Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 01/05/2026World Migratory Bird Day and Global Big Day are coming up on May 9!🌍 By observing and counting migratory birds as they embark on their journey across landscapes and borders, you will be contributing towards conservation science. 🗺️🐦 Want to get involved? 🙌 Find out more👉 ebird.org/news/global-... 0168
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Emperor Penguin now Endangered!🐧 Our new IUCN Red List assessment reveals the shocking impact of climate change.🌍 Drastic declines and erratic changes in sea ice in Antarctica are projected to cause the Emperor Penguin population to halve by the 2080s.📉 Read more👉 www.birdlife.org/emperorpenguin 04532
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Vultures play a vital role in their ecosystems.🦅 Our Senior Vulture Conservation Officer, Lovelater Sebele, says conservation should be inclusive and suggests bringing together our collective knowledge, from traditional culture to conservation efforts.🌍 Read more👉 www.birdlife.org/mixedflock-ls 0209
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛H S Sathya Chandra Sagar @sagara-sailways.bsky.social · 03/04/2026#FieldworkTales Searching for Kashmir Flycatchers (IUCN - VU) a priority species on #CentralAsianFlyway - to understand their migration ecology, non-breeding habitat association and territory density. #COMPASS #BirdMigration #CAF #BirdLife @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @anandchau.bsky.social 042
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Meet the Endangered Indian Skimmer as it skims over shallow water, scooping its prey! 🐟 From India to Bangladesh, it travels along the Central Asian Flyway, but river degradation is impacting its survival.📉 Find out more about its conservation here👉 datazone.birdlife.org/species/fact... 0299
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛Anuj Ghimire @thebirdguy.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Finally got my hands on the @aba.org January Birding Magazine!! I'm so grateful to have been part of this issue! Don't forget to read my article on the Horned Larks!! Join ABA today!!! Happy Birding!! #birding #birds #birdsofinstagram #nepal #nepali 3124
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 19/01/2026🚨We're seeking information on Globally Threatened Birds!🚨 We collate up-to-date information used to evaluate the classification of each bird species on the IUCN Red List.🦜 Our team have opened discussions for 90 species until 25 January.🗺️ Contribute here👉 forums.birdlife.org/red-list-cha... 02118
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Nagdaha. One of the few remaining stopover sites for migratory waterbirds of the #CentralAsianFlyway in the Kathmandu Valley. 021
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 06/10/2025It's #WorldHabitatDay ! 🌎 From pole to pole, over forests, wetlands, mountains and seas, and across the migration paths of the world, birds know no borders. And neither do we. 🦜🗺️ Connecting countries, continents and cultures, we pull together to conserve and restore species and habitats.🙌 04018
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 04/10/2025I care about birds — and I’m proud to work with BirdLife to protect them. Now I’m inviting you to be part of it — and have a little fun, too. I’ve hidden secrets in a vault! With a donation, you’ll unlock them — and learn about a migratory bird. 🔓 Explore it here: www.birdlife.org/getcounting/ 010
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 14/08/2025What a beauty! Painted Grasshopper (Poekilocerus pictus) nymph from the Deukhuri Valley, Nepal. 010
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Jagadishpur Bird Sanctuary, an Important Bird and Biodiversity Area in the #CentralAsianFlyway #SupportFlyways 000
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Bird Conservation Nepal is leading a new BirdLife supported Flyways Emergency Site Casework Project in Deukhuri Valley, Nepal. #CentralAsianFlyway #supportflyways www.facebook.com/share/p/1MtU...facebook.comRedirecting... 010
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛Dr. Raven the Science Maven @ravenscimaven.bsky.social · 10/07/2025NASA is more than rockets and moonwalks. NASA is behind much of our everyday technology. From space discovery, to Air Jordans, to CAT scans, NASA has played a role. We get it all on less than a penny of every federal dollar. Now their science may be gutted by 50%. #NASADidThat 25679822590
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 10/07/2025📢 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧! 🎉 After decades of campaigning by our partner @rspb.bsky.social, the @wwtworldwide.bsky.social and more, restrictions on toxic lead are finally on the way. Thank you to everyone who made this happen! 2757
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛Mongabay @mongabay.com · 29/05/2025Nepal’s Supreme Court recently discontinued its interim order that had earlier halted the construction of a cable car project. Indigenous Limbu community members say in addition to undermining their rights, the project is based on a flawed environmental impact review.news.mongabay.comIn Nepal, confrontation looms over controversial cable car project as court lifts stay orderKATHMANDU — Nepal’s Supreme Court has refused to extend the suspension of a controversial cable car project at a pilgrimage site in the country’s eastern hills, sparking concerns of confrontation… 195
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Velvet Scoters are making a comeback in Georgia! 🦆 Thanks to CLP-funded projects, Nika Paposhvili and his team have boosted nesting pairs at Lake Tabatskuri nearly eightfold since 2017. 🪺 A powerful win for community-led conservation. 🤝 🔗 www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/media-centre... 1345
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 29/05/2025A Handsome Fungus Beetle (Genus Eumorphus) sunning on a maize leaf in my garden this morning. 000
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛Mongabay @mongabay.com · 11/05/2025“This marks one of the largest vulture poisoning events in Southern Africa.” In South Africa’s Kruger National Park, a mass poisoning attack this week has left 123 threatened vultures dead and another 83 recovering with the aid of a veterinary team.news.mongabay.comMass South Africa vulture poisoning kills 123; 83 others rescuedIn South Africa’s Kruger National Park, a mass poisoning attack this week has left 123 threatened vultures dead and another 83 recovering with the aid of a veterinary team. On the morning of May 6, a… 24238
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Spotted a scorpion fly during today's #worldmigratorybirdday birdwatching trip. 000
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Tomorrow is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay!🌏🐦 The Americas flyway is the most species-rich land flyway, hosting 622 migratory bird species. The Near Threatened Red Knot completes one of the longest migrations of any bird – up to 15,000 km in one direction! Join in tomorrow👉 www.birdlife.org/getcounting/ 0259
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 10/04/2025What a difference a little bit of rain has made in improving the air quality in Kathmandu Valley. 000
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 01/04/2025One of our satellite-tagged Cuckoos has hitched a ride on a cruise ship and is now in the UK, the earliest one of our superstar Cuckoos has ever reached us! 😮🛥️🧵 3039899
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛Botany One @botany.one · 01/04/2025Forest restoration is booming but biodiversity isn’tnews.mongabay.comForest restoration is booming but biodiversity isn’tFounder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives, and story summaries. Global efforts to restore forests are gathering pace, driven… 084
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 01/04/2025🚨 BREAKING: Turtle-dove hunting season reopens! The EU Commission just gave the green light for EU countries to resume the hunt for European Turtle-doves, ending a 3-year pause. This is reckless, short-sighted and will take this bird back to the brink. More info: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/04... 1312773
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Another public space in Kathmandu, this one close to my home, is being fenced off. The reason given: "people are sitting on the grass". Some people have a very different understanding of what public spaces are for. Unfortunately, they are the ones making the decisions. 121
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The urinal had very specific instructions. 000
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Common Wood Pigeon, #lifer #birdwatching 031
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) LC A migratory shorebird that uses the #centralasianflyway was observed yesterday during the W3 winter bird survey at Bagmati (Chobhar) and Taudaha, Kathmandu. 000
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Completed the first #centralasianflyway W3 survey in Bagmati/Taudaha. We monitor winter waterbird numbers for the winter months. We hope to roll it out across the southern part of the flyway starting next year. 010
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 07/02/2025There are no lions in Nepal, either in captivity or the wild... but CITES data suggests that 27 were imported into the country over a period of two years (2016-2017). naturekhabar.com/ne/archives/...naturekhabar.com२ वर्षमा २७ वटा ‘सिंह’ अफ्रिकाबाट आयात - Nature Khabarकाठमाडौं । दक्षिण अफ्रिकाबाट विभिन्न मितिमा २७ वटा जिउँदा सिंह (प्यानथेरा लियो) नेपाल आयात भएको तथ्य फेला परेको छ । सिंह विश्वकै संकटाउन्मूख प्रजाति हो । कानुनले यसको ओसारपसारमा पूर्ण प्रतिबन्ध लगाएक... 021
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛Seppo @sepponet.bsky.social · 02/02/2025It's #WorldWetlandsDay! Wetlands are full of life and help prevent floods and droughts. www.worldwetlandsday.org #RamsarConvention #protect #restore #enjoy 214939
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛Sanjib Chaudhary @sankuchy.bsky.social · 18/01/2025The #tattoos inked by #Tharu women from Nepal's southern plains have many interesting stories to tell. I interviewed scores of women to pen this piece. nepalitimes.com/here-now/ink...nepalitimes.com 042
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Nepal's Supreme Court to the rescue. news.mongabay.com/2025/01/nepa...news.mongabay.comNepal’s top court strikes down law allowing development in protected areasKATHMANDU — In a historic move, Nepal’s highest court has struck down controversial measures to open up protected areas like national parks to infrastructure development such as hydropower plants, hot... 010
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 31/12/2024The kitten helped keep the pup warm. 000
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Supported Bird Conservation Nepal to complete phase I of the W3 pilot survey in the #CentralAsianFlyway at Taudaha Lake and adjoining Bagmati River. Thank you to all the volunteers who joined at such short notice. 61 species! Endangered Steppe Eagles and a Wallcreeper were the highlights. 010
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Finally got a decent picture of the Asian Wooly-necked Stork. Manohara wetlands, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. 010
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Zitting cisticola from the Manohara Wetlands, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. December 2024. 010
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 14/12/2024The White-throated Kingfisher and its vibrant colors. Manohara, Bhaktapur, Nepal. December 2024. 010
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 14/12/2024The Great Crested Grebe, a winter visitor to Kathmandu has been attracting birders and bird photographers at Taudaha Lake, one of the few remaining wetlands for migratory waterfowl in the valley. #centralasianflyway 000
Reposted by Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Human rights and conservation go hand in hand. 🌿 A rights-based approach ensures local and Indigenous communities are at the centre of decision-making and directly benefit from conservation efforts. 🤝 Learn more about why this is crucial for lasting change here: www.birdlife.org/news/2024/12... 075
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 09/12/2024The Steppe Eagle is an Endangered charismatic raptor that embodies the Central Asian #Flyway #CAF They migrate seasonally from their breeding grounds in central Asia to their wintering areas South Asia and East Africa. Picture taken in Deukhuri Valley, Nepal in December 2021. 000
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 09/12/2024The Pacific Golden Plover mostly winters in coastal areas of South and South-East Asia and breeds in Siberia and Alaska. Some of them pass through Nepal during their migration using the Central Asian #Flyway #CAF The picture was take in Manohara, Kathmandu in September 2023. 000
Anand Chaudhary, PhD 🦅🪲🦩🦆🐦⬛ @anandchau.bsky.social · 08/12/2024The Bombadier #beetle Pheropsophus sp., likely P. javanicus 020