Nature Walk at Kesare / Kamana Kere

Date: 20/07/2014, Sunday

Habitat: Canal fed tank and agriculture fields

Duration: Three Hours (7.00 to 10.00 AM)

Highlight: This part of Mysore outskirts (east) is still dry compared to the western part. Extensive fishing with three coracles. Participants (28) observed 24 butterfly & 69 birds species. Few interesting ones

• Birds – YELLOW-BITTERN, PIED CUCKOO, CRESTED SERPENT EAGLE; Breeding birds- GREAT TIT (CINEROUS TIT), PADDYFIELD PIPIT, SILVERBILL(WHITE-THROATED MUNIA), BLACK-HEADED MUNIA (TRICOLORED MUNIS)
• Butterflies – Caterpillars of ZEEBRA BLUE on PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA & PLAIN TIGER on CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA plants. And adults - COMMON LEOPARD, BUSH HOPPER, COMMON WANDERs showed up.
• Plants – LUDWIGIA OCTOWALVIS, CORDIA DOCHOTOMA, MIKANIA MICRANTHUS, TRICHODESMA INDICUM(FL), MORINDA TOMENTOSA (FL &FR), STREBLUS ASPER, IPOMEA OBSCURA (FL), etc.,
• Sadananda KB guided the nature walk after a gap of 7 months.
• Plants identification credit: KB Sadananda & K. Sampath Kumar K.
• View today’s checklist online Pic: Oriental Garden Lizard Calotes versicolor