Hi Pritesh, Great reading your very interesting note. It reminds me of the Click Beetle (and perhaps a few other beetles whose common names I cannot recollect)...
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Sunjoy Monga
mumbaibirder@...
Apr 5, 2007 4:13 am
Hi there, A Few minutes ago, a distinct parakeet-ish call, but markedly different from the familiar calls of Rose-ringed or Alexandrine, drew my attention. And...
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Kedar Gore
kedargore@...
Apr 5, 2007 7:13 am
Hi, I had frequent sightings of Red-breasted Parakeets (a flock of approx. 12+) near the Bisleri factory (Goldspot factory then) until around 5 years back....
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DPBannerjee
deb_bannerjee
Apr 5, 2007 7:58 am
Hi everybody, It was great to see the interest taken in helping our neighbouring birds.Among other things the city / urban birds suffer the most due to lack of...
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S.A.Hussain
anekere2003
Apr 5, 2007 8:28 am
Way back in 1970's while trying to solve monkey menace at Rajbhavan ( BNHS was asked by the then Governor Ali Yavar Jung to help and I was staying at the...
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mohina macker
mohinam
Apr 5, 2007 8:46 am
Saw two or three of them a few days back in Gamdevi. I have been now sighting them for a couple of years.Their call is somewhat harsher than that of a rose...
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Pradnya Gawde
pradbing
Apr 5, 2007 1:44 pm
hi naren i used to see a couple of coucals near my place in bhandup. they were commonly seen till last year when there were lots of shrubs around. but of late...
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Ravi Vaidyanathan
ravi_anna
Apr 5, 2007 1:47 pm
Dear All Id love to help too....and there is no dearth of the species of birds that we see from our balcony, terrace or the building garden / parks / greenery ...
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Ashish Mantri
ashish_mantri
Apr 6, 2007 1:46 am
Dear Naren Though quite common, but watching a Greater Coucal is always wonderful. In fact, I saw it first time last year Feb in Coorg and found the bird very...
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Karnik Manish
manish_r_karnik
Apr 6, 2007 4:10 am
Rajesh, I am certain that no nature lover would think of destroying or messing up SGNP. Its the general public who does that. The way I see forward is have a...
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nitinjamdar
Apr 6, 2007 5:23 am
Hi, On youtube.com, a short clip is posted by someone which shows a duckling feeding fish.Quite an unusual bird behavior.Unfortunately there isn't any...
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Vivek Vinod
contact_vivek
Apr 6, 2007 6:08 am
Hi pritesh Thanks for sharing this experience .it reminded me of incident that happened with me when i was in schools ( my age was about 8 yrs at that time)....
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Atul Singh Nischal
atulsinghnis...
Apr 6, 2007 2:16 pm
... From: "jay@..." <jay@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2007 5:11:44 AM Subject: Tigers, Rhinos, Leopard, Barasinga, Elephants Dear...
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Vidya RAo
natureloverv...
Apr 6, 2007 3:20 pm
.Dear Friends Sorry For cross posting... This mail is regarding a Botanical art exhibition which is a must attend for all especially ppl of Pune.. So pls read...
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Sunjoy Monga
mumbaibirder@...
Apr 7, 2007 2:14 am
Hi there, With the vultures having declined so enormously, what would be happening to those countless livestock carcasses so typically dotting the Indian ...
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J
ravenblack_ed
Apr 7, 2007 3:47 am
Sorry for the delay guys... here's the link to our Nightjar photos... dunno if they are good enough for an exact id... ...
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Rajesh Sachdev
ameyarajesh
Apr 7, 2007 3:48 am
guys, the city forest group have finally decided to actively volunteer in the wildlife census in SGNP, those who are intersted in this amazing activity can get...
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shriharsha nitsture
sr_nitsure@...
Apr 7, 2007 10:22 am
Today (07.04.2007), I reached Nilje pond (at Dombiwali MIDC area) at 6.45 am. It was cool and clear morning. The pond was getting dry and vegetation started...
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snehalpotey
Apr 7, 2007 10:22 am
came across this article in local newspaper about sale of banned 'Diclofenac' vet medicine over the counter despite ban. the medicine is given to cattle and is...
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Mumbai Bird Club
mumbai_birdw...
Apr 7, 2007 5:23 pm
Hi All Well, over Sixty enthusiastic birders turned up late this afternoon for Mumbai Bird Club BirdWatch at Sewri. For once, MBC also got the tide timings and...
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nitinjamdar
Apr 8, 2007 4:44 am
Hi, The Osprey is found in all continents*,except Antarctica .Barn Owl has similar distribution.Any other bird species which has worldwide distribution? Reply...
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Sunjoy Monga
mumbaibirder@...
Apr 8, 2007 12:20 pm
Would love to know which are the present birdlists 'hopelessly out of date' ....... cheers -- sm ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Sunjoy Monga
mumbaibirder@...
Apr 8, 2007 12:28 pm
Hi there, Just returned from Vikramgadh where we had taken Yuhina to my friend's Farm (Camp Harit), showing her cactii and brick kilns and leaf-fall and ...
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Sunjoy Monga
mumbaibirder@...
Apr 8, 2007 2:36 pm
Well, amongst some of the species with very widespread distribution would be the following. Pl note that several of these a) may not be found in Australia and...
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nitinjamdar
Apr 8, 2007 2:54 pm
Hi, Official Information about the MSRDC - Mumbai Trans Harbour Link including the text of Environmental Clearance is available at...
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Mumbai Bird Club
mumbai_birdw...
Apr 8, 2007 6:33 pm
Hi 30 birders - including Satyajit, Brinda and their two teenaged sons, Gautam and Karan, who had traveled from Pune - converged at Karnala early this morning...
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Kanwar B Singh
kb_singh
Apr 9, 2007 2:29 pm
Hi One of my favourite birds of the Himalaya and one that also has has a worldwide distribution is Winter Wren. This bird has always managed to bring a smile...
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abhijit narvekar
sagar_narvekar
Apr 9, 2007 2:30 pm
Hi After span of more than 8 yrs i went back to bhimashanker .We started off very early morning from khandas and were greeted with wonderful sighting of...
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dr.p.v.subramaniam
pvsari@...
Apr 9, 2007 2:36 pm
.Going through my pics taken in feb 07, i assumed that i had clicked the usual male golden oriole outside my chembur residence, but while reviewing the pics,...
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Sunjoy Monga
mumbaibirder@...
Apr 10, 2007 10:35 am
Hi, It is an uncommon winter visitor to the area, perhaps also sighted here on passage, and in recent years there have been several sightings. Cheers -- Sunjoy...
