Two evenings ago there was a strong breeze which began blowing off the whirly-bird seeds from the Mahogany pods just around sunset… by today morning most the seeds are gone and new leaves are out!
Category Archive for 'spring'
The “official” first day of spring was the 13th Feb. Yesterday the first new leaves began appearing on the Mahogany trees. In a few days, the orange and yellows of these new sprouts will give way to green… yep it IS spring now!
Pahela Falguner Shuvecha Shobaike – Happy First Day of Spring to everyone! 13th February 2010, and the first day of Spring has arrived…
Leaf-burst
Posted in Bangladesh, Bulbul, Dhaka, Mahogany, nature, spring on Feb 27th, 2009
Once again The Mahogany trees burst into new leaf… bit earlier than that last year though. And the birds are all back…. A Red-vented Bulbul [Pixel-peepers: read this]
Spring again
Posted in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Mahogany, nature, spring on Feb 21st, 2009
A week into Spring [9th day actually...it is the 9th of "Falgun" here]… and the Mahogany pods are beginning burst and shed their whirly-bird seeds… … and the birds are having a ball
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