tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45595301621585135152024-03-14T08:44:06.691+05:30Beautiful KutchBNHS Nature Camp December 2009Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559530162158513515.post-74380302262384485492010-02-28T22:08:00.003+05:302018-11-17T20:14:40.378+05:30Kutch beckons<p dir="ltr">Early morning on a not so cold December morning  all particpants from Bombay & Baroda arrive at Bhuj for 5 days of birding in what can be called an extraordinary birding destination. We are given a warm welcome by our Group leaders, Dr. Jugal Kishore Tiwari who runs CEDO at Moti Virani and Nkihil Bhopale of BNHS who along with Mr. S.N. Varu will unveil the splendours of nature over the next few days. More of these 3 gentlemen given in the information section at the end of this blog.</p>
<p dir="ltr">After quick introductions & getting acqainted with each other, we head for Nakhatrana - 52 kms away which will serve as our base for the camp. Our birding starts shortly after we settle in, freshen and refurbish ourselves. Our first halt is at Layyari river & thornforest.</p>
Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559530162158513515.post-58165595059182400982010-02-28T21:54:00.001+05:302010-03-02T22:17:45.656+05:30Birding begins at Layyari River<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qY2H3qNVI/AAAAAAAAIHc/yqdzeDMHfJY/s1600-h/DSCF6725.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qY2H3qNVI/AAAAAAAAIHc/yqdzeDMHfJY/s320/DSCF6725.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> <br />
Our first destination is Layyari riverbed - while the river is nearly dry, we spot this Red-necked Stint feeding. This and many of the other small waders are in non breeding plummage. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qY2lj4rxI/AAAAAAAAIHk/kX1kdP8ZJEk/s1600-h/DSCF6727.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qY2lj4rxI/AAAAAAAAIHk/kX1kdP8ZJEk/s320/DSCF6727.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> <br />
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Little Stint<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qY3fX0zNI/AAAAAAAAIH0/yAEgSwmOj50/s1600-h/DSCF6740.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qY3fX0zNI/AAAAAAAAIH0/yAEgSwmOj50/s320/DSCF6740.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> <br />
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After walking through the dry river bed, we head towards the thorn forest<br />
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this is an interesting area for seeing the Southern Grey Shrike, Marshall's Iora, white-naped Tit etc.<br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559530162158513515.post-55691455773388541562010-02-28T21:42:00.000+05:302010-02-28T21:43:07.021+05:30Walk through the thorn forest at Layyarisome unusual rock formations in the area - <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qWCN1QaQI/AAAAAAAAIHE/TiophK8NcKU/s1600-h/DSCF6744.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qWCN1QaQI/AAAAAAAAIHE/TiophK8NcKU/s320/DSCF6744.JPG" /></a> this rock looks like the head of a calf.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As we look deeper into what seems like the eye of the calf, we find a grasshopper -This time it is a real live specimen having its afternoon siesta<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qWArNvM6I/AAAAAAAAIG8/cf3-Yc9YI50/s1600-h/DSCF6743.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qWArNvM6I/AAAAAAAAIG8/cf3-Yc9YI50/s320/DSCF6743.JPG" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qWDxShVQI/AAAAAAAAIHM/FrSOApfgBe8/s1600-h/DSCF6745.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qWDxShVQI/AAAAAAAAIHM/FrSOApfgBe8/s320/DSCF6745.JPG" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The only species of butterfly that I saw on this trip - the Large Salmon Arab. this was neither the season nor a very rich habitat<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qWERwNe7I/AAAAAAAAIHU/eLzHU9t8b_A/s1600-h/DSCF6749.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qWERwNe7I/AAAAAAAAIHU/eLzHU9t8b_A/s320/DSCF6749.JPG" /></a> for butteflies.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Quite a challenge to catch the Marshall's Iora on the lens - with its constant flitting and acrobatics, it was a charming sight indeed.<br /><br /><br />another interesting species seen in the are was the White-naped Tit <em>Parus Nuchalis</em> which is a rare & endangered species<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559530162158513515.post-54175128459649345882010-02-28T21:30:00.001+05:302010-03-02T22:20:13.382+05:30Layeri river & its surroundings<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qTRFxDx_I/AAAAAAAAIGc/99AA6RwaIvo/s1600-h/DSCF6753.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qTRFxDx_I/AAAAAAAAIGc/99AA6RwaIvo/s320/DSCF6753.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> <br />
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Black Redstart (female)<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qTSBTNtMI/AAAAAAAAIGs/CAHcAKcwbIw/s1600-h/DSCF6757.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qTSBTNtMI/AAAAAAAAIGs/CAHcAKcwbIw/s320/DSCF6757.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> <br />
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Afternoon session around 3 p.m. is a stop at a wayside stream where<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qTSr3aprI/AAAAAAAAIG0/pbmbdomJGc8/s1600-h/DSCF6761.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4qTSr3aprI/AAAAAAAAIG0/pbmbdomJGc8/s320/DSCF6761.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> Jugal assures us that some patience will pay off with the appearence of 2 species of Buntings. and sure enough within a short time, they come for their regular drink -seems like clockwork precision!<br />
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Above is the Grey-headed Bunting & below the House Bunting<br />
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the hillock in the area provided some interesting views.<br />
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A pair of Lesser Kestrels<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4QEnwFw20I/AAAAAAAAIFI/FdEyOGc0tO0/s1600-h/DSCF6768.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4QEnwFw20I/AAAAAAAAIFI/FdEyOGc0tO0/s320/DSCF6768.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> <br />
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Montagu's Harrier (female)<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4QEotJPwrI/AAAAAAAAIFY/AeLw94HnEi0/s1600-h/DSCF6780.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4QEotJPwrI/AAAAAAAAIFY/AeLw94HnEi0/s320/DSCF6780.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> <br />
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Ah! the Desert Wheatear - What a Camouflage!<br />
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Jugal's internet postings contained many beautiful pictures of this vast wetland located in the Banni grassland. It was therefore good to see a place you have read & pictorially seen so much about<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4QCYlZfY9I/AAAAAAAAIEo/f9IW7hd3fJg/s1600-h/DSCF6782.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4QCYlZfY9I/AAAAAAAAIEo/f9IW7hd3fJg/s320/DSCF6782.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a>.<br />
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Migratory birds - Crab Plover (black & white bird near the shore), Black-tailed godwit, Common teals & Northern Shovellers scouting for dinner <br />
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View after sunset<br />
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Greater flamingoes congregate<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4P-NnsjQ5I/AAAAAAAAIDo/sXxqOd3GDeY/s1600-h/DSCF6843.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4P-NnsjQ5I/AAAAAAAAIDo/sXxqOd3GDeY/s320/DSCF6843.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> in large numbers at the beach. the photo in the title of this blog is of Modhwa beach<br />
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Pallas Gull were in good numbers. Also seen the Heuglin's Gulls, slender billed Gull & Saunder's Tern<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4P-N4k-auI/AAAAAAAAIDw/zzTUkr_-sek/s1600-h/DSCF6844.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4P-N4k-auI/AAAAAAAAIDw/zzTUkr_-sek/s320/DSCF6844.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> <br />
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Entrance to the Sham-e-Sharad. This is an interesting resort that provides the traveller with the ethnic Kutchi ambience coupled with all the comforts.<br />
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The dining area is a colourful riot of colours<br />
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The first picture shows the thorny habitat & we walk through this thorn scurb area straining our eyes to catch the slightest movement or flutter. Part of the fun of birding is not only watching species easily sighted, but scanning the area for that unique bird.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4EOp8mcQzI/AAAAAAAAH_k/e7wD47FDTgs/s1600-h/DSCF6891.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4EOp8mcQzI/AAAAAAAAH_k/e7wD47FDTgs/s320/DSCF6891.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> Jugal knows every part of this area & is training his eyes intently<br />
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And voila! whe have spotted the Stoliczsh<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4EOqmRjWoI/AAAAAAAAH_0/u6BrM1oK8EY/s1600-h/DSCF6897.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4EOqmRjWoI/AAAAAAAAH_0/u6BrM1oK8EY/s320/DSCF6897.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a>a's bushchat, a migratory bird seen in this area <br />
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Another view of the bird with its habitat in the background<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4EOq052jKI/AAAAAAAAH_8/8u0P78h5Plc/s1600-h/DSCF6899.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4EOq052jKI/AAAAAAAAH_8/8u0P78h5Plc/s320/DSCF6899.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> <br />
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Caught another interesting species - the Graceful Prinia that keeps flitting in this bush & certainly keeps us at a respectful distance, giving litle opportunity to catch it on the lens<br />
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Both these birds are lifers for me & possibly for other members of the group too.<br />
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In the distance you can see the Great Indian Bustard - a critically endangered species<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4EHNZVIJSI/AAAAAAAAH-M/h3S2ntJkSlo/s1600-h/DSCF6942.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S4EHNZVIJSI/AAAAAAAAH-M/h3S2ntJkSlo/s320/DSCF6942.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> <br />
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The ship of the Desert looks on majestically at the great human invasion<br />
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Oriental Skylark<br />
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A closer view of the citadel where the ruler and the nobility lived<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S312v2wnmiI/AAAAAAAAH4s/W-IvtDEwUVs/s1600-h/DSCF7082.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S312v2wnmiI/AAAAAAAAH4s/W-IvtDEwUVs/s320/DSCF7082.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br />
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The main reservoir. Obviously, storage of water has always been of great importance to mankind.<br />
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A eerie stairway<br />
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A view from the Citadel<br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559530162158513515.post-12610290935319731442010-02-18T22:35:00.001+05:302018-11-17T20:19:43.355+05:30More of Dholavira<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S31zdsNfcKI/AAAAAAAAH3c/6ZtePJN8SY8/s1600-h/DSCF7054.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S31zdsNfcKI/AAAAAAAAH3c/6ZtePJN8SY8/s320/DSCF7054.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> <br />
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This is a how people took a shower bath in ancient<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S31zerlrRPI/AAAAAAAAH30/ZyrXxJBwKk0/s1600-h/DSCF7061.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S31zerlrRPI/AAAAAAAAH30/ZyrXxJBwKk0/s320/DSCF7061.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> times. seems real cooooool!<br />
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Underground tank (Tanka system) for storing water<br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559530162158513515.post-91409506836400944362010-02-18T22:29:00.000+05:302010-02-18T22:30:31.105+05:30Some more views from Dholavira<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S31yJe4ON0I/AAAAAAAAH28/Z-gHhVr-w4E/s1600-h/DSCF7048.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S31yJe4ON0I/AAAAAAAAH28/Z-gHhVr-w4E/s320/DSCF7048.JPG" /></a> <br /> <br />Birders will look at birds any & everywhere! so here is a Rufous-tailed Lark near the ruins<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And a White-cheeked Bulbul in a tree nearby <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S31yLWhoNbI/AAAAAAAAH3U/ab4GbfnqsH4/s1600-h/DSCF7074.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S31yLWhoNbI/AAAAAAAAH3U/ab4GbfnqsH4/s320/DSCF7074.JPG" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S31yK55SEcI/AAAAAAAAH3M/Cgdh28ekyW4/s1600-h/DSCF7067.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S31yK55SEcI/AAAAAAAAH3M/Cgdh28ekyW4/s320/DSCF7067.JPG" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S31yJ_oFgKI/AAAAAAAAH3E/lK-dBeJ6glk/s1600-h/DSCF7066.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/S31yJ_oFgKI/AAAAAAAAH3E/lK-dBeJ6glk/s320/DSCF7066.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This and the picture below give a view of the Rann of Kutch. Taken from the ruins.<br /><br />Unlike the Little Rann of Kutch (See my blog with link on this page), this is a stark desert where absolutely nothing can survive. It is just sheer white sand<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0