During my recent trip to Uttarakhand , I was faced with a problem I had never encountered before. We were passing through Delhi, but we had hardly any time in the city. On earlier visits when I have had to change trains/flights at Delhi, I have always arrived in the morning and left again at night, visiting relatives in between. This time, I was arriving in the city at night, and leaving again early in the morning. There was hardly any time to visit people. I would only have a couple of hours with them before I’d have to leave again. For the first time, we considered booking a hotel, but there again, we were hesitant about the actual hotels, the costs involved, and the logistics of getting from the airport to the railway station and then back again from the station to the airport. That’s when we remembered reading something about a corporate-managed lounge at Delhi station. We soon figured out that we could book online and pay by the hour. Besides, we also learnt that there wasn’t ju
Bombay has no winter to speak of. For us, it is winter when there is a slight chill in the air late and night, and early in the morning, and that too, thanks to living in an area full of open spaces and lots of trees. Which is why, I was surprised to notice that most of our regular winged visitors were missing for the past few months!
Finally, with the slight chill too having disappeared, some of the birds are back. A few days back, we noticed that the sunbirds have returned, and yesterday, one of them sat long enough on a branch for me to photograph it... So, here's a Purple rumped Sunbird, and hope more birds return soon.....
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Amazing! We have exactly the same bird's pair as regular visitors to our home :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)
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I think this bird can fly backwards little. Have you noticed?
ReplyDeleteWhat a coincidence that you were commenting on my blog when I was commenting on yours!
ReplyDeleteWell, about your question on my Common Rose Butterfly [Atrophaneura Aristolochiae, Pachliopta Aristolochiae, Swallowtail Butterfly] Feeding on Marigolds post, click here to see where Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is located. It's not very worth visiting unless you have powerful binoculars, but yes, the efforts by the authorities are good. We saw small groups of deer far away from us. We saw a jackal also.
Beautiful Anu.
ReplyDeleteits a beautiful bird, isnt it. wish u more photo-ops soon :)
ReplyDeleteAnu, I've recently started following your blog. You have a nack for writing and observation :) Nice capture :D
ReplyDelete@Bhavesh : thanks a lot, for the comment as well as the info..
ReplyDelete@Chitra: it doesnt really fly backward, but hovers over the flower or bud it is sucking nectar from.... which makes it look like that..
@Mridula : thanks... your new blog looks very interesting..
@sandeep: yes, it is... i hope so too....
@Preeti: thanks a lot.... i liked your blog too......
Hi Anu,
ReplyDeletecame across your blog..great one!
as for these gorgeous birds, never seen or heard about them! they just look so beautiful. :) and love the name, SUNbird :))
hugs from Macedonia
Dani