Birds everywhere.

Keoladeo Bird Sanctaury, 25-02-1995. We still wander around the sanctuary using the crappy rusty bicycles from our hotel. The binoculars they rent out are in no better condition and look as though they were already in use by the english colonial army, luckily I`ve taken my own pair of binos along on this trip. We see wren sitting quietly on a branch just above the water waiting for their dinner. With their blue/orange-red colored plumage and big long beak they are easy to spot. Once they spot a fish they dive in and spear it with their long sharp beaks, coming out of the water and landing again on their branch fish clamped tightly in the beak. The3 whole process takes only a few short seconds, the poor victim fish never really has got the slightest idea what has happened. Apart from dozens and dozens of different bird species, the bird sanctuary also abounds in stray dogs and cats, mongoose and jackal are plentifull. The gracious black ducks can be seen in flocks of hunderts either flying overhead or paddling on the numerous lakes. The screaks of the rose banded parakeets compete with the sounds of babblers, shrikes and asorted water fowl, mynas are present wherever I dare to look. One more day here and we`ll be off. If I wanna see birds then it will have to be wild city birds, Rona told me this morning.