Odisha - Utkala report

Nature and Heritage camp to Odisha

A camp was conducted to observe the biodiversity of Odisha through Mangalajodi WLS, Bhitarkarnika WLS and Chilika lake from 3rd to 13th November. The world famous Konark temple and Jagnnath puri temple were also visited during camp. Sharing few photographs and list of fauna observed.

Going for boat safari in Bhitarkanika. Clicked by Mr Prasad G

1.Insects

a. Butterflies

1. Blue Mormon
2. Wonderer
3. Plain Tiger
4. White Tiger
5. Striped Tiger
6. Common Rose
7. Common Mormon
8. Psyche
9. Palm-fly
10. Leopard

    

    Dragaonfly - clicked by Shreya B

11. Common grass yellow
12. Lime
13. Tailed Jay
14. Common jezebel
15. Danied eggfly
16. White Orange tip
17. Chocolate pansy
18. Common crow (caterpillar)

b. Other Insects

1. Jewel beetle
2. Firefly
3. Carpenter bee
4. Damselfly
5. Dragonfly

2. Arachnids

1. Giant wood spider

Black winged stilt pic by Rupali G

3. Birds

1. Cattle Egret

   

   Black Capped Kingfisher Clicked by Mr Prasad G

2. Little Egret
3. Black Drongo
4. Spangled Drongo
5. Black winged Stilt
6. Little Cormorant
7. Glossy Ibis
8. Crested Serpent Eagle
9. Pied Myna
10. Peregrene Falcon
11. Black headed Ibis
12. Greater Coucal
13. Black capped Kingfisher
14. White throated Kingfisher
15. Stork billed Kingfisher
16. Collared Kingfisher
17. Small blue Kingfisher

    

    Brown Kingfisher Clicked by Mr Prasad G

18. Brown winged Kingfisher
19. Pied Kingfisher
20. Spotted Dove
21. Collared Dove
22. Rose ringed parakeet
23. Common hoopoe
24. Golden Plover
25. Wood Sandpiper
26. Godwit
27. Jungle Crow
28. Jungle Myna
29. Indian Cormorant

    

    Openbill
    

    Pic by Ms Rupali G

30. Pond Heron
31. Purple Heron
32. Grey Heron
33. Brahminey Kite
34. White breasted Waterhen
35. Whiskered Tern
36. Eurasian Curlew
37. Asian OPenbill
38. Darter
39. Green bee-eater
40. Blue tailed Bee-eater

    

    Purple heron
    

    Pic by Ms Rupali G

41. Little Grebe
42. Bronze winged jacana
43. Peasant tailed jacana
44. Purple Moorhen
45. Common Goldenback Woodpecker
46. House Crow
47. Rufous Treepie
48. Jungle Babbler
49. Rufous Babbler
50. Scaly breasted Munia
51. White cheeked bulbul
52. Red vented Bulbul

    

    Clicked by Mr Prasad G

53. Pariah Kite
54. House Sparrow
55. Yellow wagtail
56. Grey Wagtail
57. Citrine Wagtail
58. Crested Lark
59. Blyth’s Pipit
60. Reed Warbler
61. Redshank
62. Northern Pintail
63. Lesser whistling duck
64. Northern Shoveller
65. Common coot
66. Spot billed duck
67. Indian Roller
68. Painted Stork
69. Long tailed Shrike
70. Pink headed Pochard
71. Golden Plover
72. Red wattled lapwing
73. Grey headed lapwing

Marsh Crocodile Clicked by Mr Prasad G

4. Reptiles

1. Marsh Crocodile
2. Checkered Killback 
3. Monitor lizard

5. Mammals

1. Wild Boar
2. Spotted Deer



Spotted Deer Clicked by Mr Prasad G

3. Rhesus Macaque

Wild boars pic by Ms Rupali G

More Photographs...

Pnematophores Clicked by Mr Prasad G

Pic by Ms Rupali G

Northern Shoveller Pic by Ms Rupali G

Red wattled lapwing

Pic by Ms Rupali G

Clicked by Mr Prasad G

Rufous treepie Clicked by Mr Prasad G

Black winged stilts Clicked by Mr Prasad G

Glossy ibis Clicked by Mr Prasad G

Peregrine falcon Clicked by Mr Prasad G

Clicked by Mr Prasad G

Clicked by Mr Prasad G

Clicked by Mr Prasad G

Strychnous Spp-clicked by Shreya B

Clicked by Mr Prasad G

Fiddler crab - clicked by Shreya B

Clicked by Mr Prasad G

Clicked by Mr Prasad G

Clicked by Mr Prasad G

Cretavia flowers - clicked by Shreya B

Dioscoria Spp-clicked by Shreya B