Thanks Tanay....for praising the bird pics. Well...i have not taken shots of the tree, its leaves and fruits. I am visiting Buxa Tiger Reserve again in October. I will definitely take some close shots of the leaves, fruits and branches of that tree for identification.
regards, Shantanu : ) On Aug 29, 5:02 am, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
