It is at the feeding station in our garden, Anna and I get an introduction to avian social behaviour!
Two families of Mynah each with one juvenile bird were together at the feeding station for a while. The adults in both families watched over the juvenile birds attempting to feed on their own.
This co-parenting style caught my attention. The Juvenile birds got introduced to each other through this efforts. The adult birds provide an opportunity to the juvenile birds to develop a culture of togetherness!
Families live their lives; but they also contribute to the keep the flock relational! What a behaviour for a cohesive culture!
The human communal cohesion has got disintegrated by a fragmented view of each other through the optic of religion, caste, race, nationality and economic status. There is a tendency to promote the divisiveness to possess and control. How much ever one hesitates to believe, the evidence is in favour of a push for 'white supremacy' in a western country where human brotherhood existed for centuries. The distinction that is created between nationals and immigrants belittle the commonality of human experiences and shared living!
I wish India as a nation had cordial relationships with Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, who are our neighbours! The relationship India has with Bhutan and Nepal is mutual!
The two families welcomed another Mynah to join its flock and to share a meal. It comes as a message of social harmony which we as humans are at the risk of loosing!
If only the political leadership of the USA, Israel or Russia were to pause and reflect they would be less aggressive for geographical domination and acquisitive instinct to possess more!
I felt moved by the sight of these birds from heterogenous backgrounds relate comfortably and share a common meal, when the heavy rainfall restricted their flight movements!
Their's was a gently call to be more relational!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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