Of late, I watched three to four pairs of Bulbuls in our garden coming close to our cottage for feed and frolicking.They spend a good portion of the day around the cottage. Since the Rambutan fruits are no more in the tree, they wait for food in their feeding bowl.
During the last week, I noticed an attempt to make a nest in the nutmeg tree facing our courtyard. I am yet to see any bird activity around it.
The above might even be an abandoned nest.
I find these events around our cottage interesting and engaging. A garden is a home for birds. When they choose to make nests and breed, the garden wouldl attract more birds for nesting.
When birds find a garden hospitable, it is a shared experience between humans and avians!
The dried leaves suspended in a strand of spider web reminded me of many other insects who inhabit the garden.
The dragon flies and Butterflies are back in the garden, since it is dry during the day, for the last two days after a week long rainy days and nights.
A stanza of a hymn by Henry Van Dyke, 'Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee' came to my mind at the end of the walk in the garden yesterday:
'All Thy works with joy surround thee,
Earth and heaven reflect Thy rays,
Stars and angels sing aroundThee,
Centre of unbroken praise.
Field and forest, vale and mountain,
Flowery meadow, flashing sea,
Chanting bird and flowing mountain,
Call us to rejoice in Thee'.
The world of abundance is given to us to be good stewards of it !
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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