When we were young, sparrows would visit our home near Yusuf Sarai in Delhi. We'd have to rush and open the French windows of the house, and turn off the ceiling fans to protect them.
As we grew up, the birds around us seemed to have learnt to stay out of human homes. Until this month. Here in Goa, we have scaly-breasted munias visiting us sometimes. And, well, they're stupid. They keep fluttering against the fixed glass panes of the windows for an agonisingly long time, when there is an open window right underneath (see the pic for context).
I suppose the spotted munias forage in the paddy fields around our house. And visit us to snack on all the insects we harbour indoors. Perhaps I'll have the kids put stickers on all the fixed panes, to alert the birds.
(These social, communal birds are frequently caged. The pet trade calls them the Spice Finch. Its... so sad.)
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What a lovely experience. The staff at the Government District Hospital in Mapusa were more organised and helpful than the fancy Medanta Team that gave me my first dose.
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This is what freedom looks like. Kavin's cycle has finally arrived from Gurgaon, so I no longer have to ferry him to school on a scooter.
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The rains are nice. But the winters are better.
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Barbara Ėf The rain makes everything so beautiful. Pictured outside the children's school. Spot the ant if you can.
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The Green Bee-eater, पतेना
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The "moth" that failed to impress Kavin
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A cozy spot for the good boys
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As if out of a horror movie
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Feeding time.
This picture is framed by the trees on all sides. The focus of the picture is the frame, not the birds. Dunno if you can notice.
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The bois are out for a stroll
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Rasshmi Guptaa,
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Tarun Gupta Be the first to identify all the sparrows in this picture, and get a free pass to 2021.
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@rasshmiguptaa this fellow showed up on a glass pane, but this time we were both on the same side.
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Same spidey. A minute later it had caught and cocooned a catch.
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Spidey. On a very large web.
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Bee. Out of focus, so it appears fuzzier than it really is.
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Dung beetle, on its way to conquer the world
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जन्मदिन की Sushi. One of them turned out to be non veg and we discovered just in time 😂
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In conversation. In motion. Two Prinias.
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Hard to recognise. Google Lens says that's a tit.
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The wormwood pug, it seems
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Concrete stacks rising out of smoke
A setting sun
A bird headed home
And a pond settling down for the night
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