On a cloudy and drizzling morning, these birds were in the garden, stopping only for short periods in their flight stations. Seeing them is refreshing as regular bird visitors to the garden decreased since the summer heat soared from the beginning of March.
The Shikra seen in the last photo is not a regular visitor to our garden! It is a little banded goshawk, known for its hunting skills and is a protected bird who cannot be kept as pet in India !
It is now the regular breeding season of Shikra. It gathers sticks and carries them in their feet, while making nest. It is known to make the nests in shaded places, outside with sicks and inside with grass layer.
I noticed its flap and glide form of flying, which was a special sight.
A Tree pie was gathering sticks from our garden yesterday for its nest.
A garden is a place of different happenings each day!
M.C.Mathew (text and photo)
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