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Ranjeet Rane
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Ranjeet Rane
@OldWonk
Policy Wonk | Sophophilic | Completist | Tekdivist | Nemophilist | Biased for Action
India
Joined July 2013
- An elected representative of ~5 lakh people from one of Pune's most affluent constituencies seeks “honour” in “inaugurating” the “repair work” of a “road” 🤌🏽 Every single day, the urban governance mechanisms of #Pune continue to find new lows in a bottomless pit 🕳️
- Allopreening (mutual preening) pair of Rufous Treepies (Dendrocitta vagabund) Ranthambore NP Sawaimadhopur. May 2023. #IndiAves #BirdsSeenIn2023 #BirdTwitter #TwitterNatureCommunity #BBCWildlifePOTD #Framed #ThePhotoHour
- Great Hornbill/Great Pied Hornbill (Buceros bicornis), Male. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN list. Kolhapur, Maharashtra. February 23. #IndiAves #BirdsSeenIn2023 #BirdTwitter #TwitterNatureCommunity #BBCWildlifePOTD #Framed #ThePhotoHour
- The Indian Golden Oriole is what happens when you do the sun just right. For every Icarus who flies too close, there is an Oriolus who knows how get close enough to bask and not burn in glory. #IndiAves #BirdsSeenIn2022 #ThePhotoHour #Framed #Pune @Canon_India #MondayMotivation
- First record for the season. Hoping to see and document more of them this year 😃 Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) Pandavkathi (Guhagar), Maharashtra. April 2023. #IndiAves #BirdsSeenIn2023 #BirdTwitter #TwitterNatureCommunity #BBCWildlifePOTD #Framed #ThePhotoHour
- Red-necked Falcon (Falco chicquera) Categorised as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List Kumbhargaon, Bhigwan. August 2023. #IndiAves #BirdsSeenIn2023 #BirdTwitter #TwitterNatureCommunity #BBCWildlifePOTD #Framed #ThePhotoHour #FalconFriday
- The thing about bird watching is that the bird is also watching. Painted Stork. #BirdsSeenIn2022 #IndiAves #IOTD #ThePhotoHour #BBCWildlifePOTD #Framed #SoulStare @AvocetPeregrine
- Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea) Bhigwan, May 2022. #IndiAves #BirdsSeenIn2022 #ThePhotoHour #Framed @Canon_India @AvocetPeregrine #FridayVibes #BirdTwitter #TwitterNatureCommunity #BBCWildlifePOTD
- If this photo of the Murud Janjira fort in #Maharashtra has you awestruck, the thread below may interest you. #Diwali #Diwali2021 🧵👇 (Image taken from the internet, help with credits if you know)
- Doesn't the Flame-throated Bulbul have an uncanny resemblance to the “Gudi” dotting balconies and window sills of houses celebrating the festival of Gudi Padwa today!!May everyone find prosperity, peace, and more reasons to be happy. #IndiAves #BirdsSeenIn2022 #GudiPadwa #Framed
- Brown Fish-Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis) Bandha village, Sindhudurg. February 23. #IndiAves #BirdsSeenIn2023 #BirdTwitter #TwitterNatureCommunity #BBCWildlifePOTD #Framed #ThePhotoHour
- If you take a non-birder to sight Indian Pitta you will come back with a birder. If the myriad colours at rest don't, the peek-a-boo style of foraging and perching will. If the two-tone call doesn't, the flash of blue in flight will. Something will change them forever. #IndiAves
