A visitor or resident !

I spotted this white breasted Kingfisher perched in a tall coconut tree about 150 meters away. It flew away into the foliage of the nutmeg tree. After a long search I gave up. I was keen to locate if it has already got  nest in the garden.

As I was viewing the movements in a tree through a binocular, I spotted a Magpie Robin . The

The Kingfisher was hiding between branches. It cannot be its nesting place as they normally nest on the side of dry waterbody by by burrowing parallel to the ground.

As I watched this Kingfisher for a while it occurred to me that it was engaged in repeated bird calls. It was on a journey to fid its pair.

I did not know till now that our garden is a safe place for romance, nesting, birth of your birds, and  for adult birds to find feed for themselves and young ones.

I discovered a hiding green small Barbet in this process for searching fo the Kingfisher.

Some of these birds spend a lot time in the garden. The barbet waist for the papaya fruits to ripen. The stream beside our property has fish for the Kingfisher. The Magpie Robin used to have nest in our garden. 

It looks like our garden is socialistic with a place for many birds! I am happy it is that way!

It is necessary to create space within ourselves for others-humans, birds, animals, ...then it shall overflow to make outer space for all of them.

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)

Red whiskered Bulbul

It is the first time I noticed a red whiskered Bulbul family in our garden this morning during this nesting season. I remember seeing single ones occasionally.

For many familiar birds that frequent our garden, there is enough trees for them to choose to nest.  But there is lot of activity in our garden due to workers still building the walls and doing other work. This is likely to disturb the birds in making our garden their home during the nesting season. 

I watched this pair on an 'inspection flight' to seven or so trees and finally leaving the garden across the paddy field. Till I spot them again, I shall wait in suspense.

What is special about the red whiskered Bulbul is their striking musical notes in the birdcall. I noticed both the birds give away their musical bird calls melodiously.

It is an exceptionally joyful experience to have birds nest in the garden. The birds of the air need a home. 

For the last five years, I approached three carpenters to make wooden nesting boxes to hang them on trees to attract sparrows to stay in the garden. They are yet to make them.   

What is a green unless it also home for the birds, butterflies, dragon flies!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)

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