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Grizzled or Young?
The Indian Ringneck parrots continue to create life and vibrance in my garden as they perch and preen on the upper reaches of the bamboos. Meanwhile, another parrot, somewhat gruff in the face, and perhaps a little worse for wear feed precariously on the upper reaches of the peacock tree. Such is life in the…
Nature, Posts
The Yellow-vented Bulbuls Return to Nest
The yellow-vented bulbuls have returned to nest again. This would be the fourth generation of sorts. They come, amidst great changes to the garden, its environs and the landscape about us, as urbanization inches its way towards our idyllic rural neighborhood and the ever pressing developments clang and clink. The black bamboos have been decimated…
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Journeying the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park
Day 1: Journey from Haneda to Lake Kawaguchiko, taking in the Mt Kachi Kachi Ropeway & the walking the budding hydrangea trail down to the lake. Day 2: Fuji Shibazakura Festival by Lake Motosu & the Fugaku Wind Caves Inhabitants’ lakeside interludes at Kawaguchiko Day 3: Driving the Fuji skyline to Mizugazuka Park and onward…
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The Little Forktail (Enicurus scouleri)
Complex & Simple, Places, Posts
The Christmas Parakeets
A pair of Indian Ringneck Parakeets have been visiting my garden daily for a long time, feeding on the pod seeds of the yellow Dwarf Peacock or Caesalpinia pulcherrima – but it is on Christmas Eve that we finally encounter them (and photographed one), as the worries of the world is set aside, to spend…
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Paradoxology 2
Jesus spoke to the crowds: ‘What description can I find for this generation? It is like children shouting to each other as they sit in the market place: “We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn’t dance; we sang dirges, and you wouldn’t be mourners.” ‘For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say, “He is…
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A Pastoral Interlude in the Nature Reserves – 10.5 Km and 51 Years
You don’t have to finish First; You just have to finish Together
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Bauhinia Rhapsody X – The Empty Nest
(Mid-Week 47) After a morning of restless cacophony and chorus that ascended into an ethereal crescendo, amidst the hustle and bustle of parents…….. silence, serenity and peace. And the world was indeed a better place that day. (Week 47) A week after the weak chicks cried without a voice, the industry of the parents (and the…
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Bauhinia Rhapsody IX – The Relentless March of Creation
(Week 47) A week after the weak chicks cried without a voice, the industry of the parents (and the scale of the grub) and the size of the nestlings have increased exponentially. The parent looks a little worn around the edges, but the pace of creation hurtles along towards the next major milestone – the…