A reason..

To be able to live, you must find a reason to die for.

My first date with the birds

I had been dreaming about this for three days. And the wait seemed longer than normal. And to worsen it, my friday night was looking a little too long at work.

But the next morning was worth the excitement. This "birding" trip with Mr. Menon was special for two reasons. One because I have always wanted to go birding with him, and second and more important reason was my new camera! And to add spice was the fact that we were travelling in Anand's jeep!

The day began at 5 am when they (Anand Menon and Anoop Ancil) picked me up. First we went to a lake near by. My gk in birds is almost zero. I can count the number of birds i know on my fingertips. But when we reached the lake, the number of birds i saw amazed me. And to add to my amazement, Mr Menon could identify the birds by their call! The passion in his eyes was apparent. Just on Saturday, i saw more birds than what I had seen in my entire life and realized that after all, every black bird is not a crow and every bird in water is not a duck!

First we went to this lake near-by saw sopme birds. From there we headed towards Tippe Gowdana Halli. We saw some more birds over there. After that, we went to Savana Durga. I had never been there before and didnt know that the entire place was one single rock. Then we drove to the Manchinabele Dam and back to Blore.

Realized that it requires us to open up our senses a little bit to enjoy the beauty of nature. Like there are so many unique and special things just around you. we are so content with out routine way of life that a lot of small special things miss our sight.

When we were at the lake, i could hear no noise but a lot of sounds. Sounds of birds, and varieties of them. Sounds of insects, different note, different pitch. Sound of the wind, through the trees. I could see water sparkling. See butterflies fluttering by, different colours, different sizes.