Haque’s eye view

Haque’s eye view

Malkoha with nesting material. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Green-billed Malkoha: An odd cuckoo that cuckolds no one 

The green-billed Malkoha lives in all forests including the Sundarban and every village grove of Bangladesh. It is perhaps more common than our most common cuckoo, the Common Hawk Cuckoo

Playful Golden Plovers. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Golden Plover: A golden yield of the haor basin

Pale-billed Flowerpecker sunning (L). Flowerpecker sitting on a twig (R). Photos: Enam Ul Haque

Flowerpeckers: Size does matter – the smaller, the better

A well-hidden female Koel. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Asian Koel: Shall I call thee Kokil, or but a wandering voice!

Photos: Enam Ul Haque

Purple Sunbird: Petite, pretty and gifted to live in a crowded land

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

Asian Openbill on a marsh. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Asian Openbill: A bird that baffled Julian Huxley and endured a parade of poisoned snails

Lapwings: Birds that survived Goddess Eostre, Queen Victoria and Mrs Beeton

Lapwings: Birds that survived Goddess Eostre, Queen Victoria and Mrs Beeton

Catkins, munias and an awful thought on a mild October morning

Catkins, munias and an awful thought on a mild October morning

A charming bird of Champakdi and a sad saga of shrinking biodiversity

A charming bird of Champakdi and a sad saga of shrinking biodiversity

Watercock flying above tree line. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Lonely male Watercock: All dressed up and nowhere to go!

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater perching over waterhole. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Boisterous bee-eaters dive and dunk, experts wonder why!