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Hot Summers and a Pot of Water

Posted on April 19, 2010
Reflection of trees in a water bowl for birds
Trees in a Water Pot

It all started with a bowl of water yesterday. It was Sunday and I was sitting in my room.
On your joint railing our neighbor keeps a pot of water that I also fill when I see the water level going down. It is just too hot in Gurgaon at the moment. I wish I could click the pot along with the tree reflections but with my SLR I somehow manage to focus only on one aspect and from the point and shoot, the picture didn’t come out too well.

Bird laughing dove
I Need my Fill!

Of course, there was purple sunbird too which made a brief appearance but then my luck has not changed, I could not clicked it. There was no problem however with this Laughing Dove.

Bird House Pigeon
Splashing a Little Water

And then there was this pigeon splashing a little water. Now I bought a clay pot myself today. I have to find a good spot for the birds to place it as well as a discreet one, so that I can take pictures to my hearts content.

12 thoughts on “Hot Summers and a Pot of Water”

  1. HOBO(nickname) says:
    April 19, 2010 at 4:13 pm

    lovely – The first photograph.

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    1. Mridula says:
      April 19, 2010 at 4:20 pm

      Thanks Hobo.

      Reply
  2. viral says:
    April 19, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    Pictures are so good …. so, apart from being a great travel photographer now you are also an avid bird watcher – i like the pigeon splashing in water (btw there isn’t a little ‘c’ that you normally have in the middle of the picture)

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    1. Mridula says:
      April 19, 2010 at 4:21 pm

      Viral, it is quite small, if you click on the images you would find the copyright there.

      Reply
  3. Tarun says:
    April 19, 2010 at 6:28 pm

    nice thing to do this summer…but the water just evaporates and u have to take care of scavengers who drop non-veg piece on the water

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  4. Anu says:
    April 20, 2010 at 2:48 am

    nice ones, Mridula… we tried keeping water for the birds this year, but since we live on the second floor, it turns out to be a bit of a problem, since the birds keep pushing the pot down,.. and we are scared that some day it will fall on someone!!! but u have got some wonderful pics with this…. esp the spotted dove… i really had no idea u could see all these in delhi!

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  5. nomad says:
    April 20, 2010 at 5:09 am

    Nice pics there… sometimes you don’t have to go too far from home for great pic opportunities 🙂

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  6. Shrinidhi Hande says:
    April 20, 2010 at 7:47 am

    Good initiative..

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  7. Julia Dutta says:
    April 20, 2010 at 9:01 am

    Mridula,
    Nice to be back on your posts. As someone said earlier, its a nice initiative. I must tell you Mridula, the mutkas you get at Betul, are some of the best I have seen – in design as well as their cooling capacity too. Gives a nice competition for the refrigerator!
    Julia

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  9. Chitra says:
    April 21, 2010 at 3:47 pm

    I was wondering what was the first picture .I liked the purple sunbird.

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I am Mridula Dwivedi and I started this blog in 2005. It has been an amazing ride. I have visited 33 countries till date! I have worked with many tourism boards and prominent travel companies. My blog was featured on the BBC and the Guardian.

I did my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. I worked full time in academics till 2015! I quit my job as a professor, thinking I will take a break for one year, which turned into five.

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