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
Walking around
the Club Mahindra Cherai Beach Resort, I noticed a flash of feathers as a bird
rose out of the water and flew to a tree. Curious, I waited till the bird
returned, and I realized that it wasn’t wading in the water as I had thought,
but stood at the edge of the water, on the boundary wall….
Even as I watched,
it stretched out its neck, and pecked off something from the surface, and flew
back to its perch, to eat in peace!
I was so
fascinated by the sight, that I stood there for quite a while, watching the
Little Green Heron catch its breakfast!
I spotted
it again, later in the evening, this time perched on one of the Chinese Fishing
Nets.
The Little
Green Heron is apparently quite a common bird, seen frequently in these parts. For
me, however, this was a first time sighting, one I thoroughly enjoyed!
Great example of photography. Loved each one pics. Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sumit. Glad you liked them
DeleteLovely capture. This is also commonly known as the Pond Heron?
ReplyDeleteThanks Divsi, but nope, this isnt a pond heron.. a close cousin though :D
DeleteBeautiful bird.. also beautiful writing and photography..
ReplyDeleteThank you, Krishna!
DeleteAnd I have also seen this bird for the first time through your photos. Thank you for that.
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