Posted in Arm-chair birding, Ashulia, Bird, nest, Sparrow, sunrise on Mar 27th, 2009
Up before dawn to try catch the early light. There was a bit of a rumble of distant thunder … though from the looks of the morning sky it seems unlikely there would be a sudden storm this morning [the season for the "Kaal Baisakh"Â - violent Nor'wester storms is coming up soon]. Drove out [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Bird, Dhaka, nature, nest, Sunbird on Aug 15th, 2008
Finally! managed to get a few photos of the Sunbirds [this one is a Female. Purple Rumped - Leptocoma zeylonica ] who keep coming back to this shrub to strip off the dry stringy bark for nest-building…. Â
The Bulbul chicks are gone. Blown away by the fierce storm last night. The empty nest remained in the tree though…. Â Â
A pair of Bulbuls [Red-Vented. Pycnonotus cafer bengalensis] had made a nest in a Ficus shrub, 3 chicks hatched just over a week ago and today for the first time they were hopping on the branches of the big Mahogany tree and in a short while had learned to fly! The mother had brought something [...]
Posted in AISD, Black and White, Crow, Dance, Dhaka, Drama, Music, nature, nest, school, Starling, WIP on Mar 19th, 2008
For the past many weeks the WIP photo project for “The Jungle Book” production at AIS/D Elementary School had taken up all of my shooting time. Am not complaining! in case that is what it sounded like. It was a great experience, both photographically and to witness the progression of the learning process the kids [...]
The Mahogany trees are sprouting new leaves and the Starlings, Mainas and Magpie Robins are bringing bits of stuff to build nests… the color of the Mahogany leaves are bright orange red like fall colors anywhere else! Â Â click a thumbnail to see the full page photograph