MAYANI bird sanctuary

                                                    The fantastic location for water birds.....

 Mayni....
 Satara dst. , Near Vita taluka place...
                        Many migratory birds pass through the area, such as Flamingos from Siberia, which come in large numbers.      Approximately 400 migratory birds were reported. Other birds like the Northern Shoveler, Stork and Kingfisher are also found at the sanctuary. Other resident and migratory bird species in the winter season include: Coot, Brahminy Ducks, Black Ibis, Painted storks, Common Spoon bills, etc. The nests of storks are also observed near the lake. Flamingos are regular winter visitors to the place. The flamingo species are observed feeding in shallow water.Mayani Bird Sanctuary is studied as a typical wetland ecosystem which is rich in flora and fauna.It is observed that, the hydrophytic species like otolia sps grows very well in shallow water. It is the main source of food for aquatic birds.Other food is available viz. small fishes, crabs, water insects etc. also observed. Some efforts have been made for conservation of natural forest near the lake. This region is mainly under drought condition. Some plots have been allotted to local farmers, such as on the lake's dam during summer when the water dries up. There are also some medicinal plants grown in the region. Cactus are also planted nearby the lake.

                        The sanctuary covers area about 65 Hectors... When I was walking along the lake I saw a big colony of red rumped swallow . I was appro. 200 m. far from them. I wont to capture them..I did close to them to take snaps and I covered 200 m distance with Zik - Zak motion and hide and hiding ...and finally got the snaps of  them . That was a lovely experience . 
         
       If you are the bird lover then Mayni is the perfect place for you . Mayni is one of the sanctuary that is well connected by all the means of communication and transportation .

       The best time to visit it is during winter . Dont miss this golden place of birds...

                                                                                                                
       For more info. contact me .. Ninad Gosavi --> 9764876703 

असा पाउस मनमानी.......

 खरं तर आज wild life पेक्षा जरा वेगळ लिहितोय  .............
      आज सकाळी क्लास जाला अणि घरी यायला निघालो . जरा change म्हणून मारुती रोड वर गाड़ी घातली . अणि तेवढ्यात पावसाला सुरवात झाली . गाड़ी पावसात तशीच सोडून आडोशाला उभा राहिलो . सकाळचे ७ वाजले होते . चहाची वेळ . समोर मस्त एका टपरीवर रेडिओ लावला होता . pahilyach सरीचा ओला सुवास आला... मस्त गाण लागलं होतं ...

म्हंटल चला एक कटिंग मारू . टपरीच्या पत्र्यावारून पडणारी पावसाची धार नकळत चाहत पडत होती. पण तिकडे लक्ष देण्यापेक्षा त्या पलीकडचा पाउस लई भारी होता ... चाह संपला ...गाण पण संपलं होतं ...गाड़ीला किक मारली अणि घरी गेलो . घरी गेल्यावर कल्ला की हरिपुर मधे एक काम करुन यायचं  आहे . मला काय ... मला हवच होतं . पुन्हा गाड़ी काढली ..सरळ हरिपुरचा रस्ता धरला . रस्त्यावर कोणीही नव्हतं . पाउस जोरात चालू ..डोक्यावर टोपी नाही ...चाश्म्यावर सगले थेम्ब...अणि गाड़ी ४ थ्या गिअर वर ... काम लगेच उरकल..थांबून  उपयोग नव्हता ..पाउस थांबला असता..तसाच घरी आलो . परत एकदा चाहा झाला..पण या वेळी सोबतीला parle - G होतं .   

संध्याकाळी ७ ला क्लास सुटल्यावर मारुती रोड वरून मित्राबरोबर घरी येत होतो . च्या मारी तेवढ्यात पुन्हा पाउस . इतका जोरात आला की रस्त्यावरच्या लोकांची धावपळ झाली . पुन्हा नेहमीचं चित्र ...दुकानाचे कट्टे पटापट लोकांनी भरून गेले . त्यात आम्हीपण होतो ..दुकानाच्या आडोशाला थांबलो........ . lights off..मस्त खमंग वास सुटला होता ...अणि गरम तेलात काहीतरी टाकल्याचा  आवाज आला ..समोर वाडेवाला होता . मस्त गरम ..समोर वडे .. त्यात पाउस ...अणि आम्ही काय ही संधी सोडणार होतो ?.. दोन वडे हाणले...मित्राने {धनंजय}अणि २ वाड्याची order दिली . माझ्या डोक्यात एक भारी idea आली . bag मधे  dominos च flecs होत . फोडला अणि वाड्यावर घातला . Dominos VADA . wow ! आता मात्र पाउस फार वाढला  होता पाणी घोट्यापर्यंत आलं होतं .
      ...... मजा आली आज ...खूप भारी वाटलं ...तुमचाही पाउस असाच झाला असेल न ? मला सांगायला विसरु नका . just add your comment here and share ur पाउस .....
                                        असा पाउस मनमानी ...असा पाउस मनमानी ....
                                          त्याची बेफिकिरी करते सरिसरी ना तूफानी

Yana

                        याना ......... लक्षात राहण्यासारखे ठिकाण . या वर्षी आमचा कैंप याना ला होता . ( याना - tq.- कुमठा , dist.- उ. कन्नडा, कर्नाटक )  yana rocks हे तिथल आकर्षण . ज्वलामुखिपसून बनलेले अणि पाउस, वारा,ऊन यांच्या आघाताने झिजलेले मोठे पाषाण . इतके मोठे की पूर्ण पाषाण बघायला मान पूर्ण वाकडी करावी लगते .तर या आशा मस्त ठिकाणी आमचा कैंप पार पडला .

                        हे गाव ( गाव नाहीच वस्ति आहे ३१ घरांची ) तसा जंगलात वसलेल. So, nature camp घ्यायला अगदी योग्य . प्राणी तसे फरसे नाहीत पण पक्षी मात्र भरपूर , वनस्पति शास्त्रालाही खाद्य पुरेपुर . So,कैंप मस्त झाला असणार यात शंकाच  नाही.    

                       आम्ही ६१ जण होतो .म्हणजे त्यात आमचं volenteer च टोळक होतच. मस्त दंगा करणारं . 1 मे- ६ मे या कालावधीत कैंप होता . पाहिले २ दिवस जंगलात ट्रेक होते. ४ तारखेला long treak , विभूति फ़ॉल्स ला . विभूति फ़ॉल्स याना पासून ८ km. लांब . चालत गेलो सगळे . तिथे पुन्हा खडी उतरण . अणि शेवटी मस्त उंच धबधबा. गार पाण्यात मनसोक्त हत्ती सारखं डूंबलो.  

                         कतगल च्या अलीकडे १ km.  वर यानाचा फाटा आहे . त्या फट्याने सरळ गेलात तर १५ मिनिटांच्या अंतरावर तुम्हाला एक टेलीफ़ोन exchenger ऑफिस दिसेल . त्या ऑफिस च्या समोर विनायक हेडगेच घर आहे . तो त्या ऑफिस मधे काम करतो . विनायक हा यानाचा पर्यटक अधिकारी म्हंटल तरी चालेल . कारण या वस्तीत त्याचं एकट्याचंच रेसॉर्ट आहे . रहायची सोय पण मस्त . एक झोपड़ी आहे रहायला . तशी मोठी आहे . पण खरच जंगलात रहायला गेल्याचा खरा feel इथे येतो . विनायकंच तुमचे treak ठरवेल. त्याला पूर्ण जंगल पाठ आहे . विनायकचे मित्र अप्पू ( पुरुषोत्तम) अणि संतोष पण तुम्हाला भेटतील . एवढच नाही विनायक तुम्हाला orkut वर पण भेटेल . माझ्या friend list माहे आहे तो . बाकी सारी व्यवस्था तो करेलच .
                          याना च आणखी एक वैशिष्ठ म्हणजे तिथे सेंचुरी पाम आहेत . हे एक प्रकारचे पाम आहेत ज्यांना ८० ते ९० वर्षांनी फुलोरा येतो अणि एकदा फुलोरा येउन गेला की ते मरून जातात  . त्यांची ऊँची सुद्धा फार . एकंदर काय तर यानात सारं काही अवाढव्य आहे .

          मग दिवाळीची  सुट्टी यानात घालवायचा विचार आहे की नाही ? जाताना मला जरुर सांगा . मी पण यायला तयार आहे .
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An injured young one of kite

                                  Tring.... Tring...... I picked up my phone there was my friend ( Namrata patil , she is also animal lover) telling me that an injured young one of a bird found in her relative's back yard. I picked up my bag and camera and went to her ( friend's) home. Firstly we saw a est which is made up of  some parts of a brach of coconut tree. That was kite's nest.

                                   Then we saw that young one of bird . It was black and 8-10 cm. in length. It had some white hair like ecxoskaleton. When i touched it stared to scream like  'shooooo......shooo...........' It was a cub of kite .

   We picked up it with it's nest and went at friend's house ( her hasband is femous vet.dr.  Dr. Gorakh Patil . ) . We feed it the dog food and meat. And finaly now it is well .

 If  you find an injured bird or animal  Please contact us ,

 Animal and Bird resque 
 9764876703

                                 TO see the video of this,click on  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYmC3V90lqk

We organise a Sparrow PROGRAM and comp.

                                  20 march  -: World House Sparrow Day.

                                  Nearly we did survey of birds in Sangli city. ( Dr. Salim ali bird Census 2009) and in that census we found the approximate number of house sparrow that was 4807 only ! It is less than last census.
          
                                  Buildings and traffic are the mail causes of it . They distroy their food chain as well as nesting place.

                                  What should you do to increase the number of House sparrow. Please send us me your IDEAS . We will publish your great ideas in our House Sparrow program . 

              Sparrow Program
                     Date- 21/03/2010
                     Time- 5 pm - 7 pm
                     Address- Nagar Vachnalay , near Mahanagar palika , Sangli. 416 416   

                      as well as we organise drowing and poster compitition . For student and OPEN group

                      For more info. cantact me - 9764876703
                    

.....and I caught them in my cam.

Black drongo-. It is common in Grass lands . Black in colour. Its marathi name is KOTWAL (policeman) means guard and it is also known as king crow . He has V shaped tail .
Black drongo mainly bried in februri and march .

    

Pond Heron- It is small heron and commonly find out near pond and rivers. It has brownish coloure on back and yollowish beak. Small fishes and insects are his main food . The breeding season is prior to the Monsoons.

Little Brown Dove- It is from dove family and also known as Laughing dove. Is has pink and faint brown colour.It is a common and widespread species in scrub, dry farmland . L.B. dove eat grass, seeds and grains.

Black Ibis- is a species of Ibis found in part of south asia. It has a curlew-like long down-curved bill, a black head with a patch of crimson, and a white patch near the shoulder.It nests in trees and breeds from March to October in North /west India.

I made my snake stick in house

                       Today I thought "Why cant i make a stick to catch snakes at home itself?" So I decided to give it a try & guess what?? it was a great success.I just gathered few things to get the work done.
Let me share few tips about how to make a snake catching stick..
Read it . Finaly I got success in making snake stick . But it is my advice that if you don't know about snakes please dont make it .
                        Here I give you some tips to making it .

   STEP -1
                Lets start collecting the things..

               1) T.V. Antena sticks and thred.

                                     2) Metal wire









    STEP-2    First thread antena sticks through the thread and then put a knot at the one end of each stick .
Make sure to do it on the oposite side & not on the same side where you are threading the sticks.

    STEP-3    Now make a hook shape with metal wire,
You can choose it V shaped or U shaped ( V shaped hook is used for small snakes and U for large snakes)

     STEP-4 

Now Fix this hook on the one side of the threaded stick and now join all sticks to each other.

& thats it.Your foldable snake catching stick is ready.

& it will be a good idea if u can put how it is usually used ?

Snake stick



                                                                                                                                     After folding

                                          

When we loss in Forest

             That was my first camp in forest. In Sharavati forest ( back water of river sharavati). That was nd day of camp . For collecting foot prints of animals we did go to Sase chouk . There was 3 groups going to different 3 ways . That place was deeped forest place . 2 groups had guide but we did not have . Listenig birds we did go in forest and that time was 6 pm . Other  groups was busy in collecting foot prints .

              To return to our bus we turned right side ane walk a far distancs. That time was 6.45 and  starting to dark . May be 2 km. distance covered but we could not found our bus . Elder members of our group said that

" We loss ."

" We should turn left when we turn right."

                I frightened. That was my first camp so I did not have any experience about that and for 2 min. I thought ' I never come (?) to the forest for comping .

                We return and change our path. Some fearful voices ....................... just like nightjars and Barking dears ....and fearful voice of Bamboo ( when air goes through bamboo it makes voice like shhhooooooo....chirrrrrr) .

                 After some time we sow  eyes behind tree we afraid. We stoped........ they went away after some time . We dont know who saw us .............. but that night was too fearfull.
                                                                                                                                                                          

                 At last we found forest ranger's car and god bless us . They told us       
" the bus stands after one turn back "  

                 That time was 8:30 pm. Other groups waiting for us and we got the bus .

                 But that experiance is one of the memorial of my life and i can't forgot it .

Handi Bhadangnath

                                                                      Base camp
              Because of its name you may thin what is it ? It is a name of forest.The owrd 'Nath' means a lord or a master of Nath sect. Last year we had gone for our camp in that place . It is sacred place but just awesom . Elephant is most attraction of this place. As well as  Langoors and Sloth bear nd many of the animals. For birders it is  blessing place also for reptils.
             'Akash bhairav'  'Patal bhairav'  ' Machhinnath' and rock hill are beautiful spots of this forest. 3 rd day at 'Machhinath' when we going back to our camp site timing was evening twilight some black spots seen at bottom of the hill. Vithumama ( Vatadya { guide} ) says
 
     " Are thamba ! Samor bagha gave ahet. "

               He want to show us Bison. Firstly I saw them . We  saw total 13 Bison  ' Machhinath' . Now there was scilence . Every one try to catch them in their cams. I was too happy to saw them. After some time we forworded .
          
       " Stop "  I whispored. " khali basa tithe harina ahet. ( " Sit down there is a pair of spoted dear ! " )

                We sow them . It was a family ane female and mail and their calf . Calf was too beautiful and Gondas ! At our road my friend founded spins of Porcupine.                
                 That day was just amezing and we was too happy .                               



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                   try to be ................wild .........and get your happiness

Going to camp in forest ?

                                                               
               Are you going to make your camp in forest ? Just remember that you are taking camp in forest. It is not a simple thing. Forest is very amezing place but some time you should face to any dangerous calavities. If you are not proper edjucated about that forest you must face some problems and that problems make you live or die. There are some rules of forest and wild life. If you does not obeay that you will face problems. So dont forget them.

                1) First thing that you are not in your city . So behave like watcher and student.
                2) If you are in group....dont miss your group thai is walk with them.
                3) If you are going to watching animals....must avoid perfumes and deo. Becouse animal has sense of smell more than any other living organisms
                4) Avoid that playing songs in loud or shouting if you do it some angry animals can hurt you
                5) Please put earth on your latrin. ( It is imp.)
                6) Remember that forest is not your dustbeen.

                 Best of luck for youe camp.

How did I enter

                                                       
                    In may 2005 I was join BVS nature club in sangli . I am too excited becouse firstly I was going to camp in forest. Sence my childhood I like to play with my pets and trees and insects but I didnt know that it will become my career .
                    We gone Sharavati wild life scentury (karnataka) in 2005 . It is sami rain forest . There is a back water of river Sharavati.In 2006 we did camp in kankumbhi (karnataka) . It is not dark forest but it is very good for Bird watching. In 2007 we did camp in Bhadravati wild life scentury ( karnataka ) . It was just awesom . It is best for bird watching as well as botany section and also special for elephant.In 2008 we gone to camp in Phanasad ( Alibag - Maharashtra ).It is too good for animal watching . There are some resting places for animals and we can found them in that place. You should go there . In 2009 we did go to cam in Handi Bhadang nath ( Near to Londha junction - karnataka ) . It is more scecial for elephant and other animals like TIgers ( Seasonal ) .

                     This camp is between 2 may -7 may ( every year ) . If you want to participet contact me as comment . Please do not forgot to add your email address. 
                     or mail me at parth_nin1@yahoo.co.in.