Hi Friends,
As i had already mentioned about bulbul birds nesting , breeding in our window, we were still waiting for them to arrive this year. But looks like a bad time this year since lot of huge trees in front of my house and around were chopped down since there are some construction projects coming up..feeling bad and down because of this..
Last weekend i thought of helping at least some of our winged friends.. put of a pot of water near our plants for birds to beat the heat this summer.. Then found out some plywood sheets, took help of a neighbour who is as enthu as we too and made out a small box shaped nest. Then hung this nest in the external grill of our bedroom window,, and yes !! yes !! next day there was a sparrow couple observing it in the morning. By afternoon they had already zeroed upon making this their "aashiyana " . They have now started working towards making it their home and the place for bring their young ones in the world.. Cant express the magnitude of happiness that me n my wife are feeling. Every morning, we get out of the bed and unlike every mornings,,," hi baby ! or good morning shonaaa !!! " we walk towards the window, move the curtain slowly and see whats up with these guys... then comes all other things,, putting fresh water in the pot, then some grains for them etc.. found time today to take some pics of these guest family..
And ya , I woke up today morning to the voice of a bulbul and jumped off the bed, to look for them. A pleasant surprise, bulbul couple was in our plants, they would look at the place all over, look at the nest that another bulbul couple had made last year ( we have kept it still intact).. then again flew back to our bedroom window, again came back etc etc,, god alone knows what they are thinking about, whether both of them or any one of them are one of the chicks who took birth and grew up in the nest last year .. or are they just considering staying here and bring up their kids ... really kept us wondering,, lets hope they decide to do it,, and we really dont mind keeping both our windows closed and curtains closed till they happily built their nests, lay their eggs, bring their young ones in the world and grow them untill they all fly away happily to come back in the next year...
we really hope they come.. we have delicious food too ready for them...
if thats a lucrative option. other than the fact that we love them and wouldnt even trouble or disturb them in any which ways.
lets hope they come,, and i be able to do what i get immense happiness in, help them..
Urge everybody to note that just an hours time on our weekends we spend to make these small nests with very little expense,,and these lovely creatures will be able to make their life cycle little better..at least this much is what we could easily do ... considering the epitome of bad things that we have done to the nature around us... even if one of you does what have done, and spreads the word to even one another person who you know, i will feel that i could manage to do atleast a bit.
PS : Could not even notice another photography enthusiastic person developing in my own house. Snehal, the lady of my life n house, the love of my life has also fallen for photography and does it quite well as compared to the amount of practice she gets to do on the camera, here as some amazing macro pics that she has clicked,, there are many but these are the latest ones we have.
