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Chasing a bird....

Birds do not have ears .... but, I'm sure, they could hear each other.... the mother, and the baby-sunbird.... Let me explain....

Today, for the first time, I had to chase a bird from inside our home! I was cooking lunch and had to take a call at my home-office. On returning, I saw a tiny, panicky female sun-bird fluttering about in great confusion! It seemed like this little one had just learned how to fly... and, had somehow managed to give her mother the slip!
It was quite disturbing to watch the confusion.... the cheeping bird inside and the cheeping bird outside. If only I could speak the bird language.....

I was quite sure that the bird would be smart enough to catch wind movements, and opened all the windows. I was wrong!!




Tired, after about twenty minutes of non-stop flying, she began to take tiny breaks on accessible (to me) ledges. That was when I decided to capture and release her....


You know, there is this plastic container in the kitchen that is a relic from my husband's bachelor days.

Within a couple of minutes, she was safely inside that container, and I released her near the Allamanda shrub - a favourite hangout of the sunbirds.



This incident took me back to the days when I would read out bed-time stories to my child. One of her favourite stories back then was about this naughty baby-squirrel. One morning, he takes off on his own, loses his way and has a lot of adventures before finally getting back to his mother - wiser, tired and glad to be home.

Here's hoping that this little birdie has found her mother and all is well!
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  1. Prateek Suryaprakash21 August, 2013

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  2. Prateek Suryaprakash21 August, 2013

    The last bit about the adventures of the squirrel reminded me of Baby's Day Out! And the bird's reminded me of my own experience when I was lost in Wagah Border, Amritsar and the army people helped me locate the cab we had hired! :D

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    1. Soumya22 August, 2013

      Thank Goodness! You were old enough to tell them enough to help them locate the cab!

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    2. Prateek Suryaprakash22 August, 2013

      I had the number of the taxi in memory! (Still proud of myself for that).. They took me to the taxi stand and waited there till my family came there looking for me :D

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  3. SADASHIVA21 August, 2013

    Interesting and well narrated..

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