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

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

Racket-tailed Drongo is truly a talented singer and an expert mimic. It can be very loud as well as soft. Because of its loud whistling calls it is called Kotowal or police in India

Wagtail hunting insect. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

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

A female Barn Swallow. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

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

Birds under increasing threat from plastic waste

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Birds under increasing threat from plastic waste

Illustration: TBS

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Of birds, books and beyond

Waterhen flies vertically up.

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The recipe for looking at and appreciating a waterhen!

Bar-headed Geese in shallow water. Photo: Courtesy

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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

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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

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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

Environment

Jahangirnagar: A bird haven

Europe

Nearly 30 percent of UK birds endangered, report warns

Asian Openbill on a marsh. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

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

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

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