The birds have flown.
Sparrows no longer nest in my balcony and evenings do not see flocks of parrots in the gardens. Babblers, Sunbirds, Woodpeckers, Eagles and kites are missing from my daily life. Their absence is so evident, that it took a lot of convincing on my part to make nemo believe that the national bird of India is a peacock and not a crow. ( I think, he still secretly believes that it is the Crow)
Yesterday afternoon, while I was rushing from the car parking to my home ,the temperature outside was around 45 degrees. In a little shadowed corner of the park, the sprinklers were on and I was stopped in my tracks by three woodpeckers hopping around, surrounded by atleast twenty sunbirds of different colours.
The sight was so mesmerizing that I stood and stared for a good 15-20 minutes unmindful of the merciless sun beating down on me. Suddenly a car horn blasted nearby and the birds took off.
I don't mind walking out into the sun everyday just to see my feathered friends again....
Sparrows no longer nest in my balcony and evenings do not see flocks of parrots in the gardens. Babblers, Sunbirds, Woodpeckers, Eagles and kites are missing from my daily life. Their absence is so evident, that it took a lot of convincing on my part to make nemo believe that the national bird of India is a peacock and not a crow. ( I think, he still secretly believes that it is the Crow)
Yesterday afternoon, while I was rushing from the car parking to my home ,the temperature outside was around 45 degrees. In a little shadowed corner of the park, the sprinklers were on and I was stopped in my tracks by three woodpeckers hopping around, surrounded by atleast twenty sunbirds of different colours.
The sight was so mesmerizing that I stood and stared for a good 15-20 minutes unmindful of the merciless sun beating down on me. Suddenly a car horn blasted nearby and the birds took off.
I don't mind walking out into the sun everyday just to see my feathered friends again....
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You write well ma'am. Keep writing as often as possible.
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