Dear Soma, Lovely images. Congrats!! Isaac See my Butterfly Images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26689187@N00/
________________________________ From: Soma Jha <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2012 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Photo Of Year 2011 Thank you, Vijay. I enjoyed sharing my experience and these images with all of you. Soma Jha On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Vijay Vasant Barve <[email protected]> wrote: > >Thank you very much Soma ji for sharing these nice photos and more importantly >setting high standard for this year with the details you have provided with >each photo. I really enjoyed the stories and the information. > >I have uploaded your photos already and can be seen and shared from >http://diversityindia.org/photo/thumbnails.php?album=23 > >Regards, > >Vijay > > > > >On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Soma Jha <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >>The latter half of 2011 brought many wonderful butterflies in my life. Here >>are three of them. >> >> >>French Duke ( Euthalia franciae ) >>Wingspan 75-90 mm >>Location - Peren District, south Nagaland. >>Date 28 Sept 2011 >> >>I saw this butterfly on my way from Khonoma (Kohima dist) to Benrue (Peren >>dist). I had been seeing a lot of nice butterflies during this journey like >>Powdery Green Sapphire, Glassy Blue Bottle, Common Peacock and then I came >>across two butterflies siting close to each other on the road... later I was >>thrilled with the realisation that one was a Circe and the other this rare >>beauty called the French Duke ! >> >> >>Yellow Owl ( Neorina hilda ) >>Wingspan 85-95 mm >>Location Zuluk, east Sikkim >>Date 20 Aug 2011 >> >>The sighting of Yellow Owl will always be memorable not only because it was >>such a striking butterfly to see but also because ten minutes before that I >>had just seen a stunning bird - the Satyr Tragopan ! Two beauties of nature >>one after the other ! I really felt blessed ! >> >> >>Chocolate Royal ( Remelana jangala ) >>Wingspan 32-42 mm >>Location Digboi Oilfields, upper Assam >>Date 17 Dec 2011 >> >>Birdwatching in the Digboi Oilfields was an exciting experience and as the >>morning wore out, the butterflies started appearing. It was such fun pursuing >>and photographing them. And then I saw this small and very attractive brown >>butterfly. The best part was when it sat on a leaf and opened its wings, >>displaying its ink-blue insides against a dark brown backdrop. >> >>Best wishes, >> >>Soma Jha >> >> >> >> >> > > >-- >--- >Vijay Vasant Barve >http://diversityindia.org/ >--- > -- Enjoy
