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Siberian Rubythroat snapping tail. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Siberian Rubythroat: ‘The morning bird; Beauty through my senses stole; I yielded’

The Siberian Rubythroat has much to show off besides the stunning ruby colour of its throat. It has two splendid white eyebrows over the big black eyes; and two bold white stripes bound by black...

Grey Francolin walking. Photo: TBS

Grey Francolin walks 'a rapid and pretty gait that suggests a graceful girl tripping'

Racket-tailed Drongo on shade-tree. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Racket-tailed Drongo: 'My Bird's Tail's a tail indeed'

Wagtail hunting insect. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

'The Wagtail, in a winking, with terror rose and disappeared'

A female Barn Swallow. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Bevy of Barn Swallows: 'One swallow does not make a spring'

Birds under increasing threat from plastic waste

Birds under increasing threat from plastic waste

Illustration: TBS

Of birds, books and beyond

Waterhen flies vertically up.

The recipe for looking at and appreciating a waterhen!

Bar-headed Geese in shallow water. Photo: Courtesy

Bar-headed goose: Lease of geese-grazing land in Bangladesh and geese-egg omelette in Tibet!

Green Pigeons enjoy sunshine on roadside trees. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Green Pigeons and the spectre of Passenger Pigeons’ boom ’n bust

Swift flies around a grove of Palmyra Palm or Taalgach. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Palm Swift: A lame bird that flies mileage equal to seven round trips to the moon

The Jahangirnagar University campus has been known as a winter resort for migratory birds for the last 35 years and this year is no exception. Photo: Mahbub Rinad

Jahangirnagar: A bird haven 

Photo: BSS/AFP

Nearly 30 percent of UK birds endangered, report warns