Blue Oakleaf @ Nagla

Check out this animated gif of a South Indian Blue Oakleaf (Kallima horsfieldii) opening it's wings.. changing from a dry leaf into a brilliantly coloured beauty!

I took these photos earlier today at the Nagla block of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Bombay.

Please be patient for the file to upload completely to see the full transformation :-D

Dubai Swifts

While walking in BurDubai earlier today by the Dubai Museum I saw hundreds of swifts above - I think they are Common Swifts (Apus apus) because of it overall colour and roundish whitish throat-patch (as compared to more triangular white throat-patch on the Pallid Swift)

Below is a snap of the birds as the swoop down between the minaret of the grand mosque and the roof of the fort.

And below is a small video clip showing the commotion above busy Bur Dubai caused by these tiny fellows.