On our recent trip to Kerala, (where the SRE was working and I was holidaying with friends), we had a little weekend getaway to Kumarakom. As we entered the resort we saw several trees laden with huge flocks of
snake birds or darters.
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| Cottages at the resort |
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| The hornbill in our room |
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| Indian almond trees on the shores of Vembanad Lake |
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| The trees near the lagoon full of darters |
As you can see from these photographs, it was a very lovely place. The SRE, however, got very worried when he saw a darter dive into the lagoon, head first, and apparently not emerge from the water. This was followed by several more. I presumed that these were aquatic birds that could swim underwater, but the man was not convinced. He was quite convinced that these were all kamikaze birds, each one on a suicide mission. It was only after he saw a few snakey heads emerge that he relaxed!
heheheheehe... :)
ReplyDeleteI remember one of these pics. . . its so serene...
ReplyDeleteJLT
I remember the pic :-) beautiful... JLT
ReplyDelete"kamikaze birds, each one on a suicide mission"
ReplyDeleteThere is a Kafkesque story in there somewhere...
As you can see, I am taking every opportunity to show off my newly minted acquaintance with the author :-)
@peccavi: The poor man was seriously worried!
ReplyDelete@JLT: Yes, I'd posted some of them on FB.
@Rohini: There's a phrase for that in Hindi- saawan ke andhey ko hara hi hara nazar aata hai! You will now see Kafkaesque imagery everywhere:)
Hahahaha! SRE is super cute eh?
ReplyDelete@R's Mom: That he is!!!
ReplyDeleteI was chuckling away at the thought of suicidal birds, but then I remembered, I know a suicidal dog, so maybe suicidal birds is not such a far fetched thought! :P
ReplyDelete@Ron: Tell me about this suicidal dog, sounds most intriguing!
ReplyDeleteHis name is Simba. He belongs to a friend who is...to put it mildly...slightly jobless and cracked in the head. He is a mix between a German Shepherd and a Great Dane (I think), so huuggeee. This lady feeds him by hand n sings him to sleep and also...erm....lifts his tail n sniffs to see if he has stomach upset etc. I can totally understand his trauma. I would be highly traumatised myself. He keeps leaping off their 2nd floor balcony, poor thing.
ReplyDelete@Ron: Poor Simba:(
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