There was a drizzle one evening last week, after the prolonged summer heat with temperature soaring to 40 degrees C and above. It was a delight and a relief.
As I was walking back home from the hospital, I noticed this mina sitting on a pillar of the building, under construction, soaking in the rain, quenching the thirst and singing. In an otherwise quiet evening, its singing was audible even from distance.
Most of the birds of the campus flock around a green patch in the morning and evening , where the water overflowing from the overhead water tank falls. Of late, I noticed that birds are not seen there either. It is then I remembered that there was a campaign in the campus to conserve water by repairing all the sources from where water leaks.
We have conserved water, but displaced the birds from their habitat. We have recently kept open our two outdoor cement tanks, where we breed fish, to see if the birds will access this source of water. That did not happen. But we noticed that many birds flock to our garden to sip water from the pots, when they are watered.
It seems there is a struggle for survival. We need a more environment friendly attitude where our efforts to make the environment livable is all-inclusive.
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