The two Magpie robins perched about 150 meters away from each other, on coconut palm trees in our garden, engaged in bird calls at twilight. It was likely that the first one was a male bird as its tuneful singing was different from the hushed brief calls of the second one in the photograph.
I remember hearing the reciprocal calls of Magpie robins from elsewhere in our garden on another two days during this week at similar times.
The bird calls are the earliest indications of stable friendship between birds which might lead to courtship.
The call is a hearty response to each other.
During this election time in India, the news is all about how harsh and critical one can be, while speaking about the candidate from the opposition party ! It is a competition to win voters by criticising other candidates standing for election!
Do we have to drag the other person down and invent stories to denigrate a person! Instead, what if a candidate can speak about his or her agenda of action for the next five years! I wish the language and tone would be motivated by the good work that one has in mind rather than attempt to score a brownie point by talking about acts of commission or omission of the other candidates.
The Magpie robins bring another message at day break! Offer something of yours to others!
I wonder whether the thoughts and aspirations of people are driven by selfish pursuit of taking pleasure by hurting others!
The Magpie robins had a hearty language of giving and taking!
I kept thinking on this theme during the day. One can bless others with words! The words of James, in the epistle of James in the New Testament of the Bible, came to me while pondering over the language of communication. " For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well" (James 3:2) ! Later in the same passage, James, stated something in a moving language, " ..tongue is a small part of the body, and ...behold how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire" (v5) !
The Magpie robins had a language of hearty communication between themselves!
I carry that message within me!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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