That reminds of my days at Bastar in the eaarly ninetis of the last(!) century. I often used to spend nights at Kondagaon rest house which I thnk is about 70 km fromJagdalpur, the district and divisional headquarters.. The first night I stayed there I heard a lot of bird noise. I wondered which bird could be. In the morning I realised that it was bats and not birds who were making the screeching noise throughout the night. The tiles of the rest house had become almost white with the droppings, and it stank also. There was a fig tree also I forget which one. Probably begalensis. Incidentally it is said thaat Bastar is place where the tribals eat everything that moves on the ground or flies in the sky. There are very few birds and evenn lesser wild animals, in spite of having a number of national parks and sanctuaries. But for tree lovers it is a paradise. Shorea robusta groves which are considered sacred and therefore they are intact is a delight to be under the shade of trees some of them wold be touching a century. It is unfortunate that Bastar has fallen into bad days, with the Maoists from the Andhra having made life difficult for everybody. akbhatt
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:41 PM, sibdas <[email protected]> wrote: > > It seems unlikely, as the old roosting plant was very tall with a > straight trunk, making it very difficult for snakes to reach their > nest. > > On Apr 1, 12:14 pm, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road Gwalior. 474 005. Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. My blogsite is at: http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com And the photo site: www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
