As you eat, so shall you poop The trees on the island at our Puttenahalli Puttakere have turned white with splotches of bird poop. At first, we attributed it to the Brahminy kite which was then nesting on the tall Terminalia arjuna. We saw the chick grow and hop from one branch to another. WhenContinue reading “Bird tales from Puttakere”
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Death of a Great Cormorant
Several people in our locality are as deeply attached to our Puttenahalli Puttakere as we trustees are. One of them is S K Srinivas, our inhouse water expert, bird watcher, and photographer. In his recent blog post, a heartbreaking, angry, helpless narrative, he has written about the agonizing death of a Great cormorant at the lake yesterday. Continue reading “Death of a Great Cormorant”
Wrapping Up The Year at Puttenahalli Lake
Yet again this year, Puttenahalli Puttakere taught us the importance of perseverance and the need to stay hopeful. When it seemed as if our ‘trial by sewage’ which had begun in 2017 would never end, BWSSB came through in April 2021 and plugged the leaks in the underground drain they had laid last year. TheContinue reading “Wrapping Up The Year at Puttenahalli Lake”
Usha Rajagopalan "Lakeika" 