In my 23 years of service in the Government, I do not recall having , continuous five days as holidays. Thursday was 2nd October and Gandhi Jayanti. 3rd October was Dusshehra. 4th and 5th Saturday and Sunday and 6th October was Id-ul-zuha. Lovely isn't i? Laltu (Swaroop Saha) my brother-in-Law and a senior banker who goes to office even on Sundays desperately wanted a break and I suggested Pangot (Kafal House) to him. Ishani decided to stay back because of her studies of Class-12 (although I feel that was only an excuse- she actually wanted to accompany her friends in the Pujo Pandal hopping during our absence). The gang comprised of-Laltu, Pinki , Anjana, Shom and of course the team leader Shri Sandeep Mukherjee the famous author, explorer and ornithologist. We hired a Toyota Innova driven by our favorite driver Shri Dinesh.
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| tea on arrival at Kafal House |
We started on 3rd October early morning at 0430 and reached Pangot by 1215 hours. It was one of the smoothest ride to Pangot in the last few years. We stayed upto 5th October. Highlight of the visit was the night safari and some memorable shots of the White-tailed nuthatch and yellow-breasted Green Finch on the sunflower both by me and Shom.
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| Sachin-bringing more tea |
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| miss xeno canto on the job |
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| in search of a bird |
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| Anjana posing for a photo with the famous author |
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| evening adda |
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| evening adda |
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| laltu, pinki and shom just before boarding the car on return journey on 5th |
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| white tailed nuthatch |
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| white tailed nuthatch |
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| grey hooded warbler |
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| yellow breasted green finch |
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| crimson sunbird |
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| crimson sunbird |
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| white tailed nuthatch |
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