Carmine bee-eater

As horrible weather has kept me captive of the indoors I decided to try my hand (after a long time) at one of my old passions - Sketching. Sadly all I could find last night as I sat down was one Black pen. Nonetheless I had a go at a Carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicus) from photographs of the species I had take a few months ago at the Rotterdam Zoo.

Here it is .......
Here are some of the snaps.

Completely fell in love with the colours on these beauties.

These birds have a range including most the Northern Sub-saharan regions of Africa.

Though quiet small the Aviary at the Rotterdam Zoo has some great birds and offers great photo ops.

Logo-Trials

Here's three logos I designed for the Malabar Natural History Society for the upcoming All India Butterfly Meet that they are organizing at the Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary near Kannur in Kerala.


(Sadly since I had to leave for Europe to pursue my further studies I couldn't attend the Butterfly Meet and nor did I get the time to follow up on these logos so that they could be used)

This line drawing my me of Malabar Gliding Frog ,Rhacophorus malabaricus (Jerdon, 1870) has been used for the cover of the Malabar Natural History Society's quaterly newsletter - Trogon

The Great Mumbai Bird Race

An amazing event called - the Great Mumbai Bird Race - was organized in Mumbai for all birding enthusiasts in the city. It was a great event which involved teams of fours traveling thru different parts of the city covering different habitats in a quest to identify the maximum no. of species from sunrise to sunset.


The above image is of the Official logo of the race, which I had designed.