India trip - flora and fauna.

[motodraconis]

Crimson Rose Swallowtail in the Hanging Gardens of Mumbai.




Tailed Jay, Hanging Gardens.



Huge snail, (co-workers hand in picture for scale) Hanging Gardens.



Hummingbird Hawk-Moth. Spent ages trying to snap a photo of one of these, they're ever so quick! Hanging Gardens.







Distressed penguins, Hanging Gardens.



Shiv Kamal or Cannonball Tree, revered as a sacred tree because the petals of the flower resemble the hood of the Naga, a sacred snake, protecting a Shiva Lingam, the stigma.



I love these trees! On route to one appointment we drove through a canopy of them on either side of the road - like a crown of fire.







...so there!



Chipmunk on the wall of the new campus (Delhi.)





Where ever I go, there's always a crow. This one in front of the Gate of India in Mumbai.



Slum goat in Mumbai.



Traffic cows in Vadodara.





Monkey outside my hotel window, Vadodara.

Comments

[jackfirecat.livejournal.com]

wow. mostly butterflies. bt hawkmoth! and monkey! too

[cleanskies.livejournal.com]

what a cool bird! and the garden message is great

[motodraconis.livejournal.com]

That garden message cracked me up, now if only I could meet chums to walk with in fancy gardens today I'd not now be laid up in bed with a stinking cold!

[motodraconis.livejournal.com]

I could hear crashing outside my hotel window, and saw huge shapes flitting across, it was very much WTF until I looked outside and saw monkeys. There were 2 younger ones fighting on the grill above my window, but they were not very easy to photograph. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/motodraconis/5824843357/in/set-72157626944759236)