With
the rainy season on in this part of India, it has been a relief from the
scorching heat, but comes with it the humidity and sultry weather. The
moment it rains and immediately following one can see a variety of life
forms out in open, some due to the good reasons for it is time for them to feed
on their prey available in plenty, for breeding season call bell to tie nuptial
knots, or for bad reasons that their hideouts are flooded with water.
Whatever
the reason, for someone who wants to see life forms croaking, tweeting,
buzzing, humming, etc and registering their presence that they are there,
but come out only in such pleasant weather, is great satisfaction. I was particularly
pleased to see the Indian bull frog (Rana tigrina ) in large numbers croaking in
small water bodies filled with rain water.
Toads mating. © Photos by Dr.Zaka Imam
Toads mating. © Photos by Dr.Zaka Imam
What
surprised me was the aggressive mating of toads: the yellow coloured male
comparatively smaller in size was aggressively in hold of a larger size female, and
this went on for quite sometime, presumably, as I left them alone after taking a few photographs.
I was more than delighted after having taken shots of crows, some birds looking
for insects, and frogs and toads.
Bird searching for insects. © Photo by Dr.Zaka Imam
However,
I have not been able to identify most of the species shot, for I do not want to guess and report inaccurate species names. If someone helps me
in this task I will be obliged and delighted to receive the help. Though, I am happy
the life is kicking and there are more species around, though they are visible rarely.
Their photographs though will remind us of their presence around.
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