can it be for avoiding predators like snakes? because so much of excreta , white in colour can be visible during night time. if i am not mistaken even bats change their roosting place after 4-5 years madhuri
--- On Tue, 31/3/09, sibdas ghosh <[email protected]> wrote: > From: sibdas ghosh <[email protected]> > Subject: [indiantreepix:9910] Crowned night heron colony > To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, 31 March, 2009, 10:23 PM > I am enclosing 3 pix of crowned > night herons. This colony I followed > for a long time. It chose a very big Terminalia catappa > tree for many > years , may be 6-7 years. Suddenly they changed the day > time resting > place and opted for a near by Aswatha tree (Ficus > religiosa). These > trees are not 100 ft. apart, and there is no adjoining > water bodies to > feed them. I wondered why they shifted. One thing I noticed > of course, > was that the surroundings beneath the the Terminalia tree > became > completely white with the droppings of the nesting birds, > and nothing > grew beneath. I suspect that this is perhaps a natural > cycling > procedure in the Nature, so that the place > surrounding the Terminalia > tree can regenerate once again. I would like to share the > observations > and invite others' comment. > > > > Get rid of Add-Ons in your email ID. Get [email protected]. Sign up now! http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
