Korean flycatcher sighted at Nanmangalam forest in Chennai
The Hindu
This is the first sighting of this species in Tamil nadu; and there are only a handful of sightings from a few other parts of India
Do not judge a life by its beginnings; nor a day by its dawn. If ever Jithesh Babu became a life coach, he could own that line as he has a captivating illustration to magnify it.
Jithesh has seen days made just for birding. The 17th of November 2021 did not seem designed in that mould. For Jithesh, it broke uneventfully over Nanmangalam. IMD had issued a red alert for Chennai over an emerging weather system and that also added to how the birder perceived the day.
Jithesh lives next-door to the Nanmangalam reserve forest and he birds from outside the forest watching its peripherals. He does it with the regularity of any dyed-in-the-wool ritualist.
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