February 2016 |
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7-8 February. Jens Rydell from Sweden visited. I worked with Jens a lot about 25 years ago, and we had a great road trip in Florida. I hadn't seen him in 20 years (except briefly in Berlin 3 years ago), so we had a lot to catch up with. Jens has recently published some of the best bat photos I have seen in his new book. He's interested in doing an English version, so we met up to take some incidental shots during one of Roger Ransome's bat surveys, and also photographed the bat misericord at Hereford Cathedral. Detail from the Mappa Mundi, how the world was viewed in 1300. 'the most important and most celebrated medieval map in any form'. The large building bottom middle in the lower photo represents Rome. Images converted to grey scale. India: 25 January - 5 February. My first visit there in 24 years. Steve Rossiter, Jon Flanders and I taught a workshop on bat methods at Osmania University in Hyderabad. We then headed to Kawal Tiger Reserve and visited bat roosts around there. Rousettus leschenaultii Cynopterus sphinx Megaderma lyra Hipposideros speoris - grey and orange colour morphs. Hipposideros lankadiva Asian palm civet Rhesus macaque Southern plains gray langur Semnopithecus dussumieri. Psammophilus dorsalis, peninsular rock agama or South Indian rock agama. Hemidactylus cf. giganteus, giant leaf-toed gecko. Indian roller Green bee-eater Spotted dove and some Indian people, followed by a sunset. Bird list Great cormorant Little cormorant Little grebe Great egret Little egret Cattle egret Purple heron Indian pond heron Asian openbill Black-headed ibis Black ibis Combe duck Spot-billed duck Common pochard Black-shouldered kite Brahminy kite Black kite Shikra Bonelli's eagle Booted eagle Grey francolin Indian peafowl Grey jungle fowl Bronze-winged jacana Yellow-wattled lapwing Red-wattled lapwing Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Black-headed gull Brown-headed gull River tern Whiskered tern Spotted dove Feral pigeon Plum-headed parakeet Alexandrine parakeet Rose-ringed parakeet Greater coucal Lesser coucal Spotted owlet House swift Crested treeswift Indian roller Pied kingfisher White-throated kingfisher Green bee-eater Brown-headed barbet Indian grey hornbill White-naped woodpecker Rufous-tailed lark Dusky crag martin Wire-tailed swallow Black drongo Asian pied starling Common mynah Rufous treepie House crow Red-vented bulbul Jungle babbler Common babbler Asian paradise flycatcher Plain prinia Chiffchaff Clamorous reed warbler Oriental magpie robin Indian robin Paddyfield pipit White-browed wagtail Forest wagtail Purple sunbird Indian silverbill House sparrow Other mammals Nilgai Chausingha |