Sunday, November 16, 2008

Butterflies

Saru and I went birding today morning with members of the NAvi MUmbai NAturalistS (Namunas). We had sightings of some sun birds, kingfishers and drongos and a beautiful black eagle, but the highlight of the walk was butterflies. We used a magnifying lens to look at some the colors and designs and were totally impressed. Julius and Ritesh and Alok helped us identify the names. Here are some cool pictures we took.


Striped Tiger Butterfly



Peacock Pansy Butterfly




Lemon Pansy Butterfly




Common Leopard Butterfly




Tiger Butterfly




Striped Tiger Butterfly




Eggfly Butterfly



Common Sergeant Butterfly




Chocolate Pansy Butterfly



Yellow-Orange Tipped Butterflies - Mud Puddling


13 comments:

  1. I had no clue that so many varieties of butterflies existed. Thanks to you guys, now I tell people that not everything is a duck, they might be Egrets too. Thats the only name I remember from our bird watching trip.

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  2. Me too!! It was very fascinating to look at them up close and learn about them.

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  3. Lovely butterflies! Did you take all these pictures yourself? Amazing! Nice to discover your blog, there is so much interesting stuff here!

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  4. Yes, my husband and I took these pictures. It is actually pretty easy to photograph some of these bigger butterflies. They sit still, drying their wings in the morning.

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  5. This is a fabulous collection, and splendid photography. Thanks for sharing.:)

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  6. Thanks for visiting my new blog Celine. Hobbies are what make life fun and interesting and I am certainly enjoying my travels and photographs.

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  7. Amazing pictures.. close-up shots !

    I never heard of namunas. Where is this place actually ?

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  8. Namunas are a local bird watching group in Navi Mumbai. We went to the Gowlideo hills in Airoli for this nature walk.

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  9. cuckoo,
    I just realized that you were from Mumbai too, so here is a better description of Namunas - These are a subgroup of members from Bombay Natural History Society and Birds of Bombay groups. They have regular bird watching trips in and around Mumbai. Let me know if you want to join them. They are a very enthusiastic group of people. I hear that flamingoes are arriving!!

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  10. Did you find all these butterflies in just one trip and that too in one place? Amazing!! Didn't realize that there were this many varieties :-| Thanks for sharing :-)

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  11. Yes, we found these and many more in a single trip. Apparently this is the right season (after monsoons) for butterfly watching!

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  12. Man...u guys r getting a side of bbay that I never got to see in so many years!! Nice going! Awesome pics - u need to take us on a nature walk next time we r there!

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