Flame birds of Mumbai

Come April and Mumbai's mudflats  are graced by deep hue of pink .Indeed ,a magical scene in the heart of the city.

The flamingos cannot survive intense heat and cold hence known to migrate from faraway places Siberia ,Africa and Nigeria to Rann of Kutch in Gujarat for breeding activities.

They fly down to the wetlands of Mumbai in search of food.

On a sunny Sunday morning I was all geared up to click the favorite guests of the season ''Flamingos''.Reached the bridge over Airoli creek and as luck would have it got hold of a boatman to take us close to the  birds . When the tide was low entered the murky waters and my excitement  knew no bounds as we were getting closer to flame birds.....

Flamingos all around wading, flying, diving, fishing,frolicking ,splashing and feeding in algae-filled waters. I was simply dumbstruck by the pink panorama......and just kept clicking....

This is for all the bird lovers in Mumbai or planning to pay a visit to the financial capital of the country take some time out for the most enchanting experience of your life ....

HAPPY BIRDING...!!

Ode To The Omnipresent Bird.."Sparrow"

The cheerful gregarious house sparrows once commonly seen fleeting around the neighborhood are in trouble and are fast vanishing. 

They are the earliest birds that i can remember from my childhood .Their nest dotted in almost every house of the neighborhood as well as bus ways and railway stations...where they lived and survived on food grains and tiny worms. 

Unfortunately, the house sparrows are fast disappearing species ...

The World Sparrow Day is being celebrated on 20th march across the globe to raise public awareness about the decline of house sparrows.
   

There is a request to all the nature lovers to keep a bowl of water and throw  little grains for the birds to feed on. Don't drive those sparrows out of your veranda ;they won't hack into your computer.Adopt a nest box and help the sparrows have an abode in the concrete jungle :http://www.natureforever.org/index.html

The Beginning Of My Journey....

Life has it's own ways of teaching new things .We moved to a roomy house in a leafy enclave in Navi Mumbai .Sitting by my bedroom window sipping a cup of tea...had the delight of watching a flutter of butterflies dancing with aplomb...

 This was the beginning of my journey as an amateur photographer...

Venturing out with my camera soon after sunrise got me reminded of my childhood days running after butterflies and dragonflies..(helicopters)..sounds a little strange though now...

In a way I would say I... rediscovered my childhood chasing butterflies trying to capture them between the frames..

This was the beginning of my journey...