Hello readers
Here is the next bit of my previous post…
In our compound there are three big mango trees, many coconut trees and other different plants. Our neighboring compounds too are full of plants and trees. As a result, many varieties of birds come all around us. I have seen pigeons, sparrows, cuckoos, mynahs, white cranes, humming birds, kingfisher and other unknown (to me) kinds of birds. Even migratory birds come here.
In a headless palm tree, a woodpecker had made its nest in the hollow trunk. I have seen the baby woodpeckers sticking their tiny heads out of the hollows crying for their mammas. But this tree was so weak that it kept swaying in the wind and the woodpecker family had to move.
We have some plants with big leaves. On one of these plants, my mother saw a tailor bird working on its nest. On seeing this amazing sight she called me immediately. When the tailor bird saw us looking at it, it flew away and never came back. Two leaves had been sewed together so neatly with a white tread like thing that I thought someone may have helped it.
In the evening and in the mornings, I have seen baby bats flying about. They zoom around so fast that they seem like black miniature jet planes. Sometimes, when we play badminton, these bats come and distract us. They hang upside down on the branches above us. Maybe it is playtime for them from 6 pm to 6 am. That is their day time.
To be continued…
Bye,
Rupashri
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