Spotted Owlet
When buildings come up and neighbourhoods change, what do birds do? We mostly don’t know unless you are someone like Dr Sonal Malhotra, a microbiologist, for whom watching birds is a serious hobby.
Some years ago, he identified 80 species of birds in the leafy neighbourhood of Palam Vihar in Gurugram, where he too lives. Recently, he set out daily on his bicycle, helmet on and torch. . .