Sep 072011
 

I saw something crawling near the stone bench at my backyard, it was a bat!!! first I thought it was a fruit bat which is usually seen near my home. We have a mango tree & also a fig & silk cotton tree 300Mtrs away from my home. So, fruit bats are usual & sometimes

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Jul 142011
 
Brahminy Blind Snake

Today  I was mending some flowerpots in my backyard as recent rain had destroyed newly grown flowering plants, While emptying a flowerpot I saw a strange worm, approximately around 4 Cms long. At first I thought that it was a earthworm & wanted it to be in the same pot as they keep the soil

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May 192011
 

Came home afternoon for lunch & as usual will have little time before we start & i was watching TV, My two daughters were playing in the backyard as they are having summer holidays, Knowing that i was home they came inside & told me that they saw a different kind of spider in the

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Apr 212011
 

It was a hot afternoon yesterday & I had some strange visitors in my backyard, After lunch I went to my backyard for a casual walk & saw a unusual patch near the small bamboo plant, on close observation i found that a mantis was displaying its defensive behaviour (Opening wings & showing brightly coloured

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Jan 042010
 

There was a partial lunar eclipse on December 31st 2009 – January 1st 2010. Though it was a cloudy on the eve of New Year, some parts of India observed partial lunar eclipse. The sky cleared a bit during prime time of the eclipse and I was able to take some pics from 11:30PM to

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