The Dandeli Forest Reserve is most famous for its magnificent hornbills. We saw Grey Hornbills and the spectacular Malabar Pied Hornbill.The big bird has a horn-like appendage on its bill, hence the name. Its horn and bill are golden, the body is chocolate brown, and the feathers have white fringes. When we went, they were courting. Once the female lays eggs in her hole-in the tree-nest, the male hornbill seals up the nest with clay and dung , leaving a small hole from which to feed his partner. He works whole day to feed his prisoner, and the effort makes him quite thin, while the female relaxes for days till the eggs are hatched and becomes fat!
The hornbills are numerous along the banks of the Koneri river, a forest stream famous for its flash floods. White water lilies are blooming in the shallows.
The 'Evening Glory" had not yet opened for the night.
These are lightweight boats called coracles, made of bamboo and hide. They have been in use since thousands of years in these parts. The boatman had fixed tables in the centre for the tourists to sit. Four people can sit on it.The boatman sits with a staff.(oar) The coracle is ideal for fishing and bird watching as it makes no sound , nor creates ripples. In Kannada, it is called Harigolu, which means "God is the Staff"- self explanatory!
A Common Crow,
Euploea core, landed on Sudha's hand, seeking warmth.
The Dandeli Forest Reserve is most famous for its magnificent hornbills. We saw Grey Hornbills and the spectacular Malabar Pied Hornbill.The big bird has a horn-like appendage on its bill, hence the name. Its horn and bill are golden, the body is chocolate brown, and the feathers have white fringes. When we went, they were courting. Once the female lays eggs in her hole-in the tree-nest, the male hornbill seals up the nest with clay and dung , leaving a small hole from which to feed his partner. He works whole day to feed his prisoner, and the effort makes him quite thin, while the female relaxes for days till the eggs are hatched and becomes fat!
The hornbills are numerous along the banks of the Koneri river, a forest stream famous for its flash floods. White water lilies are blooming in the shallows.
The 'Evening Glory" had not yet opened for the night.
These are lightweight boats called coracles, made of bamboo and hide. They have been in use since thousands of years in these parts. The boatman had fixed tables in the centre for the tourists to sit. Four people can sit on it.The boatman sits with a staff.(oar) The coracle is ideal for fishing and bird watching as it makes no sound , nor creates ripples. In Kannada, it is called Harigolu, which means "God is the Staff"- self explanatory!
A Common Crow,Euploea core, landed on Sudha's hand, seeking warmth.
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