March 10th 2024
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| The sun rose over Illalur lake, and we watched. |
The magical shimmer of gold across the water,
the silhouetted trees,
Cormorants skidded across the surface,
Dew on the grasses,
Dragonflies hovering over the reeds
And I listened, to the
Gurgling chuckle of the White-browed bulbuls
Familiar francolins' call
Coucal hoot
Kingfisher's rattling cry
and the caw caw of the crows.
What's not to love in my morning meander
with others on a similar journey, together
Yet separate,
Enjoying our solitary discoveries
Sharing our delights,
and sandwiches!
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| Later at Mudayathur lake, the Thandri under water, unlike my last visit. |
The Yellow Wattled Lapwings - an unexpected delight
An Osprey afar!
Cormorants aplenty
A brain fever bird after ages!
Oriental Skylark shot up from the grass, calling and hovering before descending
Smart and perky Indian Robins
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| And a new discovery this time - the hillock near Vembedu Lake. A lovely scrub area which we visited a little too late - next time we need to catch dawn here. |
Returning via Nemmeli, and the flamingoes danced in the salt pans, on their amazingly long legs while the Spoonbills wagged their beaks and bodies, almost in time. And what were the Northern Shovelers doing dabbling in the saltpans I wondered. Aren't they freshwater, wetland ducks?
81 species for the morning - by Sagarika, Ramanan, Ramraj and me.
Lovely morning, we had seen WEB even last time it seems. totally forgotten about it.
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