Please Identify this Bird

Not a Tweety Bird!

Some sort of Finch?

Feathered Fiend

Replete after a murine meal

Fee Fi Fo Fum; I smell the blood of an Englishman   -Jack and the Bean-stalk

You wanna be my next meal?

Myna

Acridotheres tristis

A passerine, the myna is any bird form the starling family (Sturnidae). "Myna" is derived from the Hindi word mainā which originated from the Sanskrit term madanā.

The flight of mynas is strong and direct. They are noisy and gregarious. Their preferred habitat is in the open countryside;  they eat insects and fruit, but as they live around human habitations, and have become omnivorous. 

The plumage of mynas generally dark, often brown, although some species have yellow head ornaments. Most species nest in holes. Some species have become well known for their imitative skills.

Sunrise over BIS

Freedom's Light Burning Strong -Neil Diamond

A few minutes later

School Fence

Parking Lot Tiles

Gate 2

There is no fence nor hedge round time that is gone. You can go back and have what you like of it--if you can remember.

- Philip Dunne

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

-Jonh Locke

Sporting Acitivites at BIS

Action on the basket-ball court

The Patel Twins

Soccer

In action

Following true Rajputana traditions

Cantering along

Sunset

A Tribute to Elton John and Bernie Taupin

Curtains (from Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy 1975)

I used to know this old scarecrow

He was my song, my joy and sorrow

Cast alone between the furrows

Of a field no longer sown by anyone

I held a dandelion 

That said the time had come

To leave upon the wind

Not to return

When summer burns the earth again

Cultivate the freshest flower

This garden ever grew

Beneath these branches

I once wrote such a childish words for you

But that's okay

There's treasure children always seek to find

And just like us

You must have had

A once a upon a time

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To hear Elton sing this in his reedy nasal voice, click on the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eanBhSiSltw&feature=colike

Optimism

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
~ Walt Whitman

Flowers 3

Slowly the night blooms, unfurling
Flowers of darkness, covering
The trellised sky, becoming
A bouquet of blackness

Frank Marshall Davis

The Pornography of Death

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BIS excursion 2012

Emulating Shri Krishna at Amdavad. There were school kids instead of cows and gopis

The inceptive progenitor of the MRI

On the road to Porbandar

Same Vintage. Diu.

Plant Cancer

Yuck!

Enough of plant pathology ...

Life Sucks

Ants harvesting from an Aphid Farm

Aphids sucking the life out of the plant

A dog eat dog world: Plant sucks nutrients from Mother Earth; aphids suck the plant sap and the ants take their nourishment form the aphids

Wellness Centre Lawn in Bloom

Amaltas Season Starts

Owl Part 4

Menacing and mesmerizing

Inert and unruffled as a statue

But poised for instant flight

Some sort of yoga posture

Neem Blossoms

What I cannot capture and transmit is the heady perfume emanating form the blossoms.

Owl Part 3

Click on these links to see short video clips of this owl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w33XIgdQZqA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc_JLDaZWfw

Sparrows

Baby Sparrow

Papa Sparrow

Mama Sparrow

Baby Sparrow (The new bird-bath in the background)

Nikon P 500 is back after the click button was repaired. The photos are hi-res, click on them to see better.


Saw the new model in the series at the Service Centre - the P510. It has a whopping 42X zoom! In addition it has a GPS facility. Droool!