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Birds of Kolkata Old Guestbook
(Closed on 22nd August 2002)

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Sean de Zylva   20/Aug/2002:17:30:04
I came across the site by accident and loved it. Originally from
Ceylon, now in Melbourne Australia I now have a lot to show others with
similar passions.
 
rudra lahiri   20/Aug/2002:08:53:40
hi,
i love clicking wildlife, and birds fascinates me.
i was in search of a comprehensive guide with pictures and this site
just fits the bill.

a very informative site! would like to see it grow.
-rudra
 
Naresh Nanda   27/Jul/2002:21:47:22
Good Site! Very informative. Kindly check the occurrence of Eumyias
albicaudata, Nilgiri Flycatcher in Kolkata. It is highly unlikely to
exist in this part of the country.
Also please check the occurrence of Psittacula alexandri, Red-breasted
Parakeet. This bird also does not exist in Calcutta. Or have the
escaped cage birds established themselves?

Regards,
Naresh Nanda
Saturday, July 27, 2002 10:19:05 PM IST
E-mail..nnanda@gmx.net
 
Debashish Mukherjee   24/Jul/2002:23:46:38
Great Sumit,keep it up. However currently too sleepy to look inside
 
Peter Welch   10/Jul/2002:22:42:16
Great site! Enjoyed my visit, keep it up.
 
pochahauntas -------------------------------------------------- 17/Jun/2002:21:57:44
i don't mean to be rude but this is not very helpful your site was the
best i've found and it doesn't really give that much information. i
have this bird in my back yard and i live in ohio, no water this bird
is a SANDPIPER i know for sure because i have had a good look at it. it
lays it's eggs on the ground and it has relatively long legs. can you
(whoever ,made this) write a reply in the guest book? thanx buh bye!
 
AVIJIT BISWAS   12/Jun/2002:13:10:04
FANTASTIC!!
SEENING THIS WE RETURNED TO OUR CHILDHOOD, HOME AND VILLAGE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AVIJIT BISWAS
SHYAMALI BISWAS
 
pulok pattanayak   12/Jun/2002:00:06:21
really attractive site!
 
Sandipan Chakraborty   06/Jun/2002:12:41:37
Dear Sumit Sen,

Thanks for a very beautiful 'Site' for the on of the lovely animals in
the universe....Birds.

Your visit for Purbasthali and details of birds seen and their pics are
marvellous...by the way at Purbasthali I was brought up... it gives my
great pleasure to see the name of Purbasthali on the Web site...

Godd work ....keep it up...
Thanx again

Sandipan
 
Job My Homepage 04/Jun/2002:09:08:54
Hi,
The site is very good in terms of content, but the images seem a bit too
tiny.

regards,
Job
 
Sohail Fazal   02/Jun/2002:17:51:33
Saw your wonderful site today in the backdrop of fears of a nuclear
war, was wondering how devasting it would be to the wildlife of our two
countries. Keep up the good work.
Sohail
Pakistan
 
Sudipto Ghose   31/May/2002:12:14:50
I was amazed by the contents of this site. Keep up the the good work.
You may like to add sounds as well.
 
soumya 18/May/2002:10:05:36
excellent work sumit. keep it up. i am a hyd based mgmt researcher.
chanced upon ur site by pure accident and loved it.
 
Bindu   14/May/2002:22:52:13

Hello Sumit,
Really you've done an excellent job.Recently i've been to Kumaon and
had enjoyed through out.Watching your collection of Himalayan birds
made me realise that i should learn photograpy as well! I was lost.
Please keep it up.I'll definitely come back.
Bindu.
 
SANDIP BISWAS   09/May/2002:17:13:25
Sumitda,

Visited the site after a long time. Great additions. Amazed with your
skills. Keep up the wonderful work. We are really proud of you.

Regards,

SANDIP
 
smaran   05/May/2002:18:58:40
Sumit,

Visited your web today with renewed interest. Amazed at your great
skill, determination and the wonderful work !

Keep it up.

Smaran
 
Vikram   26/Apr/2002:19:46:52
Wonderful work. Congrats for your endeavour. Photography and site
designing both take a lot of time and involvement, but what's more is
your love for nature. Proud to be a kolkatan.Seen your Santragachhi
section. Why didn't you put a pic of pintail and shoveller. If you need
I can send you a pintail pic taken by my friend Sanjib Bhattacharyya (
U know him.What about a section on Kulik Birds (Raiganj)?

Do write back or call me at 9881092127.
 
Partha Dowerah sify.com 21/Apr/2002:21:20:47
Wonderful work. Please keep it up.
 
Arijit Banerjee   17/Apr/2002:14:46:30
"... waking or asleep
thy of death must deem..
things more true and deep,
than we mortals dream
or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream"?

(To a Skylark- p.B. Shelley)

I sort of Chanced accross your Site and it made my life a wee bit
interetsing. All I can say is "THANK YOU".

Arijit Banerjee
PROJECT DIRECTOR (IRD)
RURAL DEV. DEPTT.
GOVT. OF RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR.
 
Smarajit Datta   15/Apr/2002:13:02:22
Dear Amit,
I am a memeber of the Bristirail cultural society. We are
ametuer birdwatchers and can , to an extent, understand the pain and
hard work you gave to this site. It is really great to have such a
sight which is helping me as a ready guide to find out the details
about a particular species.
All the best to you for your future plans for this site. Please
do contact us, if you feel that we may help you in anyway.

Regards,

Smarajit
 
AMIT SRIVASTAVA   10/Apr/2002:14:08:54

Hello,

I am amit srivastava, born in Calcutta, stayed in Amherst Row
Cal -9 and completed schooling from Hindi High School in 1979. Post
Graduated in Mech Engg. from ITBHU, 1986 and joined ONGC in 1988-
therbr shifting to Mumbai from Calcutta in 1992.

I am happy to note that Calcutta is not left behind in the endeavour
for natuture conservation.

At Mumbai I got associated as member with Bombay Natural History
Society, NGO and now I am a memeber of Delhi birds since last two
months having been deputed to Delhi from Mumbai in Dec 2001.


I wish kolkata birds all success in its enthusiasm and enterprise.

amit srivastava.
 
Dr. Sanjib Bhattacha   09/Apr/2002:16:24:09
Dear Sumit,

It's simply great. I am bird lover and an ameature bird photographer.
Now I am in Cambridge, UK. This site is great and I hope you can make it
much more exciting in near future. All the best to you.
 
basudev-&-shanta mooke   08/Apr/2002:20:38:13
dear Sumit ,
this has come to us as a great surprise !! great work ! very
engrossing . lot of effort has gone in . keep it up !! didnt know there
was so much talent in the neighbourhood !!
basudev -&- shanta mookerjee
 
brijesh   29/Mar/2002:19:45:11
Hi,
It is a beautiful and marvellous web site. I seen all kinds of birds
it is very nice.
 
Dr. Kaushik Pandit   20/Mar/2002:01:00:08
A mindboggling collection. I am indeed very much impressed by the
sincerity of your work and the quality of efforts that you have put
in. As a Calcuttan I am proud of you. Please keep it up.
 
Rajesh Chakrabarti 16/Mar/2002:22:49:20
Absolutely stunning!

I never knew there were so many species in Kolkata. I am now going to
watch out for them when I am there.

Great work. Keep it up!
Rajesh
 
Clement Francis M NIL 12/Mar/2002:09:57:14
Sumit,

Wonderful work done!! All my best wishes for more opportunities in the
future. My plead to you is have a conservationist's heart all the time.

Happy birding,

Clement
 
pramod   11/Mar/2002:20:19:06
Sumit'da,

i went thru ur pages. It is really wonderful !!
I never expected it to be so beautiful.

Pls keep it up. I have made it a destination page for my fututre too.

regds,
pramod
 
ARCHANA   05/Mar/2002:16:37:06
Hi Sumit


Great Website and great photographs! You definitely have acheived what
you intended to.
Happy Birding!!

Regards
Archana
 
Vijay Cavale Indiabirds 01/Mar/2002:09:41:58
Hi there! Fantastic Effort - Much needed! Do keep up the good work.

regards,

Vijay Cavale
 
RUPAK DAS   28/Feb/2002:03:02:21
Nice concoction of information. Very informative. I am impressed.

Rupak Das
Huntsville, USA
 
wrik c/o arindam   14/Feb/2002:20:02:39
Sumit da

First time I browsed the site with my son wrik, your target audience.
You have indeed 'caught them young!'.

Cheers
 
Tracey Roxanne   12/Feb/2002:07:00:27
beautiful photographs...exquisite!!!
 
Shouneel Charles   10/Feb/2002:11:58:09
Hi Sumit,

Checked out your website like I hade promised.
Extremely impressed with both the snapshots of the birds and the time
and effort you have put into this project of yours.
Hope you had a happy birdwatching day at Sariska.
Looking forward to seeing your collection of Calcutta birds increase in
the coming days.

All the very best with your Hobby
Warm regards

Shouneel Charles - STAR TV
 
Gopal B. Iyer   09/Feb/2002:22:09:24
Great Show Sumit !
 
Soumyo Chakraborty Chinsurah.com 09/Feb/2002:01:08:18
Great work! I was really spellbound by the quality of the photographs,
thoroughness of documentaion and the breadth of coverage. Thanks to Mr.
Sen for sharing the fruits of his long and painstaking birding efforts
with the rest of the world. During my boyhood when I briefly attempted
to dabble in birding, I felt severely handicapped by the lack of good
coloured photographs with illustartions for birds in and around
Calcutta. I think this site will be a valuable tool to the enthusisats.
 
Kakoli Bandyopadhyay sonar tari 07/Feb/2002:13:57:26
Hello! This is just to show my appreciation for a beautiful and
informative site. I grew up in Dhakuria and was very pleased to see
that some of the pictures are of the residents of Dhakuria :-)

Keep up the good work!

kakoli
 
Smaran Choudhury   02/Feb/2002:04:02:46
Hi,

Excellent site ! Really feel proud that someone at Kolkata is doing
such a wonderful job. Will be too happy to invite the photographer(s)
to our farmhouse -&- fruit orchards at Jayenpur, 5KM South of Garia and
the sorrounding neighbourhood. Can provide an opportunity to add few
more birds, including night birds,lakkhi pencha ( white owls), kola
badur (local bats), machrangas...and add a few spots more on the South
of the Map.

Feel free to contact.

Good work.. keep it up.

Smaran
 
Ashok Mittal   20/Jan/2002:14:08:05
Hi,
I really enjoyed spending time at your website.
Thanks for putting the website up.
 
Dr. P. Kumar Wildlife Chronicle - Indian Wildlife 13/Jan/2002:00:28:43
Hello there !

I had a good look at you site today. The structure of the site has come
out pretty neat - a couple of classy birds pictures could probably do
wonders to this otherwise very useful and informative site. I wonder if
you would welcome a gift of about 40-50 class avian images (Indian
species I mean)?? Of course NO STRINGS ATTACHED, not even a link-back
or acknowledgement required. These may be birds in action, or even
decent portraits ... If yes, I may be able to email the same to you in
a pretty fast. Best wishes, and do keep it up.
 
R.S.Suresh Indian Birds 08/Jan/2002:15:31:41
Nice to know about your site. A nice job done. Its quite informative.
You seems to be a good illustrator too. I have added a link to your
site on my site. Thanks for adding a link to my site.
 
SANDIP BISWAS   04/Jan/2002:16:10:19
great job. hope you will have more such informative sites on wild life.

cheers,

sandip biswas
 
Sanjay   01/Jan/2002:23:26:31
I'm back after quite some time. It's great! Wonderfully informative and
beautifully presented too!
 
Somnath Mukherjee   30/Dec/2001:11:58:41
Very impressive site.
Somnath
 
Deborah   29/Dec/2001:09:30:27
An excellent site containing a lot of information.Photographs have been
shot very well too.
Await more pictures.
 
A Walsh   21/Dec/2001:16:09:13
Very nicely done. Should be useful for many. The images are beautiful
and I loved the format.
Andrew
 
Anoop   18/Dec/2001:15:01:49
Excellent pictures from your camera. I really like the effort you have
made to put up an illustrated site to identify birds in and around
Calcutta. I hope there are many more birds waiting for you to film them.
Best of luck !
 
Joy Kar   17/Dec/2001:22:38:24
I remember a song with the lyrics which ran...." if a picture paints a
thousand words...."
How true! - sheer poetry in its variety.
 
Aloke Sinha   14/Dec/2001:22:55:15
This is a very informative website with lot's of stunning pictures.
Keep up the good work and more strength.

Yours,

Aloke Sinha
 
Sumit K Sen Birds of Kolkata 14/Dec/2001:13:58:28
Hi All !
I'm just kicking-off the Guest Book.
Happy commenting,
Sumit
 

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