Posts Tagged ‘mango tree diary’

Day 7:
Sitting out on the balcony enjoying a late afternoon espresso and a ciggy, dozing a bit from indulgence at lunch [after-glow of the Stoli really] this Black-hooded Oriole comes and perches for a bit of evening sun….

Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 18:08 | 1 comment
Categories: SoFoBoMo

Day 6:
The mangoes survived!

And life beyond the mango tree goes on, as usual

Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 09:05 | 0 comments
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Day 5:

Got him! A quick one. Leaves masking him partly but that’s ok.

Woke from an afternoon nap to a violent storm raging – horizontal rain and winds probably over 80 Kmph bending the trees half-way over.
The storm was over in half an hour though. It almost blew out the bathroom window, which we secured with [...]

Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 17:09 | 1 comment
Categories: SoFoBoMo, Sparrow, storm

Day 4:
Pair of Sparrows this morning. The guy was all over the place but this little lady sat still and posed for her portrait.

Thursday, May 14th, 2009 at 10:09 | 1 comment
Categories: SoFoBoMo, Sparrow

SoFoBoMo – Diary of a Mango Tree.
Day 3:
Nothing much really happened on the Mango Tree this morning and there are no visiting birds today either. 
I take a few photos of the unripe mangoes and call it quits….
Then, at around 8:30am I hear the squirrel. It is back today for a late breakfast! Hmmm, discovered that it [...]

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 at 11:27 | 0 comments
Categories: SoFoBoMo, Squirrel

[SoFoBoMo] Day 2 at 5:38 AM
I wake early.  Draw the curtains and wonder which birds will be visiting the mango tree this morning. The light is low and I see a movement in the branches… a bird?
No. It turns out to be a tiny little furry creature who has come looking for breakfast. A little [...]

Monday, May 11th, 2009 at 07:14 | 2 comments

Time constraint forces me to either abandon SoFoBoMo 2009 or to fit in a fixed small time every morning to be able shoot a few frames and complete the project.
The mango tree behind the window gets a few Sunbirds and Sparrows each morning. Sometime a Sunbird chick being trained and fed by its parents…. sometime [...]

Sunday, May 10th, 2009 at 10:52 | 1 comment
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