Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Scaly Breasted Munia

Photo credit. J M Grag

Today i had my first sighting of this delightfull bird in the SDM campus here in Hubli. What made it really special was that the Munia was at distance of  just 5 feet.


Photo credit. J M Grag


I was also able to see a nest of a swallow built of mud, the construction ingenious and the location perfectly protected against the elements. instinct or intelligence, I wonder. If its just instinct, then we would be better off governed by just our instincts.

4 comments:

  1. Nice spotting, munias are cute ones. Is the second photograph a swallow? It looks more like an Indian Silverbill to me.

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  2. Since 3 years few sparrows have been making nest in our balcony. But i could never find what bird it is till i saw this image of scaly breasted munia. Thanks for posting this.

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  3. @Anand...I was given to understand that the second one is a female SCB. Will have to check with Mr Garg.

    @dtfalcon. Anytime..:) They are beautiful arn't they?.

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