Birds around Vetal Tekdi in monsoon

What's monsoon without a peacock?



A small minivet..




An ashy wren warbler..

Glyricidia & Calotropis - Vetal Tekdi

Passion flower, Vetal Tekdi

According to wikipedia,
"The Foetid Passion Flower or Stinking Passion Flower (Passiflora foetida), also known as the Wild Maracuja or Running Pop, is a creeping vine which has an edible fruit and leaves that have a mildly rank aroma."

Insect galls? Vetal tekdi, Pune

Anyone with more information on this?

Quarry and ducks at Vetal Tekdi, Pune

This hill in Pune, with arms spreading in different directions, is at its best in the monsoons.

Visible and audible birdlife includes ducks like spotbills and dabchicks that serenely glide on the calm waters collected in the disused quarry, peacocks, painted partridge, common hawk cuckoo, iora, babblers, small minivets, white eyes and a variety of warblers.

On Vetal Tekdi, Pune

bright little fellow, purposefully inching forward on a path near the quarry.

finding these delicate looking mushrooms was a delight... photography meant crouching in gooey mud.. and getting a couple of inches of it onto my shoes!