mirabyte Feed Writer Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:08:02 +0530 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:37:37 +0530 C O C O O N http://www.pixelcompo.com/ The 'Common Crow' butterfly creates a cocoon, also known as a chrysalis, derived from a Greek word, chrysos, which means gold. Caterpillars encase in their self made cocoons in a process that goes from grounded caterpillar....to pupa....to a soaring butterfly. Pixelcompo is in the cocoon stage now, and hopefully grow up into a soaring butterfly.......

- Kedar Bhat

common crow cocoon

]]> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:46:15 +0530 M a n t i s m o u l t http://www.kedarbhat.com/ Found this beautiful praying mantis moult at Owlekar wadi at Ghodbunder road, Thane. Also a caterpillar and a grass hopper etc.

Praying Mantis moult

]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:22:24 +0530 Award http://www.kedarbhat.com/ 2nd place, Pro division

2009 National Wildlife Photo Contest

Landscapes and Plants category

My photo of grass pollen dispersion has won second place in the Landscapes and Plants category, Pro division of 2009 National Wildlife Photo Contest. This year's contest winners were drawn from nearly 70,000 entries (the largest pool in contest history) and three rounds of judging.

Grass pollen dispersion

]]> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:44:36 +0530 Kaas flower plateau - Insectivorous flowers Drosera Indica and Drosera Burmanni http://www.kedarbhat.com/naturewildlife/kaas/005/kaas.htm  New Images from Kaas flower plateau uploaded

]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:39:10 +0530 KAAS - Plateau of fowers http://www.kedarbhat.com/naturewildlife/kaas/001/kaas.htm KAAS - Satara, Maharashtra, INDIA

Spectacular carpets of pink Impatiens, blue Utricularia, yellow Smithia and Sonki or at places tiny balls of Eriocaulon against stunning cloud formations  is what KAAS plateau broadly looks like. KAAS plateau is home to millions of tiny flowers in late monsoon. Hundreds of different species of wild flowers, herbs, insectivorous plants can be found here.

Kaas plateau is located about 160 km from Pune in Satara district of western part of Maharashtra within the  Deccan area. From Satara city Kaas is about 25km enroute Bamnoli. AT 1200meters elevation it’s a big lateritic plateau (locally called as SADAA in marathi). The laterite soil ( red soil produced by rock decay; contains insoluble deposits of ferric and aluminum oxides ) cover is just a few inches thick. This plateau overlooks the lush evergreen forests that serves as a water catchment area of Koyna Dam and which is recently declared as Sahyadri Tiger reserve. To reach Kaas, one can reach Satara by road/rail and drive 25km towards Bamnoli. The flowering is clearly visible on both sides of the road. One can also visit Ajinkyatara and Sajjangad fort which is nearby. Kaas lake is situated at the other end of the road when one drives from Satara.

]]> Sun, 03 May 2009 10:32:35 +0530 May2009 - image of the month http://www.kedarbhat.com Praying Mantis

Praying mantis - named so because of the typical prayer-like stance. They are masters of camouflage, predatory in nature and majority of mantises are ambush predators, waiting for the prey to stray too near.

]]> Fri, 01 May 2009 06:01:24 +0530 Valley of flowers http://www.kedarbhat.com/naturewildlife/valley_of_flowers/001/vof.htm  

New album uploaded

A world heritage site in the Garhwal Himalayas where innumerable flowers bloom in the month of july-aug.

 

]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:19:19 +0530 Turtle festival 2 http://www.kedarbhat.com/naturewildlife/turtlefestival/2009_2_news/turtle_2009_2.htm

The Turtle Festival will be held again, by popular demand!!

The main purpose behind arranging this festival is to convey our 6 years old Turtle Protection and Conservation Project to distant places, to get more and more participation of the locals in it, to develop ecotourism / nature peregrination with which an income source can be created for the locals. Marine Turtles are under threat though out the world. They are extincting year by year. Large scale fishing business, increasing marine pollution, killing of turtle for food are affecting the turtle's growth adversely.

]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:20:14 +0530 Snakes http://www.kedarbhat.com/naturewildlife/rescuedsnakes/001/rescuedsnakes.htm Images of snakes rescued from various locations in and arround Thane by rescuer Chandrakant Kangralkar.

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]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:11:01 +0530 2009 Turtle Festival images uploaded http://www.kedarbhat.com/naturewildlife/turtle/turtle2009.htm Olive Ridley Turtle hatchlings released into the ocean

Sahyadri Nisarg Mitra, Chiplun organised the Turtle Festival on Saturday, the 22nd March and Sunday, the 23rd March 2009 at Velas, Taluka Mandangad, District Ratnagiri in coordination with the Gram Panchayat, Velas and the Forest Department.

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:48:31 +0530 March 2009 - Image of the month http://www.kedarbhat.com Chameleons are highly specialized lizards. They have stereoscopic eyes and a long highly modified, and rapidly extrudable tongue. They can rotate and focus separately to observe two different objects simultaneously. It in effect gives them a full 360-degree arc of vision around their body. When prey is located, both eyes can be focused in the same direction, giving sharp stereoscopic vision and depth perception. They have very good eyesight for reptiles, letting them see small insects from a long (5-10 cm) distance.

]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:06:12 +0530 TURTLE FESTIVAL 2009 http://www.kedarbhat.com/naturewildlife/turtle/turtle.htm Olive Ridley Turtle hatchlings will be released into the ocean

Sahyadri Nisarg Mitra, Chiplun is organising Turtle Festival on Saturday, the 22nd March and Sunday, the 23rd March 2009 at Velas, Taluka Mandangad, District Ratnagiri in coordination with the Gram Panchayat, Velas and the Forest Department. The main purpose behind arranging this festival is to convey our 6 years old Turtle Protection and Conservation Project to distant places, to get more and more participation of the locals in it, to develop ecotourism / nature peregrination with which an income source can be created for the locals. Marine Turtles are under threat though out the world. They are extincting year by year. Large scale fishing business, increasing marine pollution, killing of turtle for food are affecting the turtle's growth adversely.

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