My first Bird

In January 2010, the North Karnataka Birders Network (NKBN) had their meet at Bhadra Tiger Reserve. I joined NKBN for this meet which was a three day affair and became a member. I had carried the camera along and made this image during the first birding session. I would like to share it with you. This is my first Bird image.

Small Sunbird



The making of this image made me extremely happy. It also brought out the limitations of the my camera the Panasonic DMC FZ28.

Allabux has drilled it into me that the blog needs photographs. I plan to place them in the blog over the the weekend.

Till then, as the NKBNites would say.. let's bird....

The begining.

Welcome and Wishing one and all a very happy Easter.

This blog will be about life in Hubli, a city in North Karnataka, India. Birding will figure prominently in it. So will nature and the importance of its conservation.

As a child, I was initiated into birding by my grandmother. Come feeding time,with me on her lap, she would point at bulbuls, house sparrow, crows, koels and woodpeckers that frequented the tree in my backyard, just to get me to eat (May the good LORD bless her soul). Lunch time at school and food got left on the ground for black kites to swoop down and carry it away.

As I grew and journeyed through life, the black kite remained an object of envy, for its gift of flight. New interests, the pain of school itself etc ensured that birds were a there but as a distant memory.

Last year the interest got kindled. A trip to Magadi Lake to see the bar headed geese and a meeting with Shri Gurunath Desai of the North Karnataka Birders Network (NKBN) did the trick.

This blog essentialy takes off from there and its a work in progress.

Your comments are welcome.