KBW, 041123
Group at the start
Announcement:
Kalkere Biodiversity Walk: Saturday,4 November '23
The Deputy Conservator of Forests, Bannerghatta, is pleased to announce the Kalkere Biodiversity Walk for November 23.
Where: Kalkere Reserve Forest
When: Saturday, 4 Oct '23
Meeting Time: 6 15am.
The groups will start the walk by 6.15am. Each group will be accompanied by at least one Forest Guard/KFD official.
The walk is restricted to 40 people in 2 groups of 20 each.
Since sunrise is now later, we will have the walk in a single phase, from 6.15 to 9.30am.
There will be a forest entry fee of Rs.150 per participant (Children, and students who show valid ids, will be exempted.) The fee will be collected by the volunteers and given to the KFD staff (BY CASH) before the participant joins the walk.
Those who are interested in participating can register on the form at
https://forms.gle/kQRUfaQ6XG9bkQMv7
(please read the instructions carefully before you fill the form)
The registration will open at 8.30 pm on Wednesday, 31st October. '23.
Each participant, whether adult or child, has to be registered individually. Please do not include a spouse or other family member in the registration.
If there are children to be registered, please give their names and age (on separate registrations) on the form, registering separately for them. You will have to use a different mobile no. for each registration.
Selected participants will be confirmed ONLY when they join the WA group for the walk. Further instructions/guidelines will be given on the WA group.
IMPORTANT, please read and fill fhe form carefully:
1. Please fill all fields. FULL NAME required (there are often two identical first names like Srinivas or Pirya, etc.) Improperly filled forms will have to be disqualified for selection.
2.. Please give only a mobile no.on which you use WhatsApp. Selected participants will be added to the WA group for the walk on that number.
3. Your proper postal address is required. "Bangalore" is not a valid address as everyone joining this walk is likely to be from Bangalore
4.. Please wait for the confirmation email which will also give the link to the WA group to join. This may take a little time as the KFD has to release the list. do not pass on the WA group joining link to others. The link will be reset after all the selected participants have joined the WA group.
5. Please check for the confirmation on the same email id that you have given on the form. * PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER TOO* .(There have been repeated problems with people not checking their spam folder and saying they have not got the email)
3. If you are not selected, please do not arrive at the Reserve Forest Office asking to be included. This is unfair to participants who have taken the effort to register. Unregistered/unconfirmed participants will have to sit in the office until the walk is concluded.
Welcoming you to the walk,
DCF/ACF, Bannerghatta.
KBW volunteers
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Selection email
The Deputy Conservator of Forests, Bannerghatta, welcomes you to join the Biodiversity walk on Saturday, 4 November, '23
Please go through all the information in this email carefully, as it is relevant.
Please confirm your participation by joining the WA group for the event on this link::
https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ev8dppEjtSVG0kd5zcjXEZ
(only ONE participant can use this link . Please do not add multiple people on this link. Those whose names are not on the KFD selection list will be removed from the WA group and not allowed to join the walk.)
*PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE CONFIRMED FOR THIS WALK ONLY WHEN YOU JOIN THE WA GROUP.
If you are unable to join for the walk, please let me know at once, so that another participant can join.
Please report by 6am
Meeting Point location:
https://goo.gl/maps/Gs2JDdqprYLLGubNA
( Kalkere Reserve Forest Office, off Bannerghatta Road)
Meeting Point time: 0600 hrs
(Several cars can be parked in the compound of the RFO, but car pooling is strongly recommended and will reduce the number of vehicles.)
The RFO is on the routes of all BMTC buses going through Bannerghatta Road (365, 366, 371, G4, etc.)
IMPORTANT:
1. Please report at the Reserve Forest Office, Kalkere (location given in the WA group description) for the first session, a little before 6am. The two groups will be accompanied by forest guards. Latecomers will not be able to join the walk.
2. Wear: Dull-coloured clothes, hats/caps, comfortable walking shoes. Rainwear if rain is forecast
3. Bring: Binoculars, cameras, bird books/apps, pads and pencils if you like to sketch or take notes.
4. Bring plenty of water as the weather is quite warm. You can fill up your water bottles during breakfast.
5. Washrooms are available on the first floor of the RF Office.
6. If you are driving, enter the gate and take the left-hand side path and drive down until you reach the forest office. The guards sometimes make you park near the gate, but tell them you are coming for the walk and drive in.
7. Both groups meet up at the office building after both parts of the walk: At 8.30am, to have breakfast and at 10.30am, to disperse.
8. Please do not bring unregistered friends or family members along. They will have to sit out the walk. KFD allows only those participants who have been selected and have joined the WA group (children are allowed with their parents)
9. This is a forest area, so please ALWAYS keep with the group and do not stray away. (this is especially for those who are using cameras.) If you find something interesting or want to photograph it, please draw the attention of the volunteers to it, the whole group can stop. Do not stop without informing the group.
10. Please upload your images to the album, on this link:
https://bit.ly/kalkerewalks
11. Please feel free to email me with any other queries (mohandeepa@gmail.com). But please do not email me without reading all the information above, which has been given in detail.
Cheers,
Deepa Mohan
for Kalkere Biodiversity Walk Volunteers.
and on behalf of the DCF/ACF, Bannerghatta
Karnataka Forest Department.
*************************
eBird: Deb's checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S153693308 (48 sp)
My checklist:https://ebird.org/checklist/S153689913 (67 sp)
Trip report: https://ebird.org/tripreport/169462 (70 sp overall)
iNat: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-11-04&place_id=any&user_id=deemopahan&verifiable=any (https://tinyurl.com/52wxd7kv)
Flickr:
FB:
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Cup-and-saucer Plant (Breynia retusa)
Indian Sarasaparilla (Hemidiscus indicus)
Female Golden Oriole
Pied Paddy(field) Skimmer
On the path:
Florida Pusley (Richardia scabra)
The beauty of the path
Small temple
Can you spot the Rock Eagle Owl?
Here it is
Rounedleaf Toothcup (Rotala rotundifolia) (acquatic plant)
We had many Leopard sightings! Common Leopard
Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa)
Children: Yashvit (Srilakshmi's son) and Vismayee
*************************
Video:
8048 Dark Cerulean: https://youtu.be/OOH0vXTA0_E?si=afaR6gdoyFBBV83d
Announcement:
Kalkere Biodiversity Walk: Saturday,4 November '23
The Deputy Conservator of Forests, Bannerghatta, is pleased to announce the Kalkere Biodiversity Walk for November 23.
Where: Kalkere Reserve Forest
When: Saturday, 4 Oct '23
Meeting Time: 6 15am.
The groups will start the walk by 6.15am. Each group will be accompanied by at least one Forest Guard/KFD official.
The walk is restricted to 40 people in 2 groups of 20 each.
Since sunrise is now later, we will have the walk in a single phase, from 6.15 to 9.30am.
There will be a forest entry fee of Rs.150 per participant (Children, and students who show valid ids, will be exempted.) The fee will be collected by the volunteers and given to the KFD staff (BY CASH) before the participant joins the walk.
Those who are interested in participating can register on the form at
https://forms.gle/kQRUfaQ6XG9bkQMv7
(please read the instructions carefully before you fill the form)
The registration will open at 8.30 pm on Wednesday, 31st October. '23.
Each participant, whether adult or child, has to be registered individually. Please do not include a spouse or other family member in the registration.
If there are children to be registered, please give their names and age (on separate registrations) on the form, registering separately for them. You will have to use a different mobile no. for each registration.
Selected participants will be confirmed ONLY when they join the WA group for the walk. Further instructions/guidelines will be given on the WA group.
IMPORTANT, please read and fill fhe form carefully:
1. Please fill all fields. FULL NAME required (there are often two identical first names like Srinivas or Pirya, etc.) Improperly filled forms will have to be disqualified for selection.
2.. Please give only a mobile no.on which you use WhatsApp. Selected participants will be added to the WA group for the walk on that number.
3. Your proper postal address is required. "Bangalore" is not a valid address as everyone joining this walk is likely to be from Bangalore
4.. Please wait for the confirmation email which will also give the link to the WA group to join. This may take a little time as the KFD has to release the list. do not pass on the WA group joining link to others. The link will be reset after all the selected participants have joined the WA group.
5. Please check for the confirmation on the same email id that you have given on the form. * PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER TOO* .(There have been repeated problems with people not checking their spam folder and saying they have not got the email)
3. If you are not selected, please do not arrive at the Reserve Forest Office asking to be included. This is unfair to participants who have taken the effort to register. Unregistered/unconfirmed participants will have to sit in the office until the walk is concluded.
Welcoming you to the walk,
DCF/ACF, Bannerghatta.
KBW volunteers
*******************************
Selection email
The Deputy Conservator of Forests, Bannerghatta, welcomes you to join the Biodiversity walk on Saturday, 4 November, '23
Please go through all the information in this email carefully, as it is relevant.
Please confirm your participation by joining the WA group for the event on this link::
https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ev8dppEjtSVG0kd5zcjXEZ
(only ONE participant can use this link . Please do not add multiple people on this link. Those whose names are not on the KFD selection list will be removed from the WA group and not allowed to join the walk.)
*PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE CONFIRMED FOR THIS WALK ONLY WHEN YOU JOIN THE WA GROUP.
If you are unable to join for the walk, please let me know at once, so that another participant can join.
Please report by 6am
Meeting Point location:
https://goo.gl/maps/Gs2JDdqprYLLGubNA
( Kalkere Reserve Forest Office, off Bannerghatta Road)
Meeting Point time: 0600 hrs
(Several cars can be parked in the compound of the RFO, but car pooling is strongly recommended and will reduce the number of vehicles.)
The RFO is on the routes of all BMTC buses going through Bannerghatta Road (365, 366, 371, G4, etc.)
IMPORTANT:
1. Please report at the Reserve Forest Office, Kalkere (location given in the WA group description) for the first session, a little before 6am. The two groups will be accompanied by forest guards. Latecomers will not be able to join the walk.
2. Wear: Dull-coloured clothes, hats/caps, comfortable walking shoes. Rainwear if rain is forecast
3. Bring: Binoculars, cameras, bird books/apps, pads and pencils if you like to sketch or take notes.
4. Bring plenty of water as the weather is quite warm. You can fill up your water bottles during breakfast.
5. Washrooms are available on the first floor of the RF Office.
6. If you are driving, enter the gate and take the left-hand side path and drive down until you reach the forest office. The guards sometimes make you park near the gate, but tell them you are coming for the walk and drive in.
7. Both groups meet up at the office building after both parts of the walk: At 8.30am, to have breakfast and at 10.30am, to disperse.
8. Please do not bring unregistered friends or family members along. They will have to sit out the walk. KFD allows only those participants who have been selected and have joined the WA group (children are allowed with their parents)
9. This is a forest area, so please ALWAYS keep with the group and do not stray away. (this is especially for those who are using cameras.) If you find something interesting or want to photograph it, please draw the attention of the volunteers to it, the whole group can stop. Do not stop without informing the group.
10. Please upload your images to the album, on this link:
https://bit.ly/kalkerewalks
11. Please feel free to email me with any other queries (mohandeepa@gmail.com). But please do not email me without reading all the information above, which has been given in detail.
Cheers,
Deepa Mohan
for Kalkere Biodiversity Walk Volunteers.
and on behalf of the DCF/ACF, Bannerghatta
Karnataka Forest Department.
*************************
eBird: Deb's checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S153693308 (48 sp)
My checklist:https://ebird.org/checklist/S153689913 (67 sp)
Trip report: https://ebird.org/tripreport/169462 (70 sp overall)
iNat: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-11-04&place_id=any&user_id=deemopahan&verifiable=any (https://tinyurl.com/52wxd7kv)
Flickr:
FB:
*****************************
Cup-and-saucer Plant (Breynia retusa)
Indian Sarasaparilla (Hemidiscus indicus)
Female Golden Oriole
Pied Paddy(field) Skimmer
On the path:
Florida Pusley (Richardia scabra)
The beauty of the path
Small temple
Can you spot the Rock Eagle Owl?
Here it is
Rounedleaf Toothcup (Rotala rotundifolia) (acquatic plant)
We had many Leopard sightings! Common Leopard
Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa)
Children: Yashvit (Srilakshmi's son) and Vismayee
*************************
Video:
8048 Dark Cerulean: https://youtu.be/OOH0vXTA0_E?si=afaR6gdoyFBBV83d
Click to view