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Odisha Part 1 - The Svanir Experience

Odisha is a state I have visited twice . The first time was a sponsored trip, visiting a resort to write about them, as well as some of the more popular places to visit. I wrote the required content, but never got around to writing about the trip on the blog. This May, I visited Odisha for the second time, this time with family. The timing wasn’t great – it was either raining or it was terribly hot; besides, I wasn’t in the best of health and I couldn’t quite do as much as I liked. Despite all the challenges, it was a pleasure to explore the beautiful heritage of this state, and do things I couldn’t, the first time around. There is much I want to write about – the gorgeous temples, the sculptures, the museums, the natural beauty….. and yet, as I sit down and think about where to begin, there is only one place that I want to start with – the place we stayed at, for one part of our visit – Svanir . The story begins long before our trip actually happened. As Samhith and I went back and fo...
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Feathered Friends

There is one tree in our colony which is the meeting point of the birds. It stands on the edge of our common ground, giving a view of the temple, and a whole square filled with buildings. I have often wondered what it is that draws birds to this tree.... but recently, my thoughts have taken a different direction. I often see groups of birds perched on a particular branch of this tree.....

A couple of weeks back, there were these three Coppersmith barbets....





and then these Red Vented Bulbuls....



Then there were these bulbuls cosying up to each other (this was during the cold wave recently)...



and then a couple of days back, a Coppersmith and a Bulbul, which sat there for almost an hour!



So now I am wondering.... are these bulbuls and coppersmiths becoming friends, hanging out as they are, on the same branch?

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  1. UnknownJanuary 29, 2013 at 6:30 PM

    Its beautiful Anuradha...Great concept & ofcourse lovely clicks...

    http://journeyintrance.blogspot.in/

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  2. R Niranjan DasJanuary 29, 2013 at 11:28 PM

    Nice clicks!

    www.rajniranjandas.blogspot.in

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  3. MridulaJanuary 30, 2013 at 10:07 AM

    Anu what beautiful captures. I have now seen a few barbets in the tree in front of my home but no clicks as of now!

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