Any visual cues that points at their migratory instincts. For example : 1) Movement of individuals in a particular direction. 2) Roosting in large number 3) Huge puddling congregation 4) Mass laying of eggs by females 5) Feeding in huge groups on Crotalaria spp. and Heliotropium spp. 6) Visible number of road kills 7) Broken wings under the trees 8) Large number of caterpillars and pupae. etc
Kishen On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Avisek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Kishen, > > Thanks for the report. > Sorry, I am unable to remember what they were doing. Can you please specify > what you are looking for mainly? > > Thanks, > Avisek. > > > --- In [email protected] <ButterflyIndia%40yahoogroups.com>, > Kishen Das <malabartreeny...@...> wrote: > > > > Thank you for the report. > > Do you by any chance remember what Common Crow and Blue Tiger were doing, > > when you saw them? > > > > Kishen > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Avisek Chatterjee < > > exploring.hori...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > *A FIELD REPORT* > > > > > > > > > > > > *Date of Trip:* 02nd September 2010. (Thursday). > > > > > > *Duration of Trip:* 8:30 am to 6:30 pm > > > > > > *Location:* Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary (CKBS) better known as > > > Kayaler Bagan, a birding hotspot located at 24 Parganas (South) near > > > Narendrapur, West Bengal. > > > > > > *Temperature:* (As in Alipur) Max 34.1°C and Min 27.2°C. > > > > > > *Weather:** *Cloudy morning then clear sunny sky for whole > > > day interrupted very few time by light rain. Slight wind; Not much > sultry. > > > * * > > > > > > ***Humidity:* (As in Alipur) Max 95% and Min 64% > > > > > > *Rainfall:* (As in Alipur) 0.4mm > > > > > > *Habitat: *Dense foresty area, Tall Grasses, Sideby > > > waterbodies almost filled up with hyacinths, Herbs and Shrubs and > deciduous > > > and evergreen trees. > > > > > > > > > > > > *BRIEF REPORT:* > > > > > > I > > > > > > t was a late Janmastami holiday for me from daily office job. I did not > > > notice it earlier else I would have utilized same for a long weekend > trip. > > > Thinking of what to do and where to go, yesterday I suddenly found out > that > > > I have not visited CKBS for about a month or more now. Quickly I asked > Mr > > > Saroj Tula to join me and he accepted and he was there before my house > with > > > his car at around 7:45am. We went out and got inside CKBS to see a > South > > > African bird watcher Robin trying to figure out birds of Kolkata. He > does > > > bird watching in SA but it's tough for him to figure out birds here. He > > > wanted to get around with us and we enjoyed his company. We started > going > > > inside, seeing flowerpeckers, orioles, tits, barbets, flamebacks and > just > > > then we saw a group of 25-30 girls coming in (A big disturbance). After > > > enquiry we came to know that were from Loretto and on an excursion > here. > > > Their teacher wanted us to show them some birds. Seeing the number of > ppl, > > > most reluctantly we agreed but not of much help as mosquitoes were a > big > > > problem for them J. Mosquitoes, yeah, they were in plenty and really > > > creating a huge problem even for that SA birdwatcher. Bit irritated and > also > > > in a hurry to catch flight the SA birdwatcher left and girls left due > to > > > mosquitoes. Now it was 10:30am and we have almost lost the morning > shift. Me > > > and Saroj started real birding from then, spotted a few birds, > butterflies. > > > Saroj and I also spotted a Little Spiderhunter, first time for me at > least. > > > White-eyes, great tits were also roaming here and there. After having a > long > > > chat with Haran da, Saroj left at around 11:00am as he had some duty in > > > office. Now I was all alone in CKBS. Seeing a hell lot of common > red-eyes, > > > swifts, chestnut bobs and grass deamons, my hesperidae collection was > > > getting bigger for the day. It seemed Common Bushbrown, Dark-brand > > > Bushbrown, Common Four-ring, Common five-ring as if had taken a lease > of > > > that place. There were plenty of them. I then went outside towards the > > > waterbody to find out a few dragon or damselflies. Seeing mostly > Coromandel > > > Marsh Dart, I just saw the recently David-identified *Copera Cilliata*, > we > > > can call it Black-kneed Bush Dart or Black-kneed Feather-legs as they > call > > > it in East-Asia. There were around 25 of them both the juvenile and the > > > female one, I really wonder why I have not seen it before there. The > weather > > > was somewhat favorable throughout the day, although sunny but not much > humid > > > and sultry. It was a good experience for me as I watched what > dragonflies > > > and damselflies do, their behavior, prey-catching, habitats and also > some > > > special territory concerned dragonflies like Coral-tailed cloud wing, > how > > > they just fight with and get other dragon or damselflies out of his > > > territory. With two times very close encounter with the large water > monitor > > > (*Varanus Salvator*) it was anyways a very good day. At the end of the > day > > > it gave me some new surprises as I found out the smallest damselfly > (may be > > > of India) Agriocnemis dabreui both Male, Female discovered in CKBS on > 8thAugust and identified by David Raju. Also I got lucky to get few shot of > > > > this 14-15mm damsel. Then while coming out I saw another small damsel > of > > > 14-15mm size but the structure was almost same like Blue Grass Dartlet > but > > > size 14-15mm. A very new find but it needs to be identified. > Unfortunately > > > cannot photograph same as it was almost dark and hardly my camera was > > > focusing. It was really dark now and I came out with memories and > photos of > > > this very beautiful and fruitful day. Just to mention bird movement was > > > moderately less throughout the day and overall butterfly movement was > also > > > less. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *TEAM MEMBERS:* > > > > > > 1. *Avisek Chatterjee*** > > > 2. *Saroj Kumar Tula (who left around 11am -11:30am for official work)* > > > > > > > > * * > > > > > > *Birds observed during the trip:* > > > > > > 1. Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker. > > > > > > 2. Black-rumped Flameback. > > > > > > 3. Blue-throated Barbet. > > > > > > 4. Coppersmith Barbet. > > > > > > 5. Lineated Barbet > > > > > > 6. White-throated Kingfisher. > > > > > > 7. Stork-billed Kingfisher. > > > > > > 8. Green Bee-eater. > > > > > > 9. Common-Hawk Cuckoo. > > > > > > 10. Asian Koel. > > > > > > 11. Greater Coucal. > > > > > > 12. Rose-ringed Parakeet. > > > > > > 13. House Swift. > > > > > > 14. Asian Palm Swift. > > > > > > 15. Rock Pigeon. > > > > > > 16. Spotted Dove. > > > > > > 17. White-breasted Waterhen. > > > > > > 18. Black Kite. > > > > > > 19. Shikra. > > > > > > 20. Little Cormorant. > > > > > > 21. Intermediate Egret. > > > > > > 22. Indian Pond Heron. > > > > > > 23. Rufous Treepie. > > > > > > 24. House Crow. > > > > > > 25. Large-billed Crow. > > > > > > 26. Black-hooded Oriole. > > > > > > 27. White-throated Fantail. > > > > > > 28. Black Drongo. > > > > > > 29. Bronzed Drongo. > > > > > > 30. Common Iora. > > > > > > 31. Orange-headed Thrush. > > > > > > 32. Oriental Magpie Robin. > > > > > > 33. Asian Pied Starling. > > > > > > 34. Jungle Myna. > > > > > > 35. Common Myna. > > > > > > 36. Great Tit. > > > > > > 37. Red-whiskered Bulbul > > > > > > 38. Red-vented Bulbul. > > > > > > 39. Oriental White-eye. > > > > > > 40. Common Tailorbird. > > > > > > 41. Jungle Babbler. > > > > > > 42. Pale-billed Flowerpecker. > > > > > > 43. Purple Sunbird. > > > > > > 44. Purple-rumped Sunbird. > > > > > > 45. Little Spiderhunter. > > > > > > 46. House Sparrow. > > > > > > > > > > > > *Butterflies observed in the field trip:* > > > > > > 1. Tailed Jay. > > > > > > 2. Common Mormon > > > > > > 3. Common Wanderer. > > > > > > 4. Common Jezebel > > > > > > 5. Psyche. > > > > > > 6. Stripped Albatross > > > > > > 7. Common Gull > > > > > > 8. Common Emigrant > > > > > > 9. Mottled Emigrant > > > > > > 10. Common Grass Yellow > > > > > > 11. Three-spot Grass Yellow. > > > > > > 12. Common Castor. > > > > > > 13. Great Eggfly. > > > > > > 14. Danaid Eggfly. > > > > > > 15. Common Baron. > > > > > > 16. Common Bushbrown. > > > > > > 17. Darkband Bushbrown. > > > > > > 18. Common Four-ring. > > > > > > 19. Common Five-ring > > > > > > 20. Common Palmfly. > > > > > > 21. Blue Tiger. > > > > > > 22. Common Crow. > > > > > > 23. Common Pierrot. > > > > > > 24. Rounded Pierrot. > > > > > > 25. Quaker. > > > > > > 26. Ciliate Blue. > > > > > > 27. Common Cerulean. > > > > > > 28. Yamfly. > > > > > > 29. Monkey Puzzle. > > > > > > 30. Chestnut Bob. > > > > > > 31. Indian Skippper. > > > > > > 32. Grass Deamon. > > > > > > 33. Common Redeye. > > > > > > 34. Dark Palm Dart. > > > > > > 35. Moore's Ace.(?) > > > > > > 36. Small-branded Swift.(?) > > > > > > > > > > > > *Dragonflies observed during the trip:* > > > > > > 1. Scarlet Marsh Hawk > > > > > > 2. Rufous-backed Marsh Hawk. > > > > > > 3. Little Blue Marsh Hawk. > > > > > > 4. Ditch Jewel. > > > > > > 5. Ruddy Marsh Skimmer. > > > > > > 6. Ground Skimmer. > > > > > > 7. Pied Paddy Skimmer. > > > > > > 8. Green Marsh Hawk. > > > > > > 9. Blue-tailed Forest Hawk (?) > > > > > > 10. Wandering Glider. > > > > > > 11. Rufous Marsh Glider. > > > > > > 12. Coral-tailed Cloud Wing > > > > > > 13. Crimson Marsh Glider. > > > > > > > > > > > > *Damselflies observed during the trip:* > > > > > > 1. Coromandel Marsh Dart. > > > > > > 2. Rusty Marsh Dart. > > > > > > 3. Orange-tailed Marsh Dart. > > > > > > 4. Pigmy Dartlet. > > > > > > 5. Black Marsh Dart. > > > > > > 6. Black-kneed Bush Dart or Featherlegs (*Copera cilliata*). > > > > > > 7. *Agriocnemis Dabreui* – Yellow Pigmy Dartlet (Subhankar da given > > > name). > > > > > > 8. Lesser Blue Grass Dartlet [size: 14-15mm]. - Yet to be identified. > > > Name suggested by me for relating the species. > > > > > > > > > > > > *Other than these we observed the following:* > > > > > > 1. Garden Lizard. > > > > > > 2. Five-stripped Palm Squirrel. > > > > > > 3. Bronze Grass Skink. > > > > > > 4. Small Mongoose. > > > > > > 5. Water Monitor (Varanus salvator). > > > > > > 6. Skipper Frog. > > > > > > 7. Indian Bull Frog. > > > > > > 8. Common Toad. > > > > > > 9. Many types of Spider. > > > > > > 10. Many types of Grasshopper. > > > > > > 11. Many types of Ants. > > > > > > 12. Many types of Beetle. > > > > > > 13. Many types of Bug. > > > > > > > > > > > > *Thanks to Subhankar da (Subhankar Patra) for helping me and guiding me > in > > > writing this report. His encouragement is helping us to produce this > weekly > > > report on our field trips. Also thanks to Mr. Saroj Tula for > accompanying me > > > and for his valuable contribution in bringing out this report. 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