Thanks shantanu Da for showing the enthusiasm to retake the photos Tanay On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Shantanu <shnt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 - -- 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
