With summer heat suffocating birds, the usual birds have moved to different cooler places, so much so the cacophony of the morning is missing in our garden. The flight movements also decreased considerably.
It is a habit for me to be out in the garden at day break and look for movements in the foliage to spot birds as the visibility improves only after day break.
The pictures above are of some birds, who would not have been seen except for the movements of the leaves visible from a distance. It is at day break they fly away to the usual places.
The Sunbird resting on the slender branch, from which few nutmeg fruits were hanging was a surprising sight.
The bird calls and flight movements are the usual ways we track the birds in the morning.
Now, it is worthwhile to look at tall trees and track if a bird can be spotted by the movements of the leaves around the bird.
To find a bird early in the morning, groomed and ready for flight is a pleasant sight! Such occasions have been infrequent!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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