Jaane kahan gaye woh din!!!
OK! am not crying over some long lost passion - it is just that the last week zoomed past and I hardly remember what happened.
Ugh! senile dementia? naaay I am too young for it.
Early last week we were asked to foster a Shikra chick who is about 4 weeks old and that was the exciting bit for the entire week - Caring for raptors is an entirely different ball game as compared to other birds. Birds of prey are more intelligent and more affectionate and demand more attention. Since we intend to release him once he is big enough we are avoiding any deliberate imprinting - still he recognises me and Swati and prefers Swati. In fact on Saturday he hopped on to Swati’s lap and demanded food by stomping his foot and opening its beak, also while he can easily tear into our fingers with his talons and beak he has not done so...
Work on the new home is in full swing - the door and window frames for the ground floor were made last week - this week we are seeing the brickwork for the walls up till the lintel level being completed.
Weather has changed completely - we just escaped a fairly heavy down pour, while it does cool down the place it also means that the monsoons are likely to be less than expected. Wednesday morning we leave for a week long holiday - We are meeting Kishore’s family at Bedaghat and from there we will proceed to Bandhavgard and then to Kanha. Rains also mean that there will less animals out in the open. However I am hoping that this spell will clear off soon.
Damn! but what else did I do last week?
Ugh! senile dementia? naaay I am too young for it.
Early last week we were asked to foster a Shikra chick who is about 4 weeks old and that was the exciting bit for the entire week - Caring for raptors is an entirely different ball game as compared to other birds. Birds of prey are more intelligent and more affectionate and demand more attention. Since we intend to release him once he is big enough we are avoiding any deliberate imprinting - still he recognises me and Swati and prefers Swati. In fact on Saturday he hopped on to Swati’s lap and demanded food by stomping his foot and opening its beak, also while he can easily tear into our fingers with his talons and beak he has not done so...
Work on the new home is in full swing - the door and window frames for the ground floor were made last week - this week we are seeing the brickwork for the walls up till the lintel level being completed.
Weather has changed completely - we just escaped a fairly heavy down pour, while it does cool down the place it also means that the monsoons are likely to be less than expected. Wednesday morning we leave for a week long holiday - We are meeting Kishore’s family at Bedaghat and from there we will proceed to Bandhavgard and then to Kanha. Rains also mean that there will less animals out in the open. However I am hoping that this spell will clear off soon.
Damn! but what else did I do last week?