#100HappyDays – Day 3

I decided to participate in the  #100HappyDays Challenge and share the picture story on my blog too. And so here I am with happy stories to show. Come, have a dekho! My personal hashtag is #BlogwatiGSmiles. Yeah, it’s all about ME!

As the daughter was getting ready for school this morning, there was twittering of the highest order on the tree yonder. This playful fella kept flitting from one branch to the other, chasing a crow. Meet the Black Drongo, the informal king crow as Wikipedia states. And yes, this forked tail guy seemed to match the descriptions to the tee. I guess when he realized he was the focus of my camera lens, for a split second, he posed, and then was gone. There is some method in madness after all. *Smiles in the knowledge*

These birds were always around, but I think I started noticing them only after seeing Shail Mohan share her fabulous pictures of her feathered friends. So, thank you dear Birdwali Aunty(a name coined by my daughter for her). She could be called the Dabboo Ratnani of the bird kingdom! Check out her snapshots here.

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10 responses to “#100HappyDays – Day 3”

  1. Hrishi avatar

    Crows are such interesting and intelligent creatures 😀

    1. blogwatig avatar

      Hence I keep an army at bay, esp for that Birdwali Aunty 😛

  2. Rainbow Hues avatar

    Lovely pose… really. You’re getting quite inspired by the bird wali aunty. 🙂

    1. blogwatig avatar

      Totally………one day, main bhi birds click karoongi……..exotic wali!

  3. Seeta avatar

    Drongo was one of the first birds we were taught to identify in school apart from the dear crow and darling sparrow of course 🙂 The fact that our Science teacher used to have Salim Ali as her neighbour was motivating enough to learn more about these birds.

    1. blogwatig avatar

      Wow, Salim Ali, eh? Lucky teacher and lucky you! Childhood memories are made of such stories. Thanks for sharing.

    2. Shail avatar

      Seeta, your Science teacher had Salim Ali as her neighbor? Wow!

  4. Roshni avatar

    Lovely shot! And Shail’s pics are really amazing too!

    1. blogwatig avatar

      Oh yes, Shail’s pics are inspiring!

  5. Shail avatar

    I had to google to find who Dabboo Ratnani was! 😀 I think the Black Drongo came to investigate about what some little bird had let slip: a little matter of some crows you sent to disrupt Birdwali Aunty’s bird-watching 😉 BlogwatiG, Inspector Drongo is keeping an eye on you! 😉

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