*Just Fantastic* *Tanay * On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 6:26 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote:
> *The tower (tree) of babble* > > > It’s a tree, full of holes and deep openings that lies dead and withering > but that hasn’t stopped these great conversationalists (Rose ringed > parakeets) from perching here come evening. This dead tree lies in a field, > on the village outskirts, giving the birds a place to rest and unwind > without fear of anything. It took them a while to accept my presence as > well. > > > > August - monsoon time – and by 4 PM, the villagers start returning home > quite early with the days’ gathering on their head & shoulders (read > vegetables, mostly greens, hay, green grass, pulses, sugar cane, plantain…). > They return early to avoid the evening monsoon rains, winds and the cold air > that blows by the river floods. There’s a transition taking place in the > evening sky as the sun goes down and against this, the beautiful parakeets > are etched out as if in technicolour. It’s a riot of colour and speech then > as these lovely parakeets talk, chatter and perhaps even squabble with one > another, flying in as they do and a new flock joining them from a different > direction. Probably, the villagers and the parakeets are in tandem as > regards reaching home early during this season. > > > > What is strange is that even after two years and after umpteen visits, > especially during sunset, I was not able to sight these divine parakeets on > the same tree. > > > Come dusk and villagers return home after a hard days’ work, sometimes in > their bullock carts, at times walking, carrying their burden on their heads > – this scene never fails to delight me. Will share some of the photos soon.. > > > > > > > Habitat: paddy fields, adjacent to a irrigation canal. > > Place: Chandagal Village, Krishnaraja nagara, Mysore district > > Photo date: 08 Aug 2008 3.40 PM > > > > Regards > > > > Raghu / Sunita > > Chennai > > 29 Aug 2010 > > > > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
