Compiled by Mr Kishan SB from the lists of the second Sunday group outings maintained by him of the birds seen at Labagh over the last five years. The thirty percent cut off limit is mine.
~ in good faith, mbk.
Wednesday 4 November 2020
Wednesday 30 September 2020
The 2016 Bangalore Wetland and Waterbird Survey
Purabi and I had done some analyses on the 2016 waterbird and habitat survey data which we think would be relevant to the survey under planning this year. While bird identities are clearly defined in ornithology today, the recognition of habitat states and parameters requires a good deal of clarity and working on. There needs to be minimum threshold levels to be adhered to while considering a parameter to be present, and that such factors need to be seen during the survey and not assumed. The criticality would matter more when there is presence-absence data. Could our data have been better?
So here it is and hope it helps.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19IakZfhzzKPL4BzdPjdBO29I5nKh3C2B/view?usp=sharing_eil&ts=5e0dcec3
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Posted on Thu, 2 Jan 2020 on the [bngbirds] email group on Yahoo groups titled Waterbird and Wetlands Survey
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Monday 3 August 2020
Tuesday 24 March 2020
No fence for Lalbagh
Not a fence for lalbagh, but a compound wall!
If visual connect for the "super busy" who zoom past in cars not finding time to get down and walk inside is the argument, then it is a very weak one. First, visual connect is a very vague and undefined thought, hardly quantifiable. Pitching for the increase in visibility for the hurried lot, to throw glances at greenery when they ought to be concentrating on their driving and threaten pedestrians less, is dangerous. It does not balance the needs of those who walk, exercise, meditate and study inside after having come there from distances, just to savour the ambience and the greenery. As much as "exposing" the greenery inside for the glimpses of snobs in their air-conditioned and sealed cars, the see through fencing would also spoil the view for the people in the park forcing them to view things which they came there especially to avoid: urban sprawl, honking vehicles, snobs in their cars throwing glances, vehicular lights at times, smoke, dust and the very distracting movement of vehicles itself. Architects and architectural practice should evolve beyond looking at everything as a facade meant to titillate the motorist caught in the intentionally installed red lights in front. They should learn to look holistically outward from the core, and encompass local ecology, functionality and efficiency in their creations, which sadly today, come to have so little rationality.
Moreover, humanity also has a responsibility to other life, and as the Indian Constitution says, a responsibility to cultivate scientific temper and improve the natural environment. Lalbagh still harbours many wild birds and other life, which a sizable number of people go to see, learn about and often photograph. The entire urban wildlife in the garden would be at threat with the increased disturbance and pollution this opening up would bring about, if it happens.
KRISHNA MB
14.3.20
Also read: https://krishnamb.blogspot.com/2017/06/making-lalbagh-greener.html?m=1
= in good faith, krishnamb.
making free time is culture!
If visual connect for the "super busy" who zoom past in cars not finding time to get down and walk inside is the argument, then it is a very weak one. First, visual connect is a very vague and undefined thought, hardly quantifiable. Pitching for the increase in visibility for the hurried lot, to throw glances at greenery when they ought to be concentrating on their driving and threaten pedestrians less, is dangerous. It does not balance the needs of those who walk, exercise, meditate and study inside after having come there from distances, just to savour the ambience and the greenery. As much as "exposing" the greenery inside for the glimpses of snobs in their air-conditioned and sealed cars, the see through fencing would also spoil the view for the people in the park forcing them to view things which they came there especially to avoid: urban sprawl, honking vehicles, snobs in their cars throwing glances, vehicular lights at times, smoke, dust and the very distracting movement of vehicles itself. Architects and architectural practice should evolve beyond looking at everything as a facade meant to titillate the motorist caught in the intentionally installed red lights in front. They should learn to look holistically outward from the core, and encompass local ecology, functionality and efficiency in their creations, which sadly today, come to have so little rationality.
Moreover, humanity also has a responsibility to other life, and as the Indian Constitution says, a responsibility to cultivate scientific temper and improve the natural environment. Lalbagh still harbours many wild birds and other life, which a sizable number of people go to see, learn about and often photograph. The entire urban wildlife in the garden would be at threat with the increased disturbance and pollution this opening up would bring about, if it happens.
KRISHNA MB
14.3.20
Also read: https://krishnamb.blogspot.com/2017/06/making-lalbagh-greener.html?m=1
= in good faith, krishnamb.
making free time is culture!
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