Relentless rain in Mysuru region; coffee farmers seek help
The Hindu
Mysuru district received 304 mm of rainfall from October 1 to November 4 against a normal of 156 mm
Mysuru district recorded 68 mm of rainfall during the 24-hour period ending 8.30 a.m. on November 5 following incessant overnight rains.
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), this is the highest for November in the last 10 years. The all-time high was recorded on November 4, 1994 when the district received 106.6 mm of rainfall.
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When fed into Latin, pusilla comes out denoting “very small”. The Baillon’s crake can be missed in the field, when it is at a distance, as the magnification of the human eye is woefully short of what it takes to pick up this tiny creature. The other factor is the Baillon’s crake’s predisposition to present less of itself: it moves about furtively and slides into the reeds at the slightest suspicion of being noticed. But if you are keen on observing the Baillon’s crake or the ruddy breasted crake in the field, in Chennai, this would be the best time to put in efforts towards that end. These birds live amidst reeds, the bulrushes, which are likely to lose their density now as they would shrivel and go brown, leaving wide gaps, thereby reducing the cover for these tiddly birds to stay inscrutable.