birders are a broad community, captivated by the flight and fancy of
feathered creatures and enchanted by their complex song.
The number of bird varieties is endless yet we rarely are aware of their
presence and beauty in the city. And often take them for granted in the
countryside.
I have come to birding late—which is probably not all that uncommon
given my superficial observation of the average age of the demographic.
It differs greatly from the temptation to capture images of these winged
apparitions on digital film. Instead, you are called to observe this
family of creatures and observe their nuanced behaviour and features. It
challenges the power of observation.
Sometimes you can observe the intimate parenting of juveniles or the
love shared between lifelong mates. Sometimes, it is a fleeting glance
of a silhouette passing out of view.
Here is my local backyard list—both literally and the surrounding
area which includes jaunts to the local parks in the city with
Kali, mere kilometres from our home. Save for the waterfowl,
most of the birds listed were feeding, perching or spotted from my
backyard which has been groomed to be as bird-friendly as possible. Started arbitrarily but
a reminder of the wonder of wonders that awaits us, if we take the
time..
tuesday, 20 february 2024
monday, 12 june 2023
thursday, 16 june 2022
tuesday, 10 may 2022
wednesday, 01 december 2021
thursday, 07 january 2021
tuesday, 05 january 2021
monday, 24 august 2020
thursday, 23 july 2020
thursday, 20 june 2019
saturday, 25 may 2019
friday, 26 april 2019
wednesday, 3 october 2018
wednesday, 21 june 2017
tuesday, 11 october 2016
saturday, 1 october 2016
sunday, 17 april 2016
thursday, 7 april 2016
sunday, 30 august 2015
thursday, 4 june 2015
friday, 8 may 2015
wednesday, 6 may 2015
wednesday, 15 april 2015
thursday, 19 march 2015
monday, 8 december 2014
wednesday, 22 october 2014
monday, 20 october 2014
tuesday, 14 october 2014
tuesday, 7 october 2014
friday, 3 october 2014
thursday, 2 october 2014
sunday, 28 september 2014
friday, 26 september 2014
thursday, 25 september 2014
wednesday, 24 september 2014
thursday, 11 september 2014
wednesday, 10 september 2014
tuesday, 9 september 2014
monday, 8 september 2014
sunday, 7 september 2014
saturday, 30 august 2014
sunday, 17 august 2014
saturday, 9 august 2014
friday, 8 august 2014
tuesday, 5 august 2014
monday, 4 august 2014
saturday, 2 august 2014
wednesday, 30 july 2014
friday, 25 july 2014
wednesday, 23 july 2014
thursday, 17 july 2014
monday, 14 july 2014
friday, 11 july 2014
sunday, 6 july 2014
thursday, 3 july 2014
monday, 30 june 2014
sunday, 29 june 2014
saturday, 28 june 2014
friday, 27 june 2014
thursday, 26 june 2014
wednesday, 25 june 2014
monday, 23 june 2014
sunday, 22 june 2014
saturday, 21 june 2014