I feel so lucky to be so close to nature , green surroundings , a jungle-garden and loads of birds . I have seen so many colors , shapes and sizes of birds here and many of them choose to make their nests in my trees . But i am very bad at taking pictures ... i am so engrossed in the experience of watching them that i forget to shoot them most of the times . On the other times when i rush inside to fetch the camera , i get so conscious of not disturbing them and i fail ...... to take a decent picture.
This is how i shot this baby ....
up and close .........
He just hopped here n there a few times and flew away ... i have been waiting for him to come down from the higher branches since then .... hard luck .... but he is so cute . This picture i shot in the last week of October .
A child can be so easily recognized by his/her body language , checking out everything and taking short uncertain flights ... this baby is flying a bit more confidently now but is not giving me any opportunity to shoot him .... waiting till then.
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Adorable!!! You will find opportunities to take many more pictures - I feel if the bird came there once, it will come again...
ReplyDeleteGlad to make acquaintances with the baby parrot...Do convey my regards to the little fellow whenever he decides to pay you another visit.:)
ReplyDeleteThis guy is coming to my back garden daily and i can see him perched on the higher branches of the Jamun tree . He is a bit more adult like and knows that coming to the potted plants will not be safe for him ... unless i am able to befriend him...:)
ReplyDeleteMay be a hello from Amrita makes him a bit friendly ...:)
sangeeta, I am making a few gusses, Lodhi Road, Kaka Nagar or Pandara Road, if not then North Avenue side.. may be I have failed miserably about the location of your beautiful garden. But beware.. the moment I come to know I am going to gate crash. now that I am in love with this visitor of yours also.. :)
ReplyDeletetake care
warm regards
:) :) Rekha ...it's none of these places darling...will let you know and i am not scared of gate crashing :)
ReplyDeletelovely sangeeta, both of us are budding bird watchers, and sundar spotted a new long white bird with yellow breast at the KBR park hyd. we are yet to find its name. Is that baby indian parakeet or something else.Hyd boasts of a few good parks and we enjoy sighting a few rare birds. ur garden is inviting good friends from everywhere,enjoy
ReplyDeletemust be plum headed parakeet pl chk
ReplyDeleteI also thought it is a plum headed parakeet , but the white chest and the yellow periphery of the eye makes me confused ... let's see if somebody recognizes this species .
ReplyDeleteI am watching this family daily around 10-11 in the morning , perched on my jamun tree...this baby seems to be warned of not coming down :)
Wow that bird is so cute! It must be so nice to really see it :)
ReplyDeleteDon't worry about the pictures. Its the fact that you enjoyed his presence and made sure that he is comfortable that matters.
ReplyDeletethis is lovely!! lucky you, Sangeeta, to observe and enjoy the company of the little birdie...
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures and lucky you. I aam sure he/she is coming back again to pose for more pictures :P. Afterall, who does not want to be photographed after being dressed up this pretty? :P
ReplyDeleteYou are so lucky to have this beautiful garden and those cute creatures making it as their home..lovely pics..hugs and smiles
ReplyDeleteSangeeta i am away eldest daughter had knee surgery......... S.F is very cold. Bought new Mac Book charger here so Laptop is smiling......
ReplyDeleteAll the best.......Little one will come back.Shoot few more pictures .
Great to be with nature. Nice cute birdie.
ReplyDeletesangita, this is coppersmith barbet, ( pl refer to my photo in the picassa album, also for a closer look, pl refer google), hurray! i ve found the bird, u are so lucky to have had a close look. It flies fast and must be searching for a small hole which she can develop into a nest in the dry wood. he sounds like a hammer hitting a copper vessel, and so the name.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing the same bird in Greater Kailash Delhi - I thought it was called The Large green Barbet... take a look here, <a href ="http://indianhomemaker.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/where-would-ghosts-go-if-we-cut-all-trees/>http://indianhomemaker.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/where-would-ghosts-go-if-we-cut-all-trees/</a>
ReplyDeleteYes it is a Barbette for sure , i was so confused by it's looks as it didn't show any parrot body language :)
ReplyDeleteCopper smith barbette will right i think...i noticed him pecking into the tree trunk too n was thinking it is a baby and doesn't know what to do :)
Thanks Nirupama and IHM....we learn so much from each other.