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Bird life very active with 2 sun bird nests and our volunteer spotting a Great Indian Hornbill fly across...

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Two common cobras appeared at the dining area in the afternoon!

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Bird life at Agumbe alive and kicking. Golden fronted leaf bird, vernal hanging parrot, oriental white eye..all on a single tree!

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With the organic garden coming to life, butterflies are in for a treat....and so are we!

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Thought the rains were over at Agumbe ,but dark clouds moving slowly seem to be pondering and planning out a surprise!

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A hump nosed pit viper .... after a long time. Perhaps the last few we may see this season...before they vanish till the next monsoon!

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An Oak leaf butterfly @ ARRS ...the star of the day!

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The receding rains are bringing rat snakes out in the open, we have seen 3 huge rat snakes in 2 days

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Short respite from the rains, spotted a vine snake and a beddome's keel back

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Bright sunny morning, misty afternoons and heavy rains late-afternoon through the night! That's the weather at Agumbe.You have it all!

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A Travancore wolf snake(Lycodon Travancoricus)came knocking on our glass door last night-literally! The beauty left after 15 mins

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Wild boars raid ARRS back yard... good sign of life around.

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A Morning treat : Green vine snakes mating on a tree near our dining hall. The male was smaller than the female, mating lasted for 45 mins.

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Malabar pit vipers every where....found another green morph today.

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Watch Gowri Shankar live on Suvarna NEWS Channel (not just Suvarna channel) tonight from 8:00pm to 8:30pm answering questions about snakes!

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King cobra hatchling pictures @ http://www.twitpic.com/photos/AgumbeResearch

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http://twitpic.com/dzasz - Gowri removing hatchlings from the nest

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http://twitpic.com/dzakp - Release...freedom!

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King cobra rescue was called off as the snake was shedding. Amazing to see Gowri educate even the most tough people to live with the snake!