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Avid reader, lifelong learner, birding, love all things open source, R user, love data analysis and visualization. All photographs posted on this account are taken by me unless explicitly noted otherwise or shared as reposts.

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 13h

One more video of a rufous treepie.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #treepies #backyardbirding #birdsofindia

Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 1d

Here's my contribution. These photos were taken years ago.

#BirdofTheDay #birds

A black swan in a lake, moving to the left.

A great blue heron moving to the left in a shallow area of a lake.

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 1d

My TBR list keeps getting longer and longer. Bought these three books from the wonderful Oxford Bookstore in Kolkata.

#books #booksky #kolkata #oxfordbookstore

An image of the cover pages of three books by Satoshi Yagisawa.

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 1d

Another video of the rufous treepie. The sound in the background is that of a chipmunk.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #treepies #backyardbirding #birdsofindia

Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 1d

A rufous treepie. This was my first time seeing one.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #treepies #backyardbirding #birdsofindia

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 2d

Red-whiskered bulbuls.

October 7 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #backyardbirding #bulbuls #birdsofindia

A red-whiskered bulbul perched on a tree branch. 1/4.

A red-whiskered bulbul perched on a tree branch. 2/4.

A red-whiskered bulbul perched on a tree branch. 3/4.

A red-whiskered bulbul perched on a tree branch. 4/4.

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 2d

More photos of red-vented bulbuls from last week.

October 7 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #backyardbirding #bulbuls #birdsofindia

A red-vented bulbul perched on a tree branch.

Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 3d

#birds #birding #birdwatching #backyardbirding

Here’s to the birdwatchers! Optimistic, slightly eccentric custodians of wonder and joy and passion and love

At its heart, birdwatching is an act of quiet rebellion, says Natalie Kyriacou. It is the gentle act of noticing – the willingness to see the world around you

www.theguardian.com

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 3d

Here's a video of the two red-vented bulbuls.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #backyardbirding #bulbuls #birdsofindia

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 3d

Red-vented bulbuls.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #backyardbirding #bulbuls #birdsofindia

A red-vented bulbul on the ground. It has a piece of a cracker in its mouth.

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 4d

An Indian mynah in my in-laws' backyard.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #mynahs #backyardbirding #birdsofindia

An Indian mynah perched on a stone with Miss on it. The bird has a yellow beak, blackish head, and brownish back. The eyes are large with yellow around them.

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 5d

A female Indian koel.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #koels #backyardbirding #birdsofindia

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 6d

Spotted Dove.

October 4 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #BirdOfTheDay #spotteddoves #birdsofindia

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 6d

I was fortunate to witness a parent crow feeding a juvenile crow, the other day. Here's a video of it. The juvenile was hesitant to approach the stone slab where my MIL put food. The parent comes to the rescue.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #crows #backyardbirding #birdsofindia #kolkata

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 6d

This crow was no more than three feet from us when I took these photos.

October 8 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #crows #birdsofindia #kolkata

A grey-necked crow perched on a metal bar and looking to the left with its mouth open.

A grey-necked crow perched on a metal bar and looking to the right with its mouth open.

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 6d

Came across this article while trying to learn about crow-human co-existence in Kolkata.

"Humans have seen crows hold “funerals” en masse, where they come to pay their respects to a fallen comrade. "

Well worth the read.

#birds #crows #ravens #kolkata

A Murder of Crows

Crows, Kolkata 2019, Kaushalya Bannerji On my recent visit to Kolkata, India, I was struck by many things, but one that stands out for me in the wave of pollution that blankets the city, is the har…

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 6d

The same doel with a cookie piece in its mouth.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #doels #birdsofindia #backyardbirding

An black and white bird standing at one corner of a stone slab. The bird has a piece of a cookie in its mouth.

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 6d

A doel (an oriental magpie-robin) in my in-laws' backyard. Just learnt that it is considered the national bird of Bangladesh.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #doels #birdsofindia #backyardbirding

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 7d

A group of six jungle jabblers and a bulbul looking down eagerly as I was putting food out on a stone slab under the tree.

Photo credit: my wife.

October 7 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #backyardbirding #junglejabblers #bulbuls

Six jungle jabblers and a red-vented bulbul perched on various branches of a tree. The jabblers are looking down.

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 7d

A black-rumped flameback woodpecker in my in-laws backyard.

October 4-7 2025. Kolkata India.

#Birds #woodpeckers #birdsofindia #backyardbirding

A black-rumped flameback woodpecker on a flat piece of stone and eating crackers.

A black-rumped flameback woodpecker on a flat piece of stone. A close-up.

A black-rumped flameback woodpecker on a flat slab of stone. Pieces of crackers and cooked chicken are on the slab, in front of the woodpecker.

A black-rumped flameback woodpecker perched on a tree trunk and looking sideways.

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 8d

A black-rumped flameback woodpecker enjoying crackers this morning. A spotted dove is in the background.

October 7 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #backyardbirding #woodpeckers #doves #birdsofindia

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 9d

A female koel at the food station while a juvenile crow and a black-rumped flameback woodpecker waiting nearby.

The birds seem to absolutely relish chicken.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #koels #crows #woodpeckers #backyardbirding #birdsofindia

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 9d

A couple of jungle jabblers having a drink after breakfast.

October 6 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #junglejabblers #backyardbirding #birdsofindia

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 9d

A female Indian koel perched on a tree branch.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #koels #cuckoos #backyardbirding #birdsofindia

A female Indian koel perched on a tree branch. The back and wings are black with white spots.

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Curiosititis @booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social · 10d

Tuntuni (common tailorbird).

October 4 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #tuntunis #backyardbirding #birdsofindia #tailorbirds

A common tailorbird on a moss-filled wall.

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