Sunday, May 31, 2015

32. . Birds and Bugs of Almora and Kausani


When we were in Almora, a whole lot of beetles descended on our daisy patch. I had a field day taking pictures. The butterflies are, of course everywhere and chasing them for a picture is such fun. Here are some of them. I may name them at a later date. Naming the birds has sapped all my energy, its easier taking their pictures.


















Hummingbird hawk-moth


This amazing little creature looks and moves like a hummingbird and that helped me search for it on the net. Spent hours seeing it hover like a hummingbird and keep poking its proboscis into a flower and roll it like a elephant's trunk. We never saw it sit anywhere.


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13 comments:

  1. Cute little things.Beautiful finds.Gr8 lens.

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  2. Wow Sumita....beautiful pictures.....

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    1. Thanx Krishnayya. The pleasure I get on finding a new bird, insect etc on camera cannot be measured.

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  3. Satyajit Pratap has commented:
    'Wow...beauty as pristine in form, as would nature feel it should. amazzng. Never knew u were such an awsum shutter bug, Sumita".

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    1. Thanx. Satyajit. When you have all the time in the world you can do stuff like this.

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    2. Satyajit Pratap has commented:
      "oh..sooo JJJ.....running crazee around crazier targets, missing the subtle moments of leisure and rediscovery of tiny pleasures...."

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