This year things were a
bit different. Doc said he had gotten over his paragliding obsession and although flying
remains high on his list he often took time out now and then to indulge in the
art of doing nothing.
One day i came across him
sprawled in a hammock in a shady isolated spot in the garden. He had a book and
his binoculars handy and when I approached him he mentioned to me that he was
indulging in 5 Star bird-watching. It’s simply perfect he said – all afternoon I relax here reading and every now and then a bird comes by and as I sit here
watching the birds present themselves and I don’t even have to move to see them
from different angles to recognize or admire them.
Doc has been a birder for
many years and i often go to him if I am not able to recognize a new visitor.
We discussed the variety of birds that visit the garden – thanks to the
biodiversity that we have created over the past years. Birds are indicators and
their presence tells us that we have done a good job.
Check out the album of
just some of them that we have clicked over the years.
Happy Birding and
Hammocking in the Native Place Garden
Astrid Rao
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