Melagiri Wetland Census, 290123

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Balaji, Carmel, Gayatri, Shalini. FD Guards Eswaran, Mahavishnu. RFO Murugesan. (Sri Govindaswamy we met at Dargah Lake) .We were allocated Vanammal Lake (Jawalagiri) and Dargah Lake (Denkanikotta)




eBird:

Vanammal Lake:https://ebird.org/checklist/S127151033 (79 sp)

Dargah Lake: https://ebird.org/checklist/S127154497 (51 sp)

Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/86494503@N00/albums/72177720305598837

FB: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159682768183878&type=3

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Dawn



Morning light




Heavy fog on Vanammal lake



Parakeet eating a balanced diet




Paddyfield Pipit




Pied Cuckoo, an unusual sighting for this time of year




Green Bee-eater "tossing" its catch




Temple under the tree




Crested Serpent Eagle




Purple Sunbird on the mirror of a two-wheeler







Blue Pimpernel (Lysimachia foemina), Denkanikotta ...in front of the toilet at a petrol pump where we stopped.




We have a saying in Tamizh, குடியானவன் சேத்துல கால வெச்சா தான் நம்ப சோத்துல கைய வெக்க முடியும். (Only if the farmer puts his foot in the mud can we put our hand in our food...the rice that the farmer grows in the paddyfield). Here is one such farmer:




Two fun signs I noticed







With Sri Murugesan and Sri Mahavishnu at Dargah Lake (Sri Govindaswamy on the extreme right)




Little Egret in breeding plumage




The Dargah which gives Dargah Lake its name




Interacting with Sri Murugesan, Range Forest Officer, Denkanikotta:




I am certified (insane!)