A compilation of press articles about Early Bird over the years.

Bird walk for children featured on DD Chandana
DD Chandana | 16 March 2025
Early Bird had organised a bird walk for children at Avalahalli Lake on 15 February 2025. This was covered by DD Chandana in their programme for children called 'Chinnara Loka'. Watch the programme and hear Abhisheka and Tanmaye from Early Bird speak.
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Children in Dimapur explore local bird species
The Morung Express | 21 February, 2025
Early Bird and Ataavi Bird Foundation along with partner organisations in eight cities organised bird walks in Bangalore on February 15 and in Dimapur, Halol, Jaipur, Mangalore, Ranchi, Trivandrum and Ujjain on February 16 early in the morning.
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110 birdwatchers document 90 species at NITK during GBBC
The Times of India | 19 February, 2025
As part of the GBBC, Early Bird and Ataavi Bird Foundation, in partnership with organisations across eight cities, organised bird walks for children. In Mangaluru, the session was led by Aravinda Kudla. It began with nature journaling, followed by
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Children taken on a fun walk into the world of birds
Bangalore Mirror | 18 February, 2025
A group of excited children gathered at Avalahalli Lake for a special bird walk organised by Early Bird and Ataavi Bird Foundation as part of the Great Backyard Bird Count(GBBC) 2025.
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Children’s Bird Walks to Connect Young Minds with India’s Rich Avian Diversity
SCOO News | 13 February, 2025
In an exciting initiative for young nature enthusiasts, Early Bird and Ataavi Bird Foundation are set to organise special bird walks for children during the Great Backyard Bird Count 2025. Scheduled for February 15th and 16th, 2025, these walks will take
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Bird walks for children to be held in eight Indian cities
The Hindu | 13 February, 2025
As part of the Great Backyard Bird Count, a community science project in ornithology supported by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, which is held annually in February, a series of bird walks for children will be held in
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Bird walks for children to be held in 8 cities
The Times of India | 12 February, 2025
As part of the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), Early Bird and the Ataavi Bird Foundation, with the support of other organisations, will organise eight children's bird walks across India on Feb 15 and 16.
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उज्जैन में 16 को होगी निःशुल्क बर्ड वाॅक…
Madhav Express | 7 February 2025
बर्ड वाचिंग को बढ़ावा देने, पक्षियों की सुरक्षा के लिये प्रतिबद्ध अतावी बर्ड फाउंडेशन तथा भारत के अद्वितीय वन्यजीवन धरोहर...
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Early Bird-ABF to hold 2-day Great Backyard Bird Count by for children in 8 cities including Dimapur
Arunachal Observer | 7 February, 2025
Early Bird and Ataavi Bird Foundation (ABF) have announced to conduct two-day Great Backyard Bird Count from 7:30 AM on February 15 in Bengaluru and Mangaluru (Karnataka), Dimapur (Nagaland), Halol (Gujarat), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Ranchi (Jharkhand),
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Registration on for upcoming children’s bird walks across eight cities
The Arunachal Times | 7 February, 2025
Early Bird and Ataavi Bird Foundation are organising eight bird walks across India during the Great Backyard Bird Count, to be held from 15-16 February in Bengaluru (Karnataka), Dimapur (Nagaland), Halol (Gujarat), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Mangaluru
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We foster nature education through libraries: Abhisheka
DD News | 19 December 2024
Early Bird has collaborated with the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Commission to take nature education to rural libraries in Karnataka. We've trained librarians as bird educators who will help children learn all about birds through their libraries.
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We have created nature education materials in more than 10 Indian languages: Garima Bhatia
DD News | 19 December 2024
In this short interview with DD News, Garima Bhatia talks about the Early Bird initiative that has created materials on birds in multiple Indian languages and trained nature/bird educators across the country.
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‘It will encourage more people to think about birds, nature’
Star of Mysore | 25 November 2024
‘Early Bird’ is an initiative by the Education and Public Engagement Programme of the Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF). Speaking to Star of Mysore, Abhisheka Krishnagopal, Programme Manager – Early Bird, NCF said...
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Early Bird featured on PM Modi’s ‘Mann ki Baat’
Mann Ki Baat | 24 November 2024
The November edition of Prime Minister's Mann Ki Baat had a segment about Early Bird. He mentioned our collaboration with rural libraries in Karnataka to provide nature education to children through our nature education kits.
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Giving Wings
The New Indian Express | 10 November, 2024
The ‘Early Bird’ initiative of the Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF), a charitable trust with its head office in Mysuru and functioning across the country, is supporting the cause of making naturists out of children.
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