Sagar Maza Sakha - सागर माझा सखा - My Friend, the Ocean

29/06/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EqJHGVkg7/

29/06/2026

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/royal-caribbean-dead-whale-alaska-cruise-warnings-b3003968.html

Royal Caribbean said it is fully cooperating with NOAA following the deadly whale incident earlier this month

27/06/2026

https://spacedaily.com/t-for-decades-marine-biologists-have-followed-a-lone-whale-in-the-north-pacific-known-as-52-blue-because-it-sings-at-a-frequency-of-52-hertz-far-higher-than-the-great-baleen-whales-it-swims/

The whale known as 52 Blue is famous for a call around 52 hertz, but the science is more careful than the myth of the loneliest whale.

28/05/2026

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Crab -
Sisarmidae spp ?

NRI Wetlands, Navi Mumbai. Navi Mumbai,
May 2026

" The flamingos are unmistakably the stars of Navi Mumbai !

However, the wetlands of Navi Mumbai or for that matter, our entire coastal areas of Mumbai and beyond, are also home to a diversity of other residents ... like this crab ! Their flat backs make it easy to dwell between crevices of rocky areas ... here it was an artificial wall of a water channel.

The ecological role of the crabs, along with other residents of our coasts cannot be overemphasized. They are omnivores, chiefly feeding on detritus and their burrowing helps to aerate the soil as well help to recycle nutrients back in to the ecosystem !

Our coasts are the only home to these residents as well as the more flamboyant 'visitors' like the flamingos and their conservation is of paramount importance for this diversity to thrive alongside us in these urban habitats !"

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27/05/2026

Such a welcome news !

Flamingo habitat: Mumbai's wetlands mangroves and flamingo zones may gain stronger protection after the Centre backed a blue-carbon urban complex proposal for MMR. The plan links climate resilience, flood control eco-tourism and carbon credits now

26/05/2026

https://india.mongabay.com/2026/05/the-slow-exit-of-foraging-in-urban-blue-spaces/

It is 4 a.m. at the East Kolkata Wetlands. The city has not yet woken up, but a woman has already arrived at the lake’s edge. She wades in and starts collecting crabs, mussels, and fish, moving with the ease of someone who has done this many times. Once it is done, she changes into […]

19/05/2026

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Gull billed Terns*
Gelochelidon nilotica

DPS - Navi Mumbai. Navi Mumbai,
May 2026

" The flamingos are unmistakably the stars of Navi Mumbai ! It is sheer delight to observe the shades of pink which they splash on the shores with their presence, as they go about their routine activities ... no wonder their group is called a 'flamboyance' !

However, the wetlands of Navi Mumbai or for that matter the entire coastal areas of Mumbai, are also home to a diversity of of water birds - resident as well as migratory.

*Here we see a small group of such birds - the Gull billed Terns - at the water body near the DPS -Delhi public School, Navi Mumbai. These terns are winter migrants as well as passage migrants to Mumbai and are seen along the mudflats as well as coastal areas of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

The importance of these coastal areas and wetlands, whether man made or natural, cannot be over emphasized. These areas must be conserved for the safe arrival of all such 'visitors', as these are very important 'stop overs' in the migratory routes of some of the species, as their temporary homes.

अतिथी देवो भव !

We need to demonstrate that in our culture we indeed welcome the Guest as the God incarnate, by making our coasts ready to welcome countless of such species, with adequate positive discernible actions ( a lot of beach areas are being utilized only for human centric entertainment purposes, like water sports, to the peril of birds and the marine life ! )

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17/05/2026

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Balancing Act - Lesser Flamingo*
Phoeniconaias minor

*NT – Near Threatened - as per IUCN ( population decreasing )
NRI Wetlands, Navi Mumbai, May 2026

" The arrival of flamingos in Mumbai has a magnetic effect on the city and it draws enthusiasts, bird watchers, photographers to their favourite hang out places in Navi Mumbai.

Thousands of flamingos across varying ages and stages of maturity shown by their beautiful pink plumages, engaged in multiple actions like feeding, landing, taking off and to top it all, their courtship dance, offer multiple photographic opportunities to document their behaviour.

Prior to their take off, many birds can be seen in 'warming up' exercises, like stretching and flapping their wings or take short flights ... here is one such moment from our flamingo watch ! This adult, against a backdrop of bright pink bodies, with its pink red fluorescent eye and pink coat, stretches out one leg before taking off to the creek !

The title actually implies that even the fate of these visitors hangs in a balance ... these water bodies must be protected as the flamingo habitat, solely because the flamingos have made these water bodies their home over the years ... otherwise, Navi Mumbai will lose such an amazing natural heritage !"

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