On my Banyan tree

[Neil Soares]

Hi,   My Banyan tree was fruiting at my farm at Shahapur yesterday. Sending a few photographs - the last 4 are by my friend Jayesh Timbadia.                        With regards,                          Neil Soares.

[Rashida Atthar]

Great set of Visitors ! Thanks for sharing Neil !

 

regards,

Rashida.

[Mahadeswara]

Excellent photographs of birds on the banyan tree. It is difficult to
photograph birds on trees. Thanks for sharing the photos.

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>  Oriental Magpie-robin [male].jpg
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>  Black-naped Blue Monarch [male].jpg
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[Neil Soares]

Thanks Rashida. When the tree is in fruit it is visited by a number of birds and insects, but as Dr.Mahadeshwara wrote, it is not always easy to photograph them. Sending a few photographs taken last year.                         Regards,                           Neil.  --- On Tue, 3/22/11, Rashida Atthar <atthar....@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Rashida Atthar <atthar....@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:65310] On my Banyan tree To: "Neil Soares" <drneil...@yahoo.com> Cc: indian...@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 1:33 PM

Great set of Visitors ! Thanks for sharing Neil !   regards, Rashida.

[Satish Chile]

Nice catches Neil ji.

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Dr. Satish Kumar Chile

[Rashida Atthar]

Another great set of visitors skillfully shot .!  Thanks for sharing Neil.

 

regards,

Rashida.

[raghu ananth]

Dear Dr. Neil/All Its always a great experience during summer to see the numerous birds feasting on the fig fruits silently. Your amazing collection depicts  many region specific birds which are quite interesting and new to me (On fig tree). Red breasted fly catcher Rufous treepie, V. Sun birds and oriental white eye Puff throat Black naped monarch Phylloscopus warbler Black hooded oriole The rest of your birds on fig tree are found in my place too. Pls check these links. http://earthsublime.blogspot.com/2010/03/mysore-fig-ficus-mysorensis-goni-mara.html https://picasaweb.google.com/raghu.krn/MysoreFigFruitingTreeThatAttractManyBirds# Thanks a lot for sharing these moments. Regards Raghu --- On Thu, 24/3/11, Neil Soares <drneil...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Neil Soares]

Hi Raghu,    Great set of photographs !! Thanks for sending them. Saw a fruiting Mysore Fig tree when I visited Phansad W.L.S. with Pravin Kawale in March 2010 and was impressed with the variety of birds frequenting the tree. Had posted photographs then and they are available at this link:   https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/search?hl=en&group=indiantreepix&q=Neil+Soares+Ficus+drupacea&qt_g=Search+this+group      Have since planted one on my property at Shahapur [ Photograph 1] though it will take a long time to fruit.    Have added a few photographs of other visitors to my Banyan tree including photographs of a beehive of Indian Rock Bees that disappeared without a trace 2 weeks after it was formed & also photographs of 3 Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher chicks that fledged successfully. [Though nest photography is strictly discouraged, extreme caution was exercised while taking these photographs].                                  Regards,                                    Neil Soares.   --- On Fri, 3/25/11, raghu ananth <ragh...@yahoo.com> wrote: