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Friendly Animals: December 2013
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Frozen moments in the Wild. Friday, December 27, 2013. Pupa of a Crow Butterfly- End to the butterfly series. Today I end this series on butterflies, with this shining pupa of a Common Crow ( Euploea core. Wednesday, December 25, 2013. Merry Christmas to all readers and I hope you all are having the best of the season. The Forty first butterfly in the 'Butterfly from my garden' series is the 'Brown King Crow' ( Euploea klugii. Monday, December 23, 2013. I see this butterfly everyday perched on the orname...
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Friendly Animals: Australasian darter
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Frozen moments in the Wild. Monday, March 30, 2015. Many birds that I spotted in Australia were very similar to the ones I see in India. Such similarity I noticed in this Australasian Darter ( Anhinga novaehollandiae. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Our life on the crazy Indian roads. The Glow worm tunnel. Follow This Blog - Be updated. Subscribe Now: Friendly Animals. Subscribe in a reader. Lesser black backed gull. New Posts Delivered To Your Inbox- Subscribe Here (No Spam- Promise).
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Friendly Animals: February 2015
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Frozen moments in the Wild. Tuesday, February 10, 2015. I see this Crested Pigeon ( Ocyphaps lophotes. Monday, February 9, 2015. When I first saw these Lapwings- I thought, Ah! This looks like a Yellow wattled lapwing, so commonly found in India. But this is Australia- and I had a closer look again- this one looked different and indeed it was. This turns out to be a Masked Lapwing ( Vanellus miles. Sunday, February 8, 2015. Saturday, February 7, 2015. Friday, February 6, 2015. A moor is a marshy area gen...
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Friendly Animals: Brown Thornbill
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Frozen moments in the Wild. Thursday, May 21, 2015. Another Australian bird, which is also found in Tasmania- the Brown Thornbird ( Acanthiza pusilla. This insectivorous bird has a melodious call and it was a pleasure watching it hunt for insects. Could not observe the bird for long- since it disappeared after about 10 minutes. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Our life on the crazy Indian roads. Follow This Blog - Be updated. Subscribe Now: Friendly Animals. Subscribe in a reader.
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Friendly Animals: Pacific Black Duck
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Frozen moments in the Wild. Friday, April 3, 2015. The Pacific black duck ( Anas superciliosa. Featured today is predominantly brown duck- the only black feathers it has are a thin stripe near its eyes. In New Zealand, they are called the grey ducks, again they hardly have any grey colour on them; who says taxonomists are predictable? The bird is found throughout most of Australia, and the Pacific. Recreational hunting (Isn't this word Oxymoron? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe in a reader.
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Friendly Animals: October 2013
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Frozen moments in the Wild. Thursday, October 31, 2013. The Great Eggfly ( Hypolimnas bolina. Is a common Indian butterfly which loves living in forests, but does not mind visiting that occasional garden. The below are the photographs of the Female, which is a excellent mimic of the Crow butterflies ( see my previous post, to know all about mimicry). Tuesday, October 29, 2013. Another royal visitor to our garden, the Grey Count ( Tanaecia lepidea. It was quite dark, and I had to use the on camera flash t...
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Friendly Animals: Black Swan
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Frozen moments in the Wild. Monday, April 27, 2015. One of my favourite books in finance is Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s "The black swan", a term he popularized to mean "An event or occurrence that deviates beyond what is normally expected of a situation and that would be extremely difficult to predict." The chance sighting of this pair of Black Swan ( Cygnus atratus ,. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Our life on the crazy Indian roads. Follow This Blog - Be updated. Subscribe Now: Friendly Animals.
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Friendly Animals: May 2015
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Frozen moments in the Wild. Thursday, May 21, 2015. Another Australian bird, which is also found in Tasmania- the Brown Thornbird ( Acanthiza pusilla. This insectivorous bird has a melodious call and it was a pleasure watching it hunt for insects. Could not observe the bird for long- since it disappeared after about 10 minutes. Friday, May 15, 2015. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Our life on the crazy Indian roads. Follow This Blog - Be updated. Subscribe Now: Friendly Animals. Subscribe in a reader.
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Friendly Animals: Wandering whistling duck
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Frozen moments in the Wild. Wednesday, April 1, 2015. It was raining very heavily and going by their demeanor these Wandering Whistling ducks ( Dendrocygna arcuata. Did not like the rain a bit. They spent most of their time (we were there for a whole day) on a tree top rather than on water. These birds feed on aquatic vegetation, seeds, the bulbs of plants and other herbage, insects and small aquatic animals. Pairs mostly bond for life. April 13, 2015 at 4:18:00 PM GMT 5:30. Follow This Blog - Be updated.
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Friendly Animals: July 2014
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Frozen moments in the Wild. Saturday, July 19, 2014. The jungle babbler ( Turdoides striata. Friday, July 18, 2014. A wide spread resident on India, this Spotted Dove ( Stigmatopelia chinensis. Is a regular bird in our garden. I mostly see it foraging on the ground by continuously pecking food and I have seen it eat seeds and small worms. The birds chequered neck is quite prominent and allows one to easily distinguish it from other doves. Thursday, July 17, 2014. Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Are one such be...