FIELD TRIP TO BAOALI, NEAR BUDGE BUDGE STATION
Date of Trip: 19th September 2010. (Sunday)
Duration of Trip: 7:25 am to 4:40 pm
Location: Baoali, South 24 parganas. Some 12kms from Budge
budge Station. Nearest Station Budge budge on Sealdah Budge budge
line. Route: - Budge budge to Chariyal More by Auto Rickshaw then to
Bawali Tetultala by another auto rickshaw. Right from here watching
starts. We are going to old Rajbari area on foot.
Temperature: (As in Alipur) Max 27.9°C and Min 24.7°C.
Humidity: (As in Alipur) Max 98% and Min 86%.
Weather: Very bad. Cloudy. All the time raining. Medium to
Light rain. After 12:30pm gradually clear sky.
Habitat: Flourished village with a few large ponds, old
building, temple, large and medium trees, both deciduous and
evergreen, sufficient climbers and creepers, shrubs and herbs and
small and medium grasses.
BRIEF REPORT:-
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This week, Subhankar Patra, our guide, teacher, planner, moderator and
all in all our so called field marshal, planned our weekend trip to
Baoali. This place with an awkward name is located some 12kms from
Budge budge Station. Sunday we started our trip by catching the 6:10
Budge budge local from Sealdah. With team members getting up in
different station and Ashok da waiting in the spot we reached Baoali
after changing autos and bus from Budge budge. It was raining from
the very morning and it drizzled the whole day till 12:30pm and after
that gradually the cloud moved away giving clear sky and no rainfall.
We started our day with a Common Mime adult larva in a Kukurchita
plant leaf and it seemed like the larva will turn into a pupa within a
day or two. Seeing swifts and dragonflies and calls of Plantive
Cuckoo, Common Hawk Cuckoo and Rufous Treepie we proceded farther to
see a Water monitor moving around in a small pond in the village.
People out here in this village were very friendly and some helped us
a lot by telling us Bengali commonly used names of herbs and shrubs.
Aritra, by this time just got sight of the smallest damsel in WB,
Agriocnemis dabreui male. Agriocnemis dabreui, a very small beautiful
looking damsel with bright blue abdomen and greenish thorax. We
proceeded further but due to continuous rain bird, butterfly,
dragonfly movement was much restricted. A very right time for
identifying herbs and shrubs and Soumyajit Chowdhury, Ashok Barman and
Subhankar Patra helped a lot in this aspect. Just before we thought of
breaking for lunch, Subhendu pointed out a white small damselfly which
we first thought to be White Dartlet (Agriocnemis pieris) but later
confirmed to be Agriocnemis lacteola by David Raju, an expert in
odonates. We finished our dry lunch by 11:30am and upto 12:30pm we
were not overall satisfied due to constant rain throughout the day and
less spotting of all species. We reached the old Rajbari, really a old
structure standing high amidst small village type and concrete houses.
We heard the calls of Short-nosed Fruit Bat which Subhankar Patra were
in plenty inside the Rajbari. We were not allowed to enter the Rajbari
by a localite staying in adjacent house nor were we permitted to
photograph. There were some pretty Rain Lily flowers blooming in the
garden of the Rajbari which was a really beautiful site.
By this time the rain has full stopped. It was 12:30pm and the sky
started gradually clearing. Immediately free bird and insect movement
started and we could hear calls of Pied Cuckoo, pale-billed flower
peckers and the Streak-throated woodpeckers were coming very nearby.
Many butterflies especially Tailed Jay, Common Jay, Striped Albatross,
Emigrants, Common Rose, different types of swift, many dragonflies and
damselflies (wandering glider, ditch jewel, white dartlet, pigmy
dartlet and yellow pigmy dartlet) came out. Agriocnemis lacteola and
Agriocnemis dabreui were seen in plenty numbers.
Butterflies were very busy, they were flying from one bunch of flowers
to another, sucking nector specially from 'Choto Gaylalata's' flower.
Butterflies are very very fond of these flowers Cayratia trifolia's
flower. This flowering species is a climber. Near about 98% of the
butterflies were assembling and jostling over these climbers, which
almost fully covered one medium sized tree. Also very rare species of
butterfly, Banana Red Eye was spotted and clearly photographed in a
banana tree. After that we started our return journey. Unwilling, as
that time there were so many species coming out, we started moving
towards our train station. Anyways last Sunday our beginning was not
so good but ending was really beautiful and satisfying. We, every
member of our team enjoyed it.
A special mention is needed regarding an incident what we saw there.
Brown Darner, Ditch Jewel and Wandering Glider had been caught by 3
Green Marsh Hawks for lunch. Very surprising that a Green Marsh
Hawk(abdomen 30mm-36mm) manages the Brown Darner(abdomen 50mm-58mm)
which is much larger than the former.
TEAM MEMBERS:-
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1. Subhankar Patra.
2. Jayanta Manna.
3. Rahi Soren.
4. Soumyajit Chowdhury.
5. Asok Barman.
6. Avisek Chatterjee.
7. Sujit Das.
8. Soumik Chatterjee.
9. Animesh Manna.
10. Saroj Kumar Tula.
11. Srikanta Dhali.
12. Susantha Bag.
13. Subhendu Das.
14. Aritra Mishra.
15. Pradipto Bagchi.
PLEASE NOTE THAT AN APPOXIMATE NUMBER OF A PARTICULAR SPECIES OBSERVED
IS INDICATED IN BRACKETS () BY THE SIDE OF THE NAME OF THE SPECIES.
BIRDS OBSERVED DURING THE TRIP: -
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1. Cotton Pigmy Goose(2)
2. Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker(3).
3. Streak-throated Woodpecker(4).
4. Black-rumped Flameback(7).
5. Blue-throated Barbet(3).
6. Coppersmith Barbet(6).
7. Lineated Barbet(15).
8. Green Bee-eater(2).
9. Common Kingfisher(2).
10. White-throated Kingfisher(6).
11. Stork-billed Kingfisher(3).
12. Pied Cuckoo(1).
13. Common-Hawk Cuckoo(10).
14. Plaintive Cuckoo(2).
15. Asian Koel(6).
16. Greater Coucal(4).
17. Rose-ringed Parakeet(15).
18. House Swift(2).
19. Asian Palm Swift(35).
20. Rock Pigeon(25).
21. Spotted Dove(15).
22. Eurasian Collared Dove(3).
23. Yellow-footed Green Pigeon(3).
24. White-breasted Waterhen(5).
25. Bronze-winged Jacana(2).
26. Black Kite(3).
27. Shikra(3).
28. Little Cormorant(10).
29. Indian Cormorant(1).
30. Little Egret(1).
31. Cattle Egret(15).
32. Indian Pond Heron(10).
33. Asian Openbill(20).
34. Rufous Treepie(12).
35. House Crow(20).
36. Large-billed Crow(10).
37. Ashy Wood Swallow(4).
38. Black-hooded Oriole(2).
39. Eurasian Golden Oriole(2).
40. Black Drongo(12).
41. Oriental Magpie Robin(3).
42. Chestnut-tailed Starling(5).
43. Asian Pied Starling(30).
44. Jungle Myna(6).
45. Common Myna(35).
46. Great Tit(6).
47. Barn Swallow(2).
48. Red-whiskered Bulbul(12).
49. Red-vented Bulbul(6).
50. Common Tailorbird(10).
51. Jungle Babbler(20).
52. Pale-billed Flowerpecker(10).
53. Purple Sunbird(10).
54. Purple-rumped Sunbird(15).
55. House Sparrow(5).
56. White Wagtail(1).
57. Tricolor Munia(5).
58. Scaly-breasted Munia(8).
BUTTERFLIES OBSERVED IN THE FIELD TRIP:-
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1. Common Rose(6).
2. Common Jay(100).
3. Tailed Jay(100).
4. Common Mime(2).
5. Common Mormon(20).
6. Lime(6).
7. Common Wanderer(6).
8. Common Jezebel(5)
9. Psyche(4).
10. Striped Albatross(15).
11. Common Gull(5).
12. Common Emigrant(15).
13. Mottled Emigrant(35).
14. Common Grass Yellow(15).
15. Three-spot Grass Yellow(5).
16. Common Leopard(1).
17. Common Castor(4).
18. Angled Castor(2).
19. Grey Pansy(3).
20. Peacock Pansy(3).
21. Sailor (Unidentified) (1).
22. Common Bushbrown(2).
23. Common Eveningbrown(1).
24. Common Palmfly(4).
25. Blue Tiger(3).
26. Plain Tiger(3).
27. Stripped Tiger(2).
28. Common Crow(4).
29. Brown King Crow(1).
30. Quaker(8).
31. Gram Blue(2).
32. Lime Blue(12).
33. Dark Grass Blue(2).
34. Pale Grass Blue(3).
35. Tiny Grass Blue(2).
36. Common Cerulean(2).
37. Ciliate Blue(1).
38. Line Blue (Unidentified) (1).
39. Yamfly(1).
40. Monkey Puzzle(1).
41. Common Silverline(1).
42. Indian Palm Bob(3).
43. Banana Red Eye(1).
44. Indian Skipper(1).
45. Chestnut Bob(5).
46. Grass Demon(2).
47. Rice Swift(4).
48. Bevan's Swift(2).
49. Straight Swift(3).
50. Large-branded Swift(7).
51. Small-branded Swift(10).
DRAGONFLIES OBSERVED DURING THE TRIP:-
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1. Common Clubtail(2).
2. Brown Darner(1).
3. Scarlet Marsh Hawk(6).
4. Ditch Jewel(100).
5. Ruddy Marsh Skimmer(15).
6. Ground Skimmer(25).
7. Pied Paddy Skimmer(4).
8. Green Marsh Hawk(25).
9. Wandering Glider(250).
10. Rufous Marsh Glider(2).
11. Common Picture Wing(15).
12. Red Marsh Trotter(1).
13. Black Marsh Trotter(4).
14. Crimson Marsh Glider(10).
15. Greater Crimson Glider(8).
DAMSELFLIES OBSERVED DURING THE TRIP:-
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1. Agriocnemis lacteola(50) [We locally call it White Pigmy Dartlet]
2. Pigmy Dartlet(50).
3. Agriocnemis dabreui(20) [We locally call it Yellow Pigmy Dartlet]
4. Coromandel Marsh Dart(50).
5. Orange-tailed Marsh Dart(5).
6. Golden Dartlet(5).
7. Senegal Golden Dartlet(40).
WILD FLOWERS/PLANTS (HERBS AND SHRUBS) OBSERVED:-
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- BY SOUMYAJIT CHOWDHURY
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Acanthaceae
1. Ruellia tuberose (Minnie Root; Popping pod; Wayside Tuberose,
Bengali Name: Baro Patka)
2. Ruellia prostrate (Bell weed; Black weed, Bengali Name: Choto Patka)
3. Ecbolium viride (Green Shrimp Plant; Green Ice Crossandra)
Amaranthaceae
4. Amaranthus spinosus (Spiny or Prickly Amaranth, Bengali Name: Kantanotye)
5. Amaranthus viridis (Green Amaranth, Bengali Name: Gaylanotye, Bannatye)
6. Alternanthera sessilis (Sessile Joyweed; Tangle Mat, Bengali Name: Jaljambo)
7. Achyranthes aspera (Devil's Horsewhip; Prickly Chaff Flower)
Amaryllidaceae
8. Zephyranthes citrina (Rain Lily Yellow)
9. Zephyranthes carinata (Rain Lily Pink)
Apocynaceae
10. Rauvolfia serpentina (Indian Snakeroot; Serpentine Root, Bengali
Name: Sarpagandha, Chandra)
Araceae
11. Colocasia esculenta (Taro, Bengali Name: Kachu)
12. Typhonium trilobatum (Bengal Arum; Lobed Leaf Typhonium)
Caesalpiniaceae
13. Cassia allata (Candle Bush; Candlestick Senna; Candle Cassia,
Bengali Name: Dadmari)
14. Cassia tora (Sicklepod; Chinese Senna; Senna Sophera, Bengali
Name: Kal ka shunda)
15. Cassia sophera (African Senna; Pot Cassia, Bengali Name: Chakundi)
16. Bauhinia acuminate (Dwarf White Bauhinia; White Orchid-tree ;
Snowy Orchid-tree)
Cannaceae
17. Canna indica (Canna Lily; Indian Shot, Bengali Name: Sarbajaya)
Cleomaceae
18. Cleome rutidosperma (Fringed Spider Flower; Common Spider Flower,
Bengali Name: Nilhurhure)
19. Cleome viscosa (Asian spiderflower; Yellow Spider Flower, Bengali
Name: Haludhurhure)
Commelinaceae
20. Commelina benghalensis (Benghal or Indian Dayflower; Tropical
Spiderwort; Garden Comellina, Bengali Name: Kanchera)
21. Commelina diffusa (Climbing Dayflower; Scurvy Weed)
Compositae (Asteraceae)
22. Eclipta prostrata (False Daisy; Marsh Daisy, Bengali Name: Kesut, Kesuti)
23. Synedrella nodiflora (Syndrella Flower)
24. Wedelia chinensis (Chinese Wedelia)
25. Tridax procumbens (Coat buttons)
26. Vernonia cinerea ( Ironweed; Vernonia; Ash Fleabane, Bengali Name:
Sahadebi, Kukshim)
27. Mikania micrantha (Bittervine)
Convulvulaceae
28. Ipomoea aquatica (Water Spinach; Marsh Glory, Bengali Name: Kalmisag)
29. Ipomoea carnea (Pink Morning Glory; Bush Morning Glory; Hedge
Glory, Bengali Name: Dhol kalmi)
30. Ipomoea sepiaria (Purple Heart Glory, Bengali Name: Ban kalmi)
31. Evolvulus nummularius (Roundleaf Bindweed)
Cucurbitaceae
32. Coccinea grandis (Ivy Gourd, Bengali Name: Telakucha)
33. Cucumis melo (Wild Musk Melon)
Cyperaceae
34. Cyperus kyllingia (White Kyllingia)
Euphorbiaceae
35. Euphorbia hirta (Asthma Weed; Common Spurge)
36. Acalypha indica (Indian Acalypha)
37. Jatropha gossypifolia (Bellyache Bush)
Malvaceae
38. Sida rhombifolia (Arrowleaf Sida; Angled Sida, Bengali Name:
Lalbarela, Sahadebi)
39. Urena lobata (Caesar's Weed; Common Purple Mallow, Bengali Name: Okhra)
40. Abutilon indicum (Indian Abutilon; Indian Mallow; Country Mallow,
Bengali Name: Petari)
Nyctaginaceae
41. Boerhavia diffusa (Red hogweed; Red Spiderling; Wineflower; Common
Hogweed, Bengali Name: Punarnava, Lal sepune)
Nymphaeaceae
42. Nymphaea nouchali (Red Water Lily; Star Water Lily, Bengali Name: Nilshapla)
43. Nymphaea alba (White Water Lily)
Oxalidae
44. Biophytum sensitivum (Life Plant; Little Plant Tree, Bengali Name:
Viparitalajju)
45. Oxalis corniculata (Creeping Woodsorrel; Procumbent Yellow-sorrel;
Common Sorrel, Bengali Name: Amrit sak)
Pontederiaceae
46. Monochoria hastata (Arrowleaf Pond Weed)
47. Eichhornia crassipes (Water Hyacinth, Bengali Name: Kachuri pana)
Scrophulariiaceae
48. Scoparia dulcis (Sweetbroom; Icorice Weed, Sweet Broom)
49. Lindernia crustacea (Syn. Vandellia crustacea) (Malaysian or
Brittle False Pimpernel)
50. Lindenbergia sp. (Wall Lindenbergia)
Smilacaceae
51. Smilax ovalifolia (Prickly Ivy, Bengali Name: Ramdatan)
Solanaceae
52. Solanum torvum (Turkey Berry)
Sterculiaceae
53. Pentapetes phoenicea (Midday Flower; Scarlet Phoenician, Bengali
Name: Dupuria)
Tiliaceae
54. Corchorus trilocularis (Threelocule Corchorus)
Verbenaceae
55. Lantana camara (Spanish Flag or West Indian Lantana; Common
Lantana, Bengali Name: Putush)
56. Lippia javanica (Fever Bush; Lemon Bush)
57. Phyla nodiflora (Texas Frogfruit; Frogfruit; Bank Mat, Bengali
Name: Bhui okra)
Vitaceae
58. Cayratia trifolia (Threeleaf Cayratia)
Zinziberaceae
59. Costus speciosus (Crepe Ginger; Spiral Ginger, Bengali Name: Keu)
WE ALSO ENCOUNTERED:-
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We casually watched a few other species which we encountered in the
field. Reporting of these species is done to give an idea of the area
which we surveyed and this is not a comprehensive report of mammals,
reptiles, amphibians or insects in that area. Any serious watcher in
these areas must watch much more than what we have encountered.
MAMMALS: - 2 SPECIES:-
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1. Five-stripped Palm Squirrel(6).
2. Short-nosed Fruit Bat(25).
AMPHIBIANS: - 3 SPECIES:-
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1. Indian Bull Frog(5).
2. Common Toad(5).
3. Common Tree Frog(1).
REPTILES: - 3 SPECIES:-
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1. Garden Lizard(15).
2. Water Monitor(1).
3. Rat Snake(1).
SPIDERS: - 13 SPECIES BY RAHI SOREN:-
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1. Phintella vitatta (Banded Phintella)
2. Oxyopes birmanicus (Brown Lynx Spider)
3. Oxyopes javanus
4. Oxyopes shweta
5. Argyrodes sp.
6. Argiope pulchella (Signature Spider)
7. Argiope anasuja (Signature Spider)
8. Plexippus sp.
9. Crossopriza lyonii (Daddy Long Leg Spider)
10. Crossopriza sp. (Daddy Long Leg Spider)
11. Olios sp.
12. Hyllus sp.
13. Carrhotus sp.
ANTS: - 11 SPECIES:-
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1. Bengali Name: Badami Sursuri Pipre.
2. Oecophylla [Bengali Name: Nalsa Pipre ].
3. Crematogaster.
4. Golden-backed Camponotus.
5. Black-backed Camponotus.
6. Small Tetraponera [Bengali Name: Choto Kath Pipre].
7. Large Tetraponera [Bengali Name: Baro Kath Pipre].
8. Large Red Ant [Bengali Name: Baro Lal Pipre].
9. Diacama [Bengali Name: Deo Pipre].
10. Another 2 unidentified species of Ants.
OTHER INSECTS:-
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1. At least 12 species of Grasshoppers
(mainly short-horn grasshoppers including Jessonulla Punctifrons).
2. At least 6 species of Beetles
(including Golden Tortoise Beetle, 6 spot Lady bird beetle, Red
Pumpkin Beetle).
3. At least 3 species of Bugs(including Pentatomid bug, Jewel
Bug(Chrysochorus)).
4. Cricket.
5. Bull hopper.
6. Other plant hoppers.
7. Many other insects.
OTHER INVERTIBRATES OBSERVED:-
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1. Black Millipede.
2. Wood Roach.
Thanks to Subhankar Patra for giving me ideas, helping me and guiding
me in writing this report. His encouragement is helping us to produce
this weekly report on our field trips. Also thanks to all team members
for their contribution in bringing out this report. Thanks to Sujit
Das for formatting the report in such a good way. Thanks to Soumyajit
Chowdhury for reviewing the report and contributing the full list of
wild flowers (herbs and shrubs). Thanks to Rahi Soren for compiling
the list of spiders observed.
Cheers,
Avisek Chatterjee on behalf of the team members.
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