Kick-Starting Monsoon 2014

Every year I wait for this time to witness the beauty that monsoon brings around. It not only transforms the landscape around me, but also transforms the mindscape of people. And there will always be much excitement to plan some trips and see some new life forms as the rain splashes the forest floor. One such trip happened this time as well. I think it is religious to plan a early monsoon trip in the month of June and these religious trips are never disappointing. This time the location we chose was the King's habitat - Agumbe. There were enough and more to see, to feel, to explore, to hear and to experience. And of course the beautiful and lonely campsite full of snakes, frogs and creepy silence. 

This monsoon we were welcomed by some gorgeous orchid blooms, pit vipers, blood sucking leeches, colorful frogs, huge rain-forest trees and with some keen observations, many other new life forms. Here are some photographs to give a glimpse of how monsoon treated us to start off in style this season. 

(click on the photographs to enlarge them)

Onake Abbi Falls

Rainbow at Onake Abbi

Malabar Pit vipers

Green Vine Snakes

Calotes rouxii

Calotes rouxii

Wayanad Bush Frog (?)

Yellow Bush Frog

Malabar Gliding Frog

Fungoid frog

Fungi

Tortoise Beetle

Chocolate Pansy

Draco - The flying lizard

Indian Bull Frog

Jumping Spider

Fungi

Some insects, flies and a mosquito

Some ferns

Rhynchostylis retusa - Foxtail Orchid

And how lucky I am to see this Cicada molting live!?

For more pictures visit my flickr link here.

Cheers,
Srikanth

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