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My Best Butterfly Moment 2017
#Mybestbutterflymoment2017
The Tamil Nadu Butterflies FB Forum ran a âMybestbutterflymomentâ for a third year in running. The idea is to recollect the
best moment an individual can remember and share with all members as a way of saying good bye to the year end. All in all,
23 responses were there and it was quite interesting to go through all of them. And we have reproduced the same here for
everyone to go through!
Prakash Loganathan
Though every moment of butterflying is best
for the Butterfly chasers, some will never leave
from our mind. One of such moment happened
to me on 22.09.2017 when I went for butterfly-
ing at Anthiyur to Burgur road with my friend.
On the way we noted some butterfly activity in
a rock and stopped the bike there and went
near that spot, we were amazed to see a group
of 8 Common Banded Peacocks there. They
were rock puddling in the a very little water
flow in the rock. Though I have seen CBP many
times, this one was the first occasion witness-
ing a group of 8 in a spot. The more interesting
in this moment is I could able to touch a CBP
but it was not fearing with my presence near it
and allowed me to fondle its wing. I was so
happy and joyful at that moment. I could not
forget that wonderful moment of butterflying
ever.
Rama Neelamegam
Agreed haven't been doing much buttering this
year compared to last year. But among that,
the memorable one was probably the mega
migration that we observed for couple of
weeks in July at Chennai. It was an unique ex-
perience. Till now it had been like a theory that
western ghats people talked about and we
plains people had no clue about! The second
one was probably the tree flitter which gave
darshan for like 5secs. The third would be black
rajah which I had seen till then on the topmost
branch of the tallest tree at an oblique angle :-
). Fourth would be seeing common baron in
Bangalore enjoying mango pulp which was a
lifer to me then. Fifth would be bush hopper
which was also a lifer for me. Looking back in
retrospect I actually have lots of memorable
events! Thanks TNBS for being part of this mo-
ments and memories!
PATTAMPOOCHI
A TNBS MAGAZINE
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