Saturday, May 1, 2010

A Naturalist's Diary : 3

The day dawned overcast and cloudy. It did blunt the ferocity of the sun, but the day was sultry. Walked around in the late evening. Chestnut-tailed starlings (Sturnus malabaricus) are roosting near the conference hall and their arrival begins at the teak near the reception, until they finally descend, in a clamourous squabble on a mango tree near the conference hall.

Eurasian Golden Orioles (Oriolus oriolus) also much in evidence with their mellifluous calls. Two Greater Coucals (Centropus sinensis) were booming outside my quarters. Plum-headed parakeets (Psittacula cyanocephala) screeching about; in all a bird-filled evening to counter a deeply birdless morning.

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