Hi All, A small correction is required in this report. I apologize for the same.
I have mentioned a new damselfly which I have seen there and which looked like Blue Grass Dartlet but much smaller (14-15mm) in size. Sorry to mention that it was not a new damselfly and it was a Agriocnemis dabreui male which I found out in my next visit to CKBS on Saturday afternoon. I will soon post the images of both male and female of that species in Dragonfly India and Nature Photo India site. Sorry for the confusion created. I apologize for the same. Thanks, Avisek. On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Avisek Chatterjee <[email protected]> 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: > > It 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 8th August 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: > > Avisek Chatterjee > 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. > -- Cheers, Avisek. ------------------------------------ --- Follow http://twitter.com/DiversityIndia ---Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButterflyIndia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButterflyIndia/join (Yahoo! 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