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Indian Flying-fox

Pteropus giganteus

Photo by pamsai
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Indian Flying-fox

Pteropus giganteus

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Comments (14)
animaisfotos
That's a big family on that tree. I find this fellows very beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
pamsai
thanks Ashish... My little point and shoot did a great job, I think, as they were high up in the tree.
pamsai
Thanks Sachin Zaveri. Just looked up about the Little Cormorant on Wikipedia, and it seems they often share trees with Flying Foxes! There were a lot of them in the tree, also, all with young in their nests.
pamsai
It was amazing to see the flying foxes living so close to the birds and their nests! All in the tree together...
pamsai
thanks Karin, I added both those Missions...
KarenL
Here is the link http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/6543173
KarenL
They are both Global so you can find them on the Global missions page - along with others that may be of interest to you!
KarenL
That must have been amazing to see! You should also consider adding this to the Bat Monitoring mission.
pamsai
thanks Karin. They were in a tree that was crowded with the nests of several different birds, plus many of these flying foxes. Quite a site to see, and hear. The flying foxes squabbled like anything with one another...

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Bat Monitoring Project
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The Biodiversity of Northern India
Mission
Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2012

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