Group: Murali, Surya,Ashik, Mahboobjan, Swaroop,Ritesh, Akash, Pandian, Parikshith, Shalini, Madhuri, Meher Vani, Govindarajan,Sakila, Ambali, Yusuf, Parvin with Shifana, Yunus,Suresh with Vedam.
(Stopped to bird enroute) at Namileri:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S121084037 (26 sp, including the confusing domestic Chinese goose)
Aiyur-Bettamugilalam trail at 4.30pm
eBird:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S121091767 (65 sp)
231022: Melur-Tholavubetta trail:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S121184809 (91 sp)
Flickr:
221022:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/86494503@N00/albums/72177720303095365 231022:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/86494503@N00/albums/72177720303123551 FB:
221022:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159437404158878&type=3 231022:
Butterflies:
Awl, Common Banded
Apefly
Blue, Dark Grass
Blue, Pale Grass
Blue, Zebra
Bob, Chestnut
Brown, Common Evening
Bush Brown, Common
Coster, Tawny
Crimson-tip
Crow, Common
Crow, Double-branded
Emigrant, Common
Emigrant, Mottled
Gull, Common
Leopard, Common
Jezebel, Common
Mormon, Common
Orange-tip, Great
Orange-tip, White
Pansy,Blue
Pansy, Chocolate
Pansy, Lemon
Pansy, Peacock
Pierrot, Common
Pierrot, Banded Blue
Pioneer
Rose, Common
Rose, Crimson
Skipper, Indian Grizzled
Swift, Rice (Paranara sp)
Wanderer, Common
Yellow, Common Grass
Yellow, Three-spot Grass
Wildflowers (used in alternative medicine)
Bastard Sandal (Erythroxylum monogynum)
Black Creeper (Ichnocarpus frutescens)
Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri)
Coat Button (Tridax procumbens)
Common Wireweed (Sida acuta)
Feather-leaf Cassia (Chamaecrista mimosoides)
Glory Lily (Gloriosa superba)
Hop Bush (Dodonea viscosa)
Jamaican Spike (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis)
Krishna Kranti (Evolvulus alsinoides, Slender Dwarf Morning Glory)
Mountain Pomegranate (Catunaregam spinosa)
Orange Climber (Toddelia asiatica)
Scarlet Morning Glory (Ipomoea hederifolia)
Thumba (Leucas aspera)
Touch-me-not (Mimosa pudica)
Yellow-throated Morning Glory (Ipomoea parasitica)
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Snoozing Spotted Owlets
Spiny Orb Weaver
A lovely bas relief of Hanuman:
The Wandering Glider/Globe Skimmer (Pantala flavescens), which migrates to India from Africa, via Madagascar (the fourth generation returns)
Dark Grass Blue, festooned with raindrops:
Black-rumped Flameback:
Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) seed pods:
Wandering Violin Mantis:
Atlas Moth, Tussar Silk Moth, and other moths and mantises on the moth screen: