Articles by Bhavya Dore

Bhavya Dore is an award-winning, Mumbai-based freelance journalist writing for various national and international publications.

Did you call? Misuse of bird call audio is disturbing bird behaviour

by Bhavya Dore 26 September 2019

Writer and naturalist Stephen Alter was out birdwatching in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh recently, when he thought he heard the call of an owlet. When he followed that…

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