Hi Yvonne, These simple pleasures of life (taking delight in nature)are the the ones that too many people don't have/make time for anymore. Don't worry about not getting much done.....there will always be things to be done(and they'll wait for us, persistently, till we take notice!!! - ask me!!) but nature's beauty doesn't wait for us to have the time to admire it; it's here one moment and gone the next.
Incidentally, we (Fred and I) photographed all dads paintings of the birds he did for his children. Patsy --- Yvonne Vaz Ezdani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jenny,I have a few paintings of birds which your > Dad did with Shannon when he was mentoring her in > art.I treasure them . > But right now what I'm really enjoying is the > various colourful birds that come to visit my > garden, cute yellow honeysuckle,charcoal grey and > mustard yellow bird I've never seen before.,2 > bulbuls(I'm trying to figure which type they are > ,acc. to Harvey there are 3 types of bulbul.),some > black and white long tailed birds that chirp > alot.Once in a while a kingfisher comes to sit on > the guava tree in the back compound even though > there is no water or fish around. Beautiful. > I was thrilled to see a woodpecker ,quite a large > one , the other day. and a brown bird which i think > is a heron. Most of them must be migratory birds > because we don't see them throughout the year. > I guess our house is not only close to the fountain > but in the midst of many empty houses. so these > 'friends' don't feel afraid to come and visit. > >From my window i can see about 6 squirrels chasing > each other up and down the mango tree in the next > compound. > I've got hardly any work done this morning. can you > blame me? > Yvonne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 11:37 PM > Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Birds of Salmona... > > > Oh my Goodness! Dad was working on a series of > local birds - including those from the fountain I > believe, when he had the fall that landed him in a > nursing home. That was a couple of years ago and > marked the beginning of the end for him, so to > speak... He did continue these paintings in his new > 'home' but the light kinda went out of him from then > on. > > He did these birds in water colors and made sets > of them for each of us. Very recently I was showing > the ones I have to my son. Dad has hand written the > common name and the scientific name (of those that > he could find) at the base of each picture. > > How interesting that a young soul of the village > should take the time and trouble to document the > same treasure! > > Love to all, > Jenny (Saldanha) > > P.S. to Annette: > Our Dad, like yours, was crazy about wild life, > especially birds and in similar fashion was > perpetually adopting baby bulbuls and Mynas that he > would painstakingly feed at the table with a > dropper! He'd stuff too much food into their mouths > and they'd shake their heads sending the stuff > flying all over the dining room and on to any > on-lookers! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Himanshu Burte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Bcc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:49 am > Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Birds of Salmona... > > > Thanks Rico, Wouldn't it be great if we had a chart > which had images of these birds alongside the > birdnames and then maybe other details. It would > make > the beginning of a visual map of birdlife in > Saligao. > Himanshu > --- "Frederick Noronha > [à ¥žà ¤°à ¥â¡Ã ¤¦à ¤°à ¤¿à ¤⢠> à ¤¨à ¥â¹Ã ¤°à ¥â¹Ã ¤¨à ¤¯à ¤¾]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Harvey D'Souza list of birds from the Saligao > > Salmona fountain:... > > reproducing an old note: > > > > * * * > > > > Hi Rico, Here is the much promised list of the > birds > > found by me at > > the Saligao zor. A study of the whole of > > Saligao, i.e the village, the paddy fields, the > > orchards would reveal > > lots more! Cheers, -Harvey > > > > "harvey d'souza" > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - > > - > > > > Birds of Saligao Zor > > Sighted by Harvey D'Souza > > > > Pond heron > > Ardeola grayii > > > > Honey buzzard > > Pernis ptilorhyncus > > > > Black kite > > Milvus migrans > > > > Brahminy kite > > Haliastur indus > > Shikra > > Accipiter badius > > > > Blackshouldered kite > > Elanus caeruleus > > > > Booted eagle > > Hieraaetus pennatus > > > > Black eagle > > Ictinaetus malayensis > > > > Crested serpent eagle > > Spilornis cheela > > > > Common peapowl > > Pavo cristatus > > > > Pompadour green pigeon > > Treron pompadura > > > > Spotted dove > > Streptopelia chinensis > > > > Plumheaded parakeet > > Psittacula cyanocephala > > > > Koel > > Eudynamys scolopacea > > > > Greater coucal > > Centropus sinensis > > > > Brown wood owl > > Strix leptogrammica > > > > Spotted owlet > > Athene brama > > > > House swift > > Apus affinis > > > > Whitethroated kingfisher > > Halcyon smyrnensis > > > > Green bee-eater > > Merops orientalis > > > > Malabar pied hornbill > > Anthracoceros coronatus (4 Nov 2000) > > > > Coppersmith barbet > > Megalaima haemacephala > > > > Rufous woodpecker > > Celeus brachyurus > > > > Common flameback > > Dinopium javanense > > > > Whitecheeked barbet > > Megalaima viridis > > > > Golden oriole > > Oriolus oriolus > > > > Blackhooded oriole > > Oriolus xanthornus > > > > Black drongo > > Dicrurus macrocercus > > > > Ashy drongo > > Dicrurus leucophaeus > > > > Bronzed drongo > > Dicrurus aeneus > > > > Greater Racket tailed drongo > > Dicurus paradiseus > > > > Jumgle myna > > Acridotheres fuscus > > > === message truncated ===> _______________________________________________ > Saligao 403511 website http://saligao.goa-india.org > Saligaonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet > Be smarter than spam. 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