great, Usha your local bird watchers and photographers I am sure are thanking you and children pick up these habits when you make it so enjoyable and easy for them
the bamboo idea is good many bamboo grow in moist soils so they would be natural good luck And I see you are one step ahead of what i thought up so you and your group are really innovative and energetic I like that usha di On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Usha Rajagopalan < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Ushadi, > You got my meaning spot on! We are always on the look out for fallen trees > and big branches and had already planted 7 of them. A couple of them > disintegrated and toppled over perhaps because they could not withstand > prolonged submersion. From your account though, I guess part of the fun in > this exercise is providing the perches and not bothering about how long > they will remain upright. FYI, to make things easier for us, we've decided > to plant bamboo poles with cross bars fixed on them. > Regards > Usha > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Usha >> By perch do you mean a dead wood or tree for birds to sit and watch the >> water below ??? >> >> then: >> Take a page out out of the National Geographic photographers.. >> its an open secret that they often planted //stuck deep in the mud large >> dead-falls they found near by or in the same water/stream/lake whatever... >> and then got some spectacular pics of perched birds in questions... that >> was in 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s .. and would hire local friendly workers to >> help do the job.. making sure that no crocodiles or piranhas lurked in the >> water.. >> >> recently they dont seem to send out teams to do do any bird stories... >> may be all are done... >> >> but the lesson is: providing perch is a good idea for the birds, for >> the naturalists, and for the bird photographers etc.. >> >> so your group can walk around the perimeter of that lake, or other lakes >> or near by rivers... and id some dead-falls...get local authority >> permission to hack off large enough branches and transport and put them in >> place with hired help... girls alone cant do it... >> >> all this writing, in case I understood your query correctly... >> >> good luck >> usha di >> >> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Usha Rajagopalan < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> Here'a another question - we want to plant perches in the lake bed for >>> the kingfishers, cormorants and others. Do suggest suitable tree species >>> that can withstand prolonged water logging. They must be easy to obtain >>> too! :-) >>> Many thanks >>> Usha >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Usha Rajagopalan < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks to all who responded to my query about suitable tree saplings to >>>> plant in the Puttenahalli Lake bed. Your suggestions were very useful >>>> indeed. We sent the list to the BBMP who's offered to get these species - >>>> Acacia Nilotica, Arjuna Terminalia, Pongamia pinnata, Syzigium cumini >>>> and Dendrocalamus strictus. We are also trying to get Salix >>>> tetrasperma. Our lake being only about 10 acres, we don't have too much >>>> place for more species. >>>> Thanks, once again. >>>> Best >>>> Usha >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 5:15 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: puttenahalli.lake <[email protected]> >>>>> Date: 4 March 2015 at 12:31 >>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:217330] trees to plant in a lake bed >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Before the water level increases in monsoon, we want to plant tree >>>>> saplings in the lake bed and on a couple of islands at the Puttenahalli >>>>> Lake, J.P. Nagar, Bengaluru . Specifically we are looking for trees which >>>>> can grow in water and on the islands to provide nesting, perching places >>>>> for birds. Which are the suitable species ? Also, where in Bengaluru can >>>>> we >>>>> get these saplings? 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