Friday, June 8, 2007

Pilot...


This is our pilot who will guide us through the shallow waters all the way to where the flamingos are nesting...

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Readying...


Getting the boats ready to take us for flamingo sighting in the Sewree mudflats from Mahul jetty.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Threatening...


The sky as seen this morning at the mumbai domestic airport. Though it looked as if we would have thunderstorm, it all ended in a whimper...no rain only rising temperatures with rising humidity..

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Mahul jetty...

This is the Mahul jetty from where we will board the boat to go flamingo watching!

Monday, June 4, 2007

Showers..


We had premonsoon showers last evening bringing the much awaited drop in temperature, albeit slight drop. This was the picture at Shivaji park signal. Opposite is the Sena Bhavan the Headquarters of a political party - Shiv Sena.

Sunday, June 3, 2007

At the nets...

Rows of stacked nets for catching crabs lined up along the jetty with other fishing equipment.

Friday, June 1, 2007

Boats...

Boats used for fishing in the Mahul river that flows into the Mahul/Sewree creek. Took this photograph while i waited for a boat to take us for Flamingo bird watching in the Sewree mudflats and Mahul creek.