This is the local month of Baishak and we have these quick and violent Nor-westers [called KalBaishaki in Bangla]. They start up without a warning, strong winds reaching a hundred Kmph easily, bending the palm trees like they will snap in two, rain that comes in almost horizontally, thunder and lightning, the works! And suddenly, [...]
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The same again this morning, the coooing. Looked out of the balcony and there are a pair of Doves not just one. They have perched on a wall-mounted wrought-iron planter and are busy cooing. Pobably planning to nest here? They flew onto the Mahogany tree just a few feet from the balcony completely at ease [...]
Woken by the insistent cooing of this Dove on the Mahogany tree. Better than the shrill sound of an alarm clock! Spotted Dove [Streptopelia chinensis]
Shooting badies
Posted in Bird, Bulbul, nature, Tailorbird on Aug 18th, 2010
Today’s beautiful birdies – especially the colors on the Tailorbird. Bulbul and a Tailorbird [click the pics for a full view]
Friday afternoon on the Peacock
Posted in BBC Boats, boat, Kingfisher, Peacock on Feb 20th, 2010
Impromptu picnic aboard the Peacock, so we got together a few packs of wafers, drinks, hot-dogs and chicken cup-noodles… the ruckus the 3 girls created would have put a dozen boys to shame We decided to go down-river instead of the usual trip up-river, head past Isapura and then get as far as we could get [...]