As I stayed watching them, till one moved away, I noticed three things which held my attention.
They kept digging on the ground for insects and both made sounds to each other when they found something. They were found closest when they wanted to share food. A noticeable thing about the way they attract each other for courtship!
The birds chose lose soil to dig. They knew how to find food from the ground. It is almost an instinct and habit. They develop their habits according to the need.
There were warblers and squirrels coming to disturb them and they refuse to be intimidated. They moved about freely and purposefully, to dig in search for food.
For most avians, survival is a challenge and finding food is a demanding chore. They pursue this with ease and confidence.
As I was returning, I watched the nursery children waiting to be picked up by their parents. They pushed each other to get a place to sit on a narrow granite wall. For the next several minutes, till their parents came, none of them settled to sit quietly because they were pushing each other to grab a place to sit. Not one was willing to 'let go'.
The two contrasting out look! The Hoopoe birds seemed to care for each other or at least accommodate each other. But children, even at three years, were fighting with each other for space!
We, humans, seem to be driven by instincts of success, competition, anger and self-occupation! This is an unfortunate trend in a globalised world! Children pick up this existential style by watching adults!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
They kept digging on the ground for insects and both made sounds to each other when they found something. They were found closest when they wanted to share food. A noticeable thing about the way they attract each other for courtship!
The birds chose lose soil to dig. They knew how to find food from the ground. It is almost an instinct and habit. They develop their habits according to the need.
There were warblers and squirrels coming to disturb them and they refuse to be intimidated. They moved about freely and purposefully, to dig in search for food.
For most avians, survival is a challenge and finding food is a demanding chore. They pursue this with ease and confidence.
As I was returning, I watched the nursery children waiting to be picked up by their parents. They pushed each other to get a place to sit on a narrow granite wall. For the next several minutes, till their parents came, none of them settled to sit quietly because they were pushing each other to grab a place to sit. Not one was willing to 'let go'.
The two contrasting out look! The Hoopoe birds seemed to care for each other or at least accommodate each other. But children, even at three years, were fighting with each other for space!
We, humans, seem to be driven by instincts of success, competition, anger and self-occupation! This is an unfortunate trend in a globalised world! Children pick up this existential style by watching adults!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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