Great Amol!! we are not that lucky this year. Hope to see them on the next trip!! regards Arjan
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:03 AM, amol patwardhan <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hi All, > Spent 7 days in Namdapha. Initially we were welcomed by the drizzle and > stormy rains for two days. But we, myself, Parag Rangnekar and his wife > Sharddha had taken a risk to go in monsoon season so we decided not to leave > the park and enjoy the NE rains. It paid off. Rains stopped next day and it > was bright sunny for next days till we left the park. > We did see many rare species and happen to photograph but we were not as > lucky to snap gorogons though we did see them couple of times. Apart from > other list following the rare or new to me species. Parag was overwhelmed so > that from Miao to Tinsukia he was replaying the snaps in the camera to the > extent that he was watching them in the plane as well. Our plane was delayed > by five hrs due to bad weather however the trip was very much exciting. > We are finalizing the list but it seems that we have touched 165 species in > 6 sunny days. > Here are the special ones. > Saffron - Parag has a record shot (Parag you may post it) > Yellow Gorgon > Brown Gorgon > The zebras > Circe > Constable > Yellow Kaiser - May month appears to be the finest to see it. Was fairly > common everywhere. > Scarce white commodore > Green Commodore > One dead Tailed Labyrinth > Jungle glory in plenty > Variegated Rajah > Tawny Rajah - hierax > Yellow Rajah > Probably a Pallid nawab > Common Nawab > Great Nawab - once we saw five of them together on Parag's socks > Blue baron male and female - record hots with Parag > Grand Duchess > Panther > Great Archduke - male and female - she is really very large fascinating > butterfly > Sergeant Emperor > Eastern Courtier > Orange Albatorss - in plenty > Pale Wanderer in plenty > Dusky Yellow Breasted flat- had a glimpse of it > Hairy Angle -probably need confirmation > > There are some aces, datrs, sailers have to confirmed. > > Regards, > Amol Patwardhan > www.amolpatwardhan.blogspot.com > > > -- Arjan Basu Roy 6/7 Bijoygarh, Kolkata - 700 032 West Bengal, India Be natures' mate! -- Enjoy
