Beginning the day!

 

I found this Magpie Robin fairly regularly at the same site in our garden, at day break, for a few days now! It takes in a bird's view of the surroundings during this time. Its observant eyes and vigilant posture captured my attention almost every day during this week. 

I have not noticed it engaging in bird calls on any of these occasions while at this spot.

This is its routine before it flies away across the stream to the tall trees. 

Today, it had a prolonged stay in this site, as it seemed to be listening to the tuneful singing of a common Tailorbird, perched in the adjacent tree.

But the sudden appearance of a Barbet, in the tree where the Tailor bird was singing from, disturbed the Magpie Robin and it found its next flight station at a palm tree.  

It was from that safe position, it engaged in its bird calls lustily and tunefully! It stayed on for a while with interrupted bird calls. 

I am drawn by the intentional look of the Magpie Robin to get a feel of the environment. It sizes and gauges the environment. 

I was in a Mall yesterday evening. There is a children's toy ride station, with a motorised caravan. The driver was without any rider for about forty-five minutes. He drove the caravan around the route to make it visible to children and families. After two rounds of that exhibition trip, he had a few children coming forward to have a ride. Till I left, he was occupied with riders. 

The driver knew what to do, when he did not have joy riders. His business sense guided him to make his presence known to the potential riders.  

I found the Magpie Robin practicing its routine with a plan. I found the driver of the caravan acting prudently when he could not attract riders. 

A behaviour design and plan is what I need for each day during this transition time of retirement. I do not have consistent practice of quiet times to look inward and outward. Those occasions get subsumed by other events.  

To know the thoughts within and the environment around would be a good way of bringing an order to each day!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)