Thanks Ashwin for those wonderful references. regards Arjan On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Ashwin Baindur <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > Hi Yashodhan, > > Take your time to understand the phenomenon. You may like to read this > wikipedia article to begin with : > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_puddling > > Perhaps you could provide the stream with different substrates along > different streches? Say clay at one place, sand at another, if you can it > would be nice to have many spots where you could experiment for different > mixes. I'm sure you have thought about have dung-spots, rotting-fruit spots > etc. > > I'm attaching some scientific papers by Beck et al, Boggs & Jackson which > will begin to tickle your mind. > > > Warm regards, > > *Ashwin Baindur* > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Col Ashwin Baindur > OIC Corps Archive & Museum, CME, Dapodi Pune 411031 > ------------------------------------------- > Tel : *020-27147976* (R), Mob : *09923454462* > Email: *ashwin.baindur(at)gmail.com, ashwin_baindur(at)yahoo.com* > *------------------------------------------------------------------------* > One does not often associate James Michener with nature-writing.Yet it is > difficult to find one of his epics which has not been embellished by a tale > about the land, its formation, the animals, the plants and the people who > live amongst them.... > > Read "Epic splendour- The nature writing of James Michener. " in... > > Blog: http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/epic-splendour/ > > "The Butterfly Diaries" The natural travails of an Army Officer in > Hindostan! > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Yashodan Heblekar <[email protected]> > *To:* Admin <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sat, 6 March, 2010 12:57:40 > *Subject:* [ButterflyIndia] Designing a muddle puddle > > > > We are in midst of designing a year round mud puddle for butterfly . It > will be fed by our very own artificial stream - water will be allowed to > slowly seep in. > > Wanted helpful suggestions on the design and constitution. For e.g. whether > sand is better or clay or just about any soil. What salts to be added , etc > > Regards > > Yashodan > > > > -- Arjan Basu Roy 6/7 Bijoygarh, Kolkata - 700 032 West Bengal, India Be natures' mate! -- Enjoy
