Birds at Wagah

 

Some kind of nests on the Mexican Oleander tree

These pictures were taken at the Wagah  border, a place in the state of Punjab bordering Pakistan. We had gone to see the lowering of the flags ceremony, a daily military practice that the security forces of India and Pakistan have jointly followed since 1959. While we were there I went around taking pictures of the flowers and the wildlife but I only managed these two bird shots.:( A parrot and a dove (I think).

The Indian side of the border. You can see the Pakistani structure in the background.

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These are photos that I got from my recent holiday. A pigeon drinks from the hotel pool in Delhi.

A jungle babbler in Haridwar, in the state of Uttarkhand in northern India.. Early in the morning there was a flock of them perched on this trumpet bush.

The hotel we stayed in had several mud nests with the builders flying in and out of them.

A parrot in the garden of Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar, Punjab.

Back home I found a stunned starling on my terrace. For weeks I had been trying to get a clear shot of this bird without luck. Checking to see whether it was injured I placed it on these leaves. There was no injury. But just as I finished taking a few shots it flew away! Talk about luck! You can see why this is also known as the Chestnut-tailed starling.

                           
Before I left for my holiday I had noticed a pair of bulbuls in the process of building a nest. But I didn't know that they had chosen my berry tree to do so. I feel blessed! Here's the female on the nest...

...whereas the male keeps a watchful eye perched on a branch of the same tree.


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