Dear Raghu Ji, lovely set of pictures ! The plant seems to be Cassia siamia. Dr.Kadus Arvind,Pune.
On Oct 6, 3:54 am, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > A few months back, I had posted this picture of a tree (29 Aug 2010, > Indiantreepix)) that appeared lifeless, with many parakeets perched on it, a > photograph that I had clicked sometime in Aug 2008. > > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/b... > > ** An excerpt from the same message post, > "What is strange is that even after two years and after umpteen visits, > especially during sunset, I was not able to sight these divine parakeets on > the > same tree." ** > > But on my recent visit to ChandagaI village (Sep 2010), I was curious to know > if > the parakeets were returning back to the same dead tree. I was quite amazed to > see that the tree I had deemed dead was sporting yellow flowers in some ofits > branches. The tree had me properly fooled I thought. > Later, a villager who came by there to walk his dog explained that many years > ago theirrigation water canal supervisor had chopped all the branches of > thistree and was about to chop the trunk too when a few villagers hadstopped > him > from doing so and let him off with a warning. > > But then again, what if no parakeet spectacle seen in this tree, I thought > that this tree has had a rebirth, what with it sprouting yellow flowers once > again ! > > This tree is locally believed to be chagache - loosely translates to sesbania > grandifloraor cassia tora? > Request to confirm the tree ID. > Height -18 feet, Leaves opposite, > > Photo Date 4th week Sept. 2010 > Chandagal village, Mysore dist. > Regards > Raghu > 06 Oct 2010 > Chennai > > On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 6:26 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > > The tower (tree) of babble > > > > > > >It’s a tree, full of holes and deep openings that lies dead and withering but > >that hasn’t stopped these great conversationalists (Rose ringed parakeets) > >from > >perching here come evening. This dead tree lies in a field, on the village > >outskirts, giving the birds a place to rest and unwind without fear of > >anything. > >It took them a while to accept my presence as well. > > >August - monsoon time – and by 4 PM, the villagers start returning home quite > >early with the days’ gathering on their head & shoulders (read vegetables, > >mostly greens, hay, green grass, pulses, sugar cane, plantain…). They return > >early to avoid the evening monsoon rains, winds and the cold air that blows > >by > >the river floods. There’s a transition taking place in the evening sky as the > >sun goes down and against this, the beautiful parakeets are etched out as if > >in > >technicolour. It’s a riot of colour and speech then as these lovely parakeets > >talk, chatter and perhaps even squabble with one another, flying in as they > >do > >and a new flock joining them from a different direction. Probably, the > >villagers > >and the parakeets are in tandem as regards reaching home early during this > >season. > > >What is strange is that even after two years and after umpteen visits, > >especially during sunset, I was not able to sight these divine parakeets on > >the > >same tree. > > >Come dusk and villagers return home after a hard days’ work, sometimes in > >their > >bullock carts, at times walking, carrying their burden on their heads – this > >scene never fails to delight me. Will share some of the photos soon.. > > >Habitat: paddy fields, adjacent to a irrigation canal. > >Place: Chandagal Village, Krishnaraja nagara, Mysore district > >Photo date: 08 Aug 2008 3.40 PM > > >Regards > > >Raghu / Sunita > >Chennai > >29 Aug 2010 > > > > DSC_6931a1.jpg > 192KViewDownload > > DSC_6935.jpg > 210KViewDownload > > DSC_6926.jpg > 216KViewDownload > > DSC_6934.jpg > 244KViewDownload > > DSC_6922.jpg > 248KViewDownload > > DSC_6925.jpg > 275KViewDownload > > DSC_6945.jpg > 164KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
