By Niraj Kasar — Pune, India
Home ground. Everyone knows Pune for the cafes and the colleges. I know it for the mornings, when the city’s trees turn into an aviary and my camera and I go to work before work.
Best time to visit November to February for birds and breakfast weather. Monsoon turns every hill fort green.
What to carry Binoculars beat a camera for your first year of birding. Chai money for after.
What to expect Start at dawn. By nine the birds clock out and the traffic clocks in.
Pune is not a destination. It is a base camp with very good food.