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Pokhara’s shrinking Phewa Lake

The once pristine Phewa Lake that used to reflect the majestic Annapurnas and Machhapuchre is shrinking, depriving Pokhara of its main attraction.Siltation from the...

Spotting a Brown-headed Gull at Taudaha

It was one of those brilliantly clear autumn mornings at Taudaha on the southern outskirts of Kathmandu. This historical pond is regarded...

Decline in wintering water fowl

Experts have called for urgent protection of wetlands following another winter with a sharp decline in the number of migratory water fowl...

Rare wild pigeon sighted in Nepal

On 24 November, wildlife photographer Devendra Kharel was near Nepal’s lowest point in Jhapa district when a bird perched on a nearby...

Saving Nepal’s flyway for migrating cranes

It was in Kagbeni in 1980. High above in the deep blue Himalayan sky was a flock of graceful Demoiselle Cranes, flying...

Cranes, nature and godliness

George Archibald is Co-founder of the International Crane Foundation and is in Kathmandu for the consecration of the crane sanctuary in Lumbini. He spoke...

Kathmandu's silent spring

The publication in 1962 of Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring drew public attention to how pesticides had killed much of North America’s songbirds. The...

Nepal bird census

Photo: Kamal Rimal The census of birds in various nature sanctuaries around Nepal last month showed that the number of indigenous and...

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