It was a very enjoyable ramble over the slopes and through the scrub jungle (rather prickly at times, and on two occasions, very muddy as we waded through muddy streams). The location was Kasavanakunte, in the Bannerghatta forest area:

and we did manage to see, and observe, a fair number of very interesting things.

We saw... the road to the forest area Birds like the GOLDEN ORIOLE the SHIKRA the RUFOUS-TAILED LARK and a fat HOUSE SPARROW insects like the FUNNEL WEB SPIDER a village pond in which the village lads were having fun a machan in a huge tamarind-banyan tree combination We had young Lambani lads from the village to guide us through the forest And we observed everything quite keenly!

Some friends came back home with me and we toasted our outings in freshly-made lemonade!

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