Birdwing Publishers

31/12/2021

Hey readers!
Team Birdwing wishes you a very happy and love filled new year!

We wish this year:
+You can complete your reading list 📚
+connect with more bookworms over coffee ☕
+ plant greens in your heart and the soil 🪴
+get a big bookshelf full with books as a gift 🎁

Happy reading folks!

01/12/2021

Our new mobile app is in making!

eForestrails- Karnala is our second app in the series of Cellphone Nature Tours. Our first app was developed for Sanjay Gandhi National in 2016. The purpose of this app is to provide a self-guided nature trail to the visitors of Karnala Bird Sanctuary with help of a virtual guide- Jungle Guru. We have selected 1 km stretch of Hariyal, Mortaka and Tadamba trails. On each trail we identifies points of interest which are basically bird and tree points. There are 20 such points on each trail. Each point is supported by a brief text about the species alongwith pictures and calls. Visitors also have opportunity to play the commentary of Jungle Guru. This is an offline app which means once downloaded, it won’t require internet to function.This app once published will be freely available on Android/iOs platform.

We have helped INaturewatch Foundation in developing this app. It is sponsored by DCB Bank Ltd. in partnership with Thane Forest Dept.

08/11/2021

𝗞𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
(𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℙ𝕖𝕥 ℙ𝕙𝕠𝕥𝕠𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕙𝕪 𝕚𝕟 ℕ𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕙 𝔼𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕒)

Pet’s Name: Pussu
Breed: Indian
Pet's Parent: Rajibul Haque

There will be 2 segments of the competition for both Dogs and Cats. The selection of 24 nos. of pets i.e. 12 dogs and 12 cats each will be done under separate categories on the basis of the LIKEs collected against each Photograph up to the date of November 20th, 2021 2PM from the official page of Kute Pets and if your’s is amongst those 24, your pet’s photo will get featured in the Kute Pet’s Calender of 2022. Points will not be count after the given time. One like is equal to One point.

(𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒓: 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 “𝑲𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒔” 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒆)

Moreover, exciting gift hampers along with Certificates and Monuments will be provided similar to the last year competition to the winners, and discount coupons will be made available to all the participants which can be availed from the store during the entire Calendar year of 2022.

Email us your Pet’s photograph (Dog/Cat) to 𝗸𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘀@𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸.𝗰𝗼𝗺 and we shall upload them on our page “Kute Pets”

** 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂.
** 𝑨 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 winner 𝒑𝒂𝒘𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝑻𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆-𝑻𝒐𝒑 𝑷𝒆𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒕/𝒅𝒐𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓.
** 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑬𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒍, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂.
** 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔.
** 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒖𝒘𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒊 𝑱𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚.

29/10/2021

Friends we will be soon working on second edition of our book Field Guide to Indian Moths. We will be also publishing some papers based on our book. For the same if anybody wishes to be part of this development process, they can volunteer their time. Preference will be given to the users of Field to Indian Moths. Their support will be acknowledged in the book, authorship in the paper and an appreciation certificate will be given.

Anybody who is proficient with word, excel and google can write to us. Please send a WhatsApp to 9820165525 with choice of your area of work ( Book/ Paper or both), availability of time, name & email ID. Thank you 🙏🏽

22/10/2021

This calls for a celebration 🎉 For past three months we have been painstakingly developing content for Environmental Handbook for Schools of SSC and CBSE boards This is meant for Class 7, we plan to develop for Class 8 & 9 as well. This handbook includes 12 chapters spanning in 242 pages. We thoroughly enjoyed developing this curriculum based content as it challenged us in every aspect. We compiled topics from science and geography textbooks of both boards. The NCERT textbooks were developed in 2007 and SSC ones were developed in 2017. To bring a sync to this work and top it with latest advancement in the sector was truly back breaking and eye straining job. Dr. Shubhalaxmi and Ms. Priti Choghale are the lead authors. Our client will be publishing this handbook next year and it will be available online for free download. We are thankful to our interns who helped us with data mining. We hope the teachers and students benefit from this resource.

12/10/2021

The highlight of our Environmental DIY Guidebook is that each activity is supported with a readymade datasheets which students can download and start using it. For the same, we created this Insect Identification Key which is a supporting resource for the datasheets on insect observation.

03/10/2021

This book is specially designed for the pandemic situation so that Learning From Home need not be boring for children ☺️

We are happy to complete development of this guidebook which will be soon published and launched by next month by Earthwatch India.

14/09/2021

Green Schools is the last section of our DIY Environmental Guide for Students. We hope the publication should be out by this year end.

06/09/2021

Yesterday we successfully conducted our 'Mothing Event' on a rainy evening for the first time in Hyde Park, Kharghar.

23 energetic participants graced us with their presence. The group included people of all age groups. Curious young children also participated and were keen to learn more about the fascinating moths. Moths too came and congregated on the white sheet, getting atrracted to mercury vapour lamp.

Dr. V. Shubhlaxmi began with a brief introduction and later started introducing the children about the moths. She then shared information about the lifecycles, habits, habitats, importance, and some interesting facts about the moths which started appearing on the white sheet. We're confident that the participants would have surely developed an affinity and genuine appreciation for moths after the session. :)

We are thankful to Hyde Park society for providing us the space to conduct this event!

04/09/2021

It's getting closer..⏱
JOIN US, tomorrow (5/09/2021) at Hyde Park,Sector 35i, Kharghar from 7-10PM and have a wonderful mothing experience with Dr. V. Shubhalaxmi (popularly known as Moth Lady) !

Come and appreciate the underrated beauty of moths! :)

03/09/2021

Midday covered our forthcoming event. Do join if you are doing nothing😃

02/09/2021

Mothing is a method which we use to study and observe moths. Entomologists use this method to study moth ecology. The setup is simple- a White Sheet, a Rope and a Mercury Vapour lamp! To this emitted light, the moths get attracted in heavy numbers. As a general rule, moths like warm and dark nights. The darker and warmer the night, the more moths you will see!

To learn and know more about this fascinating activity, Do Join Dr. V. Shubhalaxmi (known as Moth Lady) this Sunday from 7-10 PM at Hyde Park, Sector-35i, Kharghar.
This is a FREE Event.

You'll surely have a phenomenal mothing experience!

11/08/2021

Environmental DIY Guide for Schools: We just completed developing two chapters for our book; Gardening for Wildlife and Sustainable Living. We loved working on the former topic as it challenged us to make the content simpler and easy to demonstrate by the students. This marks the completion of our 6 chapters, our last chapter on Green Schools will be next.

Dr. V.Shubhalaxmi is developing this publication for Earthwatch Institute India. They will be publishing this guide which will be available for free download online.

04/08/2021

DIY Environmental Guidebook for Schools: The first draft of our fourth chapter on Kitchen Gardening is ready. Soon other chapters on Gardening for Wildlife, Sustainable Lifestyles and Green Schools will be done soon. We are developing this publication for Earthwatch Institute.

23/07/2021

Here is how you can attract moths to your doorsteps. This is a very basic presentation for beginners.

22/07/2021

Join Dr.Shubha to learn about becoming a citizen scientist. Also how you could contribute to science during this National Moth Week

21/07/2021

Learn from Moth Lady on how to rear moth caterpillars and how to document their lifehistories

20/07/2021

20/07/2021

Join me for this exciting pursuit ! This is the perfect season to start with the moths.

19/07/2021

This is our third session in celebrating National Moth Week. Learn about Mothing from Moth lady

18/07/2021

Today is the second session of our celebration of National Moth Week. Isaac Kehimkar will unravel the adaptation in moths

17/07/2021

Celebrating National Moth Week. Learn all about Moths by Moth Lady

17/07/2021

Celebrating National Moth Week

13/07/2021

We are celebrating this year's moth week both virtually and in person. With iNaturewatch Foundation, we have organised a series of online events for young enthusiasts who have a keen interest in studying moths. All the events are free. If you wish to participate click on the link below and acquire all sorts of information. So what are you waiting for? Let's start nothing this year with all positivity.
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"As the night falls, there is an emergence of the denizens of dark dynasty" Celebrating National Moth Week 2021 Virtually We are celebrating...

29/06/2021

Let’s the mothing begin

Hello Moth Lovers, National Moth Week is here! Every year National Moth Week is being held, worldwide, during the last full week of July. It celebrat...

29/06/2021

If you are still thinking of buying Field Guide to Indian Moths, book your copy before the stock finishes. Only few copies are remaining. Book your copy here www.birdwingpublishers.com

24/06/2021

Hello Moth Lovers or Moth-ers, National Moth Week is around the corner. So have you registered? If not then click on the link below to acquire all sorts of knowledge about this year's National Moth Week and Register. Until then keep your light sheets ready to know more about our "Denizens of Dark Dynasty".


https://gem.godaddy.com/s/68d6821

Hello Moth Lovers, National Moth Week is here! Every year National Moth Week is being held, worldwide, during the last full week of July. It celebrat...

18/06/2021

Our book got featured in Sherni movie starring Vidya Balan. This is super achievement for us not only to get recognised in Bollywood but also to create enough impact to have a character as moth specialist. This is first for Bollywood 🙌🏼. We thank the makers of the movie for showcasing our work 🙏🏽

28/05/2021

Environmental DIY Guidebook for Schools: We completed the fourth section of the book. The next section will be on Green Schools. It has been a mind-stimulating creative journey for us.

14/05/2021

DIY Environmental Guidebook for Schools: After Trees, we completed with the Insect section. The next section that we are working on is Birds. Would like teachers and students to comment their opinions on such a resource which will soon be available online for Free.

05/05/2021

Making of DIY Environmental Guide for Schools: Amidst the grim times we are keeping our minds occupied with creative works. A sample of our upcoming publication is here.

21/04/2021

DIY Environmental Guidebook for Schools: This is our upcoming publication that we are developing for Earthwatch India. It is authored by Dr. V. Shubhalaxmi. It is a compilation of 35 environmental activities from seven themes. Once developed, it will be available for free download.

14/04/2021

Our office is closed during lockdown therefore Field Guide to Indian Moths will not be available for ordering on Amazon as well as on our website. Inconvenience is regretted.

01/04/2021

We call this Encyclopaedia of Moths. Check out their clearance sale 🔥

Buy Moths (9780565094577): Their Biology, Diversity and Evolution: NHBS - David C Lees, Alberto Zilli, London Natural History Museum

01/02/2021

And thats how the books are getting packed inside our Kharghar office