Delhi 26th Jan
Starting the day with hornbills and lapwings is nice! We enjoyed the bracing cool morning.
Jan 25th
And so we are off. Project report draft done, tooth cap reglued (yes, it popped out yesterday!), woollens packed, grand sweets taken for our travelling companions and still our suitcases under the max weight.
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| I continue to grieve about the Olive Ridleys that are dying by the dozens every day on our beaches, and seeing Pulicat from above made me think of them again. |
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| Fitful snoozing, reading an amusing (not intentionally so but still) essay on the Kumbh tamasha and a sudoku and paneer sandwich later, we are descending into Delhi, capital of our Republic, on the eve of Republic Day. |
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| A trip to Bharatpur and Ranthambhore has begun! And these Raj watercolours on the walls of India International Centre were very appropriate. |
Jan 1st
Ebird list with Vismaya, the peregrine.
E-bird list with the Flamebacks
I have not been birding much this last fortnight of December, so it was nice to have these chance encounters.
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| Vismaya had not given me darshan, being driven away by the on-off rain of the last month. Jan 1st and I caught sight of her, in her usual perch, preening and dozing intermittently. |
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| I was fascinated by how it felt like she was staring at us. Did she sense the movements in the balcony across? Maybe assessing if we could be lunch? |
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| The Black-rumped Flameback pair - how they clung to the wall, and pried and poked between the bricks. |
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| Every hole was investigated, and then they both flew off with a kikiki call. |
A new camera and lens, that gave us some anxious moments gave us some lovely pictures too.
2nd July From my window, the Moringa tree flowers I see. At midday yesterday, the creamy white flowers against the bright green leaves, pep...
