Hi Annette, You certainly sound like one of those avid bird-lovers, what with the feeding with gram powder and all!! Sure brings back many happy memories of my days as a kid, (and also as a not-so-kid!) in Saligao, when all kinds of birds and animals used to adopt our family!!
Patsy --- ANNETTE D'SOUZA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yeh can you imagine the work involved. It would be > nice to see the picture alongside the name of the > bird but I guess that is too much to ask for. > > Yes Jenny, I know exactly what you mean. It was my > job to feed any newcomer (bird) - but I liked it - > the birds looked cute with their beaks open....ready > to receive the ground gram mashed with water (also > my job)... I'm sure I did my job right as they grew > very quickly. > > Ta ra - Annette > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [SALIGAONET] > Birds of Salmona...Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:07:10 > -0500From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] my Goodness! Dad was > working on a series of local birds - including those > from the fountain I believe, when he had the fall > that landed him in a nursing home. That was a couple > of years ago and marked the beginning of the end for > him, so to speak... He did continue these paintings > in his new 'home' but the light kinda went out of > him from then on.He did these birds in water colors > and made sets of them for each of us. Very recently > I was showing the ones I have to my son. Dad has > hand written the common name and the scientific name > (of those that he could find) at the base of each > picture.How interesting that a young soul of the > village should take the time and trouble to document > the same treasure!Love to all,Jenny (Saldanha)P.S. > to Annette:Our Dad, like yours, was crazy about wild > life, especially birds and in similar fashion was > perpetually adopting baby bulbuls and Mynas that he > would painstakingly feed at the table with a > dropper! He'd stuff too much food into their mouths > and they'd shake their heads sending the stuff > flying all over the dining room and on to any > on-lookers!-----Original Message-----From: Himanshu > Burte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Bcc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:49 amSubject: Re: [SALIGAONET] > Birds of Salmona... > Thanks Rico, Wouldn't it be great if we had a chart > which had images of these birds alongside the > birdnames and then maybe other details. It would > make > the beginning of a visual map of birdlife in > Saligao. > Himanshu > --- "Frederick Noronha [à¥à¤°à¥à¤¦à¤°à¤¿à¤ > नà¥à¤°à¥à¤¨à¤¯à¤¾]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Harvey D'Souza list of birds from the Saligao > > Salmona fountain:... > > reproducing an old note: > > > > * * * > > > > Hi Rico, Here is the much promised list of the > birds > > found by me at > > the Saligao zor. A study of the whole of > > Saligao, i.e the village, the paddy fields, the > > orchards would reveal > > lots more! Cheers, -Harvey > > > > "harvey d'souza" > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - > > - > > > > Birds of Saligao Zor > > Sighted by Harvey D'Souza > > > > Pond heron > > Ardeola grayii > > > > Honey buzzard > > Pernis ptilorhyncus > > > > Black kite > > Milvus migrans > > > > Brahminy kite > > Haliastur indus > > Shikra > > Accipiter badius > > > > Blackshouldered kite > > Elanus caeruleus > > > > Booted eagle > > Hieraaetus pennatus > > > > Black eagle > > Ictinaetus malayensis > > > > Crested serpent eagle > > Spilornis cheela > > > > Common peapowl > > Pavo cristatus > > > > Pompadour green pigeon > > Treron pompadura > > > > Spotted dove > > Streptopelia chinensis > > > > Plumheaded parakeet > > Psittacula cyanocephala > > > > Koel > > Eudynamys scolopacea > > > > Greater coucal > > Centropus sinensis > > > > Brown wood owl > > Strix leptogrammica > > > > Spotted owlet > > Athene brama > > > > House swift > > Apus affinis > > > > Whitethroated kingfisher > > Halcyon smyrnensis > > > > Green bee-eater > > Merops orientalis > > > > Malabar pied hornbill > > Anthracoceros coronatus (4 Nov 2000) > > > > Coppersmith barbet > > Megalaima haemacephala > > > > Rufous woodpecker > > Celeus brachyurus > > > > Common flameback > > Dinopium javanense > > > > Whitecheeked barbet > > Megalaima viridis > > > > Golden oriole > > Oriolus oriolus > > > > Blackhooded oriole > > Oriolus xanthornus > > > > Black drongo > > Dicrurus macrocercus > > > > Ashy drongo > > Dicrurus leucophaeus > > > > Bronzed drongo > > Dicrurus aeneus > > > > Greater Racket tailed drongo > > Dicurus paradiseus > > > > Jumgle myna > > Acridotheres fuscus > > > > Rufous treepie > > Dendrocitta vagabunda > > > > House crow > > Corvus splendens > > > > Jungle crow > > Corvus macrorhynchos > > > > Common Iora > > Aegithinia tuphia > > > > Blue winged leafbird > > Chloropsis cochinchinensis > > > > Redvented bulbul > > Pycnonotus cafer > > > > Redwhiskered bulbul > > Pycnonotus priocephalus > > > > Whitebrowed bulbul > > Pycnonotus luteolus > > > > Puff throated babbler > > Pellorneum ruficeps > > > === message truncated ===> _______________________________________________ > Saligao 403511 website http://saligao.goa-india.org > Saligaonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet > Be smarter than spam. 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