Tag: #wetlands
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The Three Geese and a watering hole
I’m a confessed barfly. I genuinely enjoy drinking with friends, and colleagues and sometimes as a wingman sitting with a stranger. Spotting these Geese at Dhom Lake leisurely gulping a gallon of water along with aquatic plants reminded me of my binge drinking with friends at our favourite tavern. I wrote this poem on the…
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Spotting the Indian Spot-billed Duck
As a biker, the Western Ghats also known as the Sahyadris are my go-to mountains to rev up my bike and myself. The continuous chain of mountains is every bikers delight. They are one of the major watersheds of India and offer stunning views especially the mountains showing different variations. I spotted this awesome pair…
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The Black-winged Stilt and a Poem on Reflection
This shot was captured at Seawoods wetland on a hazy winter morning. The Black-winged Stilt was a lone chap scavenging for molluscs and other crustaceans besides the cacophony of the Pink Flamingo. I could distinctly observe that he was paying close attention to the largely still water as if in Self-acceptence or self-realization. The broken…
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Song of a Flamingo
A few years ago, I shot this majestic congregation of Pink Flamingos at Seawood Creek. It was early winter morning and Sun was just setting in, I couldn’t ignore the line formation which resembled a kind of tactical phalanx formation resembling early warfare, and boy, what a sight to behold it was, the gargantuan army…