In the dead of the night, as the forest grows darker and quieter, the nightjar wakes up — to hunt, to mate and to sing a few late-night blues
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We are a driven group of people from diverse backgrounds, bound by an abiding love for India’s natural world.
Mayuri Kotian
Mayuri Kotian is an applied ecologist currently working as a PhD researcher at the Western Sydney University. Broadly, she works on questions related to the conservation and acoustic monitoring of soundscapes and species.
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