A pair of Bulbuls spent about three minutes in the feeding station today, but not eating or drinking ! They looked unsettled !
But they came! It is a promising sign after a break of two weeks!
What was missing in their behaviour was bird calls and playfulness at the feeding station!
Yes, they are sensitive to changes. Their flight path from the feeding station was ordinarily to the tall rubber trees in the adjacent property. Now they are cut and the place is cluttered with leaves and branches.
I wonder if the birds have felt threatened and left with a bereft feeling!
I remember an environmentalist telling us a few years back that the pruning or felling of trees ought to spread over weeks and not done at one time, to avoid giving birds a feeling of sudden change too much for them to adapt to! So we practice that. That helped few birds to be nocturnal residents in our garden and even nesting !
Th avian presence and movements in a garden are indications of a hospitable garden!
M.C.Mathew (text and photo)
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