Grand fatherly looks .... .....

Rambling old bungalow  surrounded  by neem trees where birds sing their songs before settling to a quite during dusk ... Ok, this I'm talking about is my in-laws place in Mathura.

 I could hear a loud krr-r-r-r kutruk kutruk .

Though it's a little difficult to spot the barbets but you certainly get to know that they are around.

It was earlier known as the large green barbet but now it is called the Brown headed barbet ( seems to be very evident- grass green color with a brown head).
 It has a bare patch of skin around the eye which I think gives it a very grand fatherly look ......

Happy birding ...

Flycatchers all the way....

Sallying out from a perch to snatch an insect and returning to the same or a different perch. This technique is called '' flycatching''and some birds are known for it are several families of flycatchers .

 Grey headed canary flycatcher...

Verditer flycatcher..

They are usually found perched near the tip of a dead branch alertly ,then dart after the flying insect,grab it and returns back to its perch.

Ultramarine flycatcher(female )

Blue throated flycatcher

Generally, flycatchers are  dressed in drab plumage with a few which are spectacularly colored.The songs of the flycatchers are reasonably simple and distinct.

Flycatchers are very common near water where you find a multitude of insects that have spent their early life stages under water and over grassy fields .I spotted all these flycatchers sitting by a stream in Sattal a preferred habitat of many members in the family ...

Where do the birds finally go ????

 Hello World !!!
This sunday morning when I picked up the newspaper came across this article ...

''Where do birds finally go''?
 The world is populated with flocks of birds ,but strangely ,one never see bodies lying around unless it is the remains of dead bird left behind in a fight,where it is been devoured by an animal.So,what happens to birds when they die a natural death?Where do the birds go to die ?? After reading this article I actually started pondering about it .....

Everybody out there please let me know your views about it .... Has this question ever flashed your mind ???

Announcing Spring ....

Nights are getting shorter ,

the days longer .

Bright flowers and chirping of birds ,

ponds dotted with wild ducks 

Announcing spring.....