Serious pursuit of Bird Watching and Photography exposes one to different geographies, people, culture and one gets to know more about the country, the geographic and ecological diversity and enables to look at the world from a broader perspective, in the process forming one's opinions about life on earth.

Here are a few reports of birding, photographing trips done in the past, either in pursuit of birds, or simply an effort to answer the call of the wild. I know not what, but I just want to keep travelling. Is it something inside us, inherited from our cave dwelling ancestors?

  • August 2009
  • Southern Oregon Road Trip
  • May 2007
  • Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala
  • March 2007
  • The Nilgiris, Tamilnadu
  • February 2007
  • Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala
  • January 2007
  • Jamnagar, Gujarat
  • November 2006
  • Peechi Vazhani Bird Survey


    Below are old travelogues I used to compile after each foray into the wild/unknown before photography days. These were lying in my old website (sureshsv.freeshell.org); Some are misadventures, some are adventures. Call them what you may, but I will treasure these memories forever - these experiences shaped my thought process and understanding of life on earth.
    (These are in plain html format and may have broken links, and open in new browser window)

    2005

  • 02jan05
  • 26feb05
  • 16apr05
  • 03may05
  • 20may05
  • 12jun05
  • 25jun05
  • Great Horned Owls of Turehalli


  • 2004
  • 31jan04
  • 6feb04
  • 28feb04
  • 02apr04
  • 03apr04
  • 10apr04
  • 17apr04
  • 01may04
  • 08may04
  • 22may04
  • 26jun04
  • 03jul04
  • 10jul04
  • 17jul04
  • 31jul04
  • 7aug04 -- Road trip to Nainital and beyond...
  • 25sep04
  • 03oct04
  • 16oct04
  • 19oct04
  • 27oct04
  • 30oct04
  • 11nov04
  • 05dec04
  • 11dec04
  • 19dec04


  • 2003
  • 4jan03
  • 11jan03
  • 15jan03
  • 25jan03
  • 29mar03
  • 12apr03
  • 26apr03
  • 16may03
  • 31may03
  • 7jun03
  • 19jun03
  • 7aug03 -- Road trip through west coast, central India and back
  • 30aug03
  • 27sep03
  • 11oct03
  • 18oct03
  • 01nov03
  • 22nov03
  • 26nov03
  • 19dec03
  • 26dec03


  • 2002
  • 9mar02
  • 16nov02
  • 23nov02

  • A good traveller is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveller does not know where he came from. - Lin Yutang