ZThe pictures and brids looks lovely but can't guess the name of the plant without close shots Tanay
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hey, nice pics.....TFS!! > Pankaj > > > > On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 1:11 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya > <shnt...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi >> during my viisit to the Buxa Tiger Reserve in north Bengal (Jalpiaguri >> dist) in June 2010, i found that different birds were attracted towards a >> fruiting tree. It was a large tree with small violt berry-like fruits. >> I found many species like Spot-winged starlings, Chloropsis, Black-crested >> bulbuls, Green pigeons and even insectivorous Lesser Yellownape woodpeckers >> relishing the juicy berries of this tree. >> I spent a lot of time under that tree to watch and photograph the birds. >> Can some give the ID of this tree from the images given below? >> (Buxa Tiger Reserve is a moist deciduous forest in the foothills of the >> Himalayas covering a large area, and is thought to be the extension of Manas >> Reserve of Assam). >> >> regards >> Shantanu : ) >> >> > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036