First time I am seeing a big bird feeding on flower nectar. The bird in picture is drongo. In Marathi we call it Kothwal or gate keeper.
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 11:22 AM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome Shantanu to our group. Nice catch of the flower. > Thanks for sharing. > Regards, > Mani. > > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Nice catch of the birds as well as the flowers... >> Dr Phadke >> >> >> On 21 August 2010 10:07, Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi friends... >>> I am new in this group, and would love to share the images of wild plants >>> that I have taken during my trips to hills and forests of India. I have >>> little knowledge about wild plants, and can hardly remember the scientific >>> names of the various species. But i am eager to know about the wild flora of >>> our country and thats why I have joined this group today. I am interested in >>> gaining knowledge on plants of India. >>> >>> Sharing with you all the images of a wild flower that i found at >>> Phuentsholing (Bhutan) in the foothills of the Himalayas. The flowers were >>> regularly visited by birds like Spangled drongos and Silver eared Mesias, as >>> can be seen in the second and third pics respectively. These birds fed on >>> the nectar from the flowers and probably helped in pollination. >>> Can someone please give the Id and details of the plant? >>> the pic was taken on 7th.March,2010. >>> >>> Regards >>> Shantanu Bhattacharya. >>> Dept. of Biology. >>> Vivekananda Mission School (I.C.S.E).Joka. >>> Kolkata. >>> >>> >> >> >
