The Kingfishers had a regular site to stay vigilant, just above the stream, on the post that had fallen in the rain. Since the wall is being rebuilt, the post was removed and the King fisher is missing in the mornings!
It was a regular morning sighting that I miss now!
It is an indication of how every human activity has its effect on the avian habitat and behaviour! Sometimes I wondered whether nature watchers appeared too fuzzy raising caution against every infrastructure development.
While talking about the missing Kingfisher, the wall builder suggested that he would erect a few posts at the edge of the wall for giving a place for them to return to for their morning watch beside the stream! I thought that it was a good gesture of welcome to the Kingfisher family!
The unfortunate part of the wall building was that the fish that would normally be in the flowing water is also missing. They have moved upstream or downstream in a safer environment. There were butter flies in the grass overgrowing in the broken wall. They too have disappeared as wild overgrowth is removed.
What we do to meet our need invariably impacts others. This was explicit during the wall building.
The message that I read from this experience is about keeping the environment friendly for flora and fauna! Make an initial assessment of the impact factor before proceeding with the changes planned to develop new facilities.
Make the environment friendly for the native inhabitants!
We will plant flowering edge plants so that it is more homely for butterflies and honey suckers.
M.C.Mathew (text and photo)
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