Melagiri Wetland Census, 290123

Balaji, Carmel, Gayatri, Shalini. FD Guards Eswaran, Mahavishnu. RFO Murugesan. (We met Sri Govindaswamy 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:

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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!)

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