s how India and sundarban lost its unique and rare population of Javan Rhinos. Pretty sure this would’ve been a different species altogether with the genetical analysis. But alas! All we are left with are the specimens.
#SciArt
#SciArt
July 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
That’s how India and sundarban lost its unique and rare population of Javan Rhinos. Pretty sure this would’ve been a different species altogether with the genetical analysis. But alas! All we are left with are the specimens.
#SciArt
#SciArt