On both my visit to Bannerghatta, and to Turahalli, Galibore, and Ramnagara, I noticed a wide variety of butterflies flitting along in their various colours. Of course, the time of day (mid-morning) was not ideal to photograph them, as that is their nectar-gathering time and so they were most restless, and would hardly settle for more than a second or two anywhere.

Though the bird sightings on our Saturday trip were very sparse, I was thrilled to have a good sighting of the

We stopped, arrested by the green of this paddy field:

I had a wonderful trip to Turahalli, Galibore and Ramnagara with , and ....here they are, shadows in the sunset:

A quick trip to the Bannerghatta National Park (around the Zoo area) with yielded such a variety of birds, starting from the tiny