Sitting on the sofa, yesterday afternoon, I heard a golden oriole singing. I grabbed the camera, went out on the terrace and luckily it was perched on a carob tree about thirty metres away. I took some shots and heavily cropped them to get this image.
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The Oriole ... was
not alone
... as we
noticed later
was in the
company of a
Black-naped Woodpecker
... the latter
in fact, was there
even before the
Oriole appeared ...
... but was so
still ... and
partly hidden that
we failed to
notice initially ...
The image also...
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Almost a miracle
happened ...
... same spot
same time by the
watch ...
yet on another
day ... six days
apart ...
a female had
appeared too ...
... where the male
came so
graciously ...
What serendipity ...
... some luck
to be there ...
... each time
_______________...
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Another day-break
wonder ...
We were out
predawn and moving
along a track
circling the
himalayan forest ...
As we cleared a
bend ... a valley
filled with deep
mystic ... blue light
opened up ...
... we stood there
...on the edge
admiring ... absorbing
that sense of...
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_______
Life - Moment ...
________
As ...
... The Sun
Kissed the earth
A goodbye
... At horizon
Bright ... and
Fair ...
It gifted to us
... A little chunk
Of its gold ...
A token
... Of his
Magnanimity ...
A keepsake
... And
To share
___________
Watch this...
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Here's male partner
of the female
I posted
yesterday ...
Captured again
at day-break
... close to the
location where
female had shown
but ...
... on a smooth
perch ... in comparison
to very prickly
perch she was sitting
on ...
... and six days
after that image
was...
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To get this elusive
canopy dweller ...
... we made our move
before the day-break ...
... we were strolling
along the forest road
... overlooking a
densely forested
Himalayan valley ...
Many birds found in
that density ... like
to come up to the
top ... in twilight...
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