Looks like Namdapha is dream place! waiting to see more photos. When is the best time to visit Namdapha for butterflying? Regards, Rohini
On 3/30/09, Arjan Basuroy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks to all. This trip will be remembered to me till my last. we > reached 114+ on the fisrt day then slowly to 220+ area. and then on the last > five days we have seen 80 arround species!! Its a example of wonderfull team > effort, with Mr. NEL leading from the front. Hats off to his likings towards > butterflies. Rudra, the youngest amol the experienced and me the fatty all > tried hard to make this trip such eventfull. i am focused on record shots, > Amol on Karak and rudra always looking for some thing special. Nelson ji > with his happy feet get through Golden Emperor at ease! for me siting the > unid darkie and the yellow tinsell and the yellow kaiser are very special, > other than this very very important is pointed pierrot, till to identifly > 2-3 oakblues, many other lycinids. i am unlucky for, not seeing the fringed > red eye personally and not being able to take a good shot of mandarine blue. > Other wise i am happy that i am part of a team which in a stretch of 12-13 > days have the capability to found so many jewels from the verginity of > Namdapha. I am lucky for being able to roam arround alone in the deep forest > with Gimnei singing a local folklore. We enjoyed every bit off the trip . . > . > All the locals Bannoi, Gimnei, Gagoi, Das, Langfang, the pather man, > anirudhh, harbindar need a special mention. without their support and effort > we can hardly reach this mile stone. We meet Mr. Craig Robson during the > trip. he is a famous birder. We meet another kiwi couple who have a house in > Costa Rica! In the initial seven days we have the happy company of Mr Ujjal > Ghosh a friend of us and an IFS presently in the CF position in WB Forest > Dept. He is doing wonders with butterflies in the NB area. He had helped us > a lot during the meet time in NB also. > > We have a big list of mammals observed. Sherow, slow loris, red giant > flying squirrel, stamped tailed macaque, hoolock gibbon, orange-bellied > squirrel, hoary-bellied squirrel are their in our list. > 4-5 species of frog photographed, white belied heron, streak throated > fulvetta, silver eared mesia, forktails, trogons, bulbuls are there in > plenty. a peculate cathches our eye on the very first day! > > Fabulous insects fire flyies with branched antena ohh a lot of things. > Amol will soon post the complete report of our trip, in which you will > found more detailed information. > > for now here are the yellow tinsell and common tinsell. > regards > Arjan > > > On 3/30/09, Vijay Barve <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Arjan, >> >> Looks you guys have really freaked out there with butterflies. As I >> remember this is the first time *The Freak* (*Calinaga buddha* ) is >> posted on group or rather first photo I have ever seen. >> >> Thanks for the delight and looking forward to all other photographs too. >> >> Regards, >> >> Vijay >> >> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 4:08 AM, Arjan Basuroy <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Freak >>> for the butterflyfreaks! >>> enjoy >>> Arjan >>> -- >>> Arjan Basu Roy >>> 6/7 Bijoygarh, Kolkata - 700 032 >>> West Bengal, India >>> >>> Be natures' mate! >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > Arjan Basu Roy > 6/7 Bijoygarh, Kolkata - 700 032 > West Bengal, India > > Be natures' mate! > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
