Hi Alfred, Thanks for your comments. I have photographed some of the butterflies species. I have posted a few hesperiidaes in Nature Photo India site. Please go to the below link to find same. http://groups.google.com/group/naturepixindia/browse_thread/thread/71567473b92f1834#
I will also post the other photographed species. Thanks again for your reply. Thanks, Avisek. --- In [email protected], jaya kumar <jayakumar3...@...> wrote: > > Hi Avisek > Great. How lucky you are to go out like this. > How many of the species that you reported in this trip have been > photographed? > Thanks once again for a comprehensive report. > Wishing you the very best > Alfred > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Avisek Chatterjee < > exploring.hori...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > *A FIELD REPORT* > > > > > > > > *Date of Trip:* 02nd September 2010. (Thursday). > > > > *Duration of Trip:* 8:30 am to 6:30 pm > > > > *Location:* Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary (CKBS) better known as > > Kayaler Bagan, a birding hotspot located at 24 Parganas (South) near > > Narendrapur, West Bengal. > > > > *Temperature:* (As in Alipur) Max 34.1°C and Min 27.2°C. > > > > *Weather:** *Cloudy morning then clear sunny sky for whole > > day interrupted very few time by light rain. Slight wind; Not much sultry. > > * * > > > > ***Humidity:* (As in Alipur) Max 95% and Min 64% > > > > *Rainfall:* (As in Alipur) 0.4mm > > > > *Habitat: *Dense foresty area, Tall Grasses, Sideby > > waterbodies almost filled up with hyacinths, Herbs and Shrubs and deciduous > > and evergreen trees. > > > > > > > > *BRIEF REPORT:* > > > > I > > > > t was a late Janmastami holiday for me from daily office job. I did not > > notice it earlier else I would have utilized same for a long weekend trip. > > Thinking of what to do and where to go, yesterday I suddenly found out that > > I have not visited CKBS for about a month or more now. Quickly I asked Mr > > Saroj Tula to join me and he accepted and he was there before my house with > > his car at around 7:45am. We went out and got inside CKBS to see a South > > African bird watcher Robin trying to figure out birds of Kolkata. He does > > bird watching in SA but it's tough for him to figure out birds here. He > > wanted to get around with us and we enjoyed his company. We started going > > inside, seeing flowerpeckers, orioles, tits, barbets, flamebacks and just > > then we saw a group of 25-30 girls coming in (A big disturbance). After > > enquiry we came to know that were from Loretto and on an excursion here. > > Their teacher wanted us to show them some birds. Seeing the number of ppl, > > most reluctantly we agreed but not of much help as mosquitoes were a big > > problem for them J. Mosquitoes, yeah, they were in plenty and really > > creating a huge problem even for that SA birdwatcher. Bit irritated and also > > in a hurry to catch flight the SA birdwatcher left and girls left due to > > mosquitoes. Now it was 10:30am and we have almost lost the morning shift. Me > > and Saroj started real birding from then, spotted a few birds, butterflies. > > Saroj and I also spotted a Little Spiderhunter, first time for me at least. > > White-eyes, great tits were also roaming here and there. After having a long > > chat with Haran da, Saroj left at around 11:00am as he had some duty in > > office. Now I was all alone in CKBS. Seeing a hell lot of common red-eyes, > > swifts, chestnut bobs and grass deamons, my hesperidae collection was > > getting bigger for the day. It seemed Common Bushbrown, Dark-brand > > Bushbrown, Common Four-ring, Common five-ring as if had taken a lease of > > that place. There were plenty of them. I then went outside towards the > > waterbody to find out a few dragon or damselflies. Seeing mostly Coromandel > > Marsh Dart, I just saw the recently David-identified *Copera Cilliata*, we > > can call it Black-kneed Bush Dart or Black-kneed Feather-legs as they call > > it in East-Asia. There were around 25 of them both the juvenile and the > > female one, I really wonder why I have not seen it before there. The weather > > was somewhat favorable throughout the day, although sunny but not much humid > > and sultry. It was a good experience for me as I watched what dragonflies > > and damselflies do, their behavior, prey-catching, habitats and also some > > special territory concerned dragonflies like Coral-tailed cloud wing, how > > they just fight with and get other dragon or damselflies out of his > > territory. With two times very close encounter with the large water monitor > > (*Varanus Salvator*) it was anyways a very good day. At the end of the day > > it gave me some new surprises as I found out the smallest damselfly (may be > > of India) Agriocnemis dabreui both Male, Female discovered in CKBS on > > 8thAugust and identified by David Raju. Also I got lucky to get few shot of > > this 14-15mm damsel. Then while coming out I saw another small damsel of > > 14-15mm size but the structure was almost same like Blue Grass Dartlet but > > size 14-15mm. A very new find but it needs to be identified. Unfortunately > > cannot photograph same as it was almost dark and hardly my camera was > > focusing. It was really dark now and I came out with memories and photos of > > this very beautiful and fruitful day. Just to mention bird movement was > > moderately less throughout the day and overall butterfly movement was also > > less. > > > > > > > > > > > > *TEAM MEMBERS:* > > > > 1. *Avisek Chatterjee*** > > 2. *Saroj Kumar Tula (who left around 11am -11:30am for official work)* > > > > * * > > > > *Birds observed during the trip:* > > > > 1. Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker. > > > > 2. Black-rumped Flameback. > > > > 3. Blue-throated Barbet. > > > > 4. Coppersmith Barbet. > > > > 5. Lineated Barbet > > > > 6. White-throated Kingfisher. > > > > 7. Stork-billed Kingfisher. > > > > 8. Green Bee-eater. > > > > 9. Common-Hawk Cuckoo. > > > > 10. Asian Koel. > > > > 11. Greater Coucal. > > > > 12. Rose-ringed Parakeet. > > > > 13. House Swift. > > > > 14. Asian Palm Swift. > > > > 15. Rock Pigeon. > > > > 16. Spotted Dove. > > > > 17. White-breasted Waterhen. > > > > 18. Black Kite. > > > > 19. Shikra. > > > > 20. Little Cormorant. > > > > 21. Intermediate Egret. > > > > 22. Indian Pond Heron. > > > > 23. Rufous Treepie. > > > > 24. House Crow. > > > > 25. Large-billed Crow. > > > > 26. Black-hooded Oriole. > > > > 27. White-throated Fantail. > > > > 28. Black Drongo. > > > > 29. Bronzed Drongo. > > > > 30. Common Iora. > > > > 31. Orange-headed Thrush. > > > > 32. Oriental Magpie Robin. > > > > 33. Asian Pied Starling. > > > > 34. Jungle Myna. > > > > 35. Common Myna. > > > > 36. Great Tit. > > > > 37. Red-whiskered Bulbul > > > > 38. Red-vented Bulbul. > > > > 39. Oriental White-eye. > > > > 40. Common Tailorbird. > > > > 41. Jungle Babbler. > > > > 42. Pale-billed Flowerpecker. > > > > 43. Purple Sunbird. > > > > 44. Purple-rumped Sunbird. > > > > 45. Little Spiderhunter. > > > > 46. House Sparrow. > > > > > > > > *Butterflies observed in the field trip:* > > > > 1. Tailed Jay. > > > > 2. Common Mormon > > > > 3. Common Wanderer. > > > > 4. Common Jezebel > > > > 5. Psyche. > > > > 6. Stripped Albatross > > > > 7. Common Gull > > > > 8. Common Emigrant > > > > 9. Mottled Emigrant > > > > 10. Common Grass Yellow > > > > 11. Three-spot Grass Yellow. > > > > 12. Common Castor. > > > > 13. Great Eggfly. > > > > 14. Danaid Eggfly. > > > > 15. Common Baron. > > > > 16. Common Bushbrown. > > > > 17. Darkband Bushbrown. > > > > 18. Common Four-ring. > > > > 19. Common Five-ring > > > > 20. Common Palmfly. > > > > 21. Blue Tiger. > > > > 22. Common Crow. > > > > 23. Common Pierrot. > > > > 24. Rounded Pierrot. > > > > 25. Quaker. > > > > 26. Ciliate Blue. > > > > 27. Common Cerulean. > > > > 28. Yamfly. > > > > 29. Monkey Puzzle. > > > > 30. Chestnut Bob. > > > > 31. Indian Skippper. > > > > 32. Grass Deamon. > > > > 33. Common Redeye. > > > > 34. Dark Palm Dart. > > > > 35. Moore's Ace.(?) > > > > 36. Small-branded Swift.(?) > > > > > > > > *Dragonflies observed during the trip:* > > > > 1. Scarlet Marsh Hawk > > > > 2. Rufous-backed Marsh Hawk. > > > > 3. Little Blue Marsh Hawk. > > > > 4. Ditch Jewel. > > > > 5. Ruddy Marsh Skimmer. > > > > 6. Ground Skimmer. > > > > 7. Pied Paddy Skimmer. > > > > 8. Green Marsh Hawk. > > > > 9. Blue-tailed Forest Hawk (?) > > > > 10. Wandering Glider. > > > > 11. Rufous Marsh Glider. > > > > 12. Coral-tailed Cloud Wing > > > > 13. Crimson Marsh Glider. > > > > > > > > *Damselflies observed during the trip:* > > > > 1. Coromandel Marsh Dart. > > > > 2. Rusty Marsh Dart. > > > > 3. Orange-tailed Marsh Dart. > > > > 4. Pigmy Dartlet. > > > > 5. Black Marsh Dart. > > > > 6. Black-kneed Bush Dart or Featherlegs (*Copera cilliata*). > > > > 7. *Agriocnemis Dabreui* – Yellow Pigmy Dartlet (Subhankar da given > > name). > > > > 8. Lesser Blue Grass Dartlet [size: 14-15mm]. - Yet to be identified. > > Name suggested by me for relating the species. > > > > > > > > *Other than these we observed the following:* > > > > 1. Garden Lizard. > > > > 2. Five-stripped Palm Squirrel. > > > > 3. Bronze Grass Skink. > > > > 4. Small Mongoose. > > > > 5. Water Monitor (Varanus salvator). > > > > 6. Skipper Frog. > > > > 7. Indian Bull Frog. > > > > 8. Common Toad. > > > > 9. Many types of Spider. > > > > 10. Many types of Grasshopper. > > > > 11. Many types of Ants. > > > > 12. Many types of Beetle. > > > > 13. Many types of Bug. > > > > > > > > *Thanks to Subhankar da (Subhankar Patra) for helping me and guiding me in > > writing this report. His encouragement is helping us to produce this weekly > > report on our field trips. Also thanks to Mr. Saroj Tula for accompanying me > > and for his valuable contribution in bringing out this report. Thanks to the > > South African birder Robin for accompanying us for an hour.* > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Avisek Chatterjee on behalf of the team members. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. * > > > > The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to > > this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may > > contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not > > the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this > > e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this > > message and any attachments. > > > > WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. 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