I was told that one of the reasons hill myna population was fast decreasing in Bastar was the removal of snags (dead trees) from the forest trees. ak
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Geetha Jaikumar <[email protected]>wrote: > The importance of dead and decaying trees and the need to leave them alone > (not cut and remove them) is seldom understood by most people - especially > in a woodland area. Lots of birds (parakeets, owls, magpie robins, barbets, > woodpeckers, to name just a few) have nesting holes in them. Also, the > insects (beetles, grubs, termites) lurking in the decaying wood attract lots > of insectivorous birds. > > Does anyone have anything else to contribute on this issue? > > Geetha Jaikumar > > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:41 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hollow & dead coconut tree home to a spotted owlet. >> >> Bangalore >> Photo date: 15 Mar 2005 >> >> Regards >> Raghu >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Now, send attachments up to 25MB with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn >> how<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_galaxy_2/*http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/photos> >> . >> >> > > > > -- 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/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma,Patel, Shah, Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
