Diana Raj Kumari Photography: What is in your bag??

Diana Raj Kumari Photography: What is in your bag??: What is in your bag today?? Anything interesting and worth buying..??  Here....you check out and see for yourself what you want......

The Male Indian Koel(Kokil) Bird

These melodious bird Koel/Cuckoo or Kokil in Manipuri is a long and slim bird, 39- 46 cm in length. Has a long tails, pointed wings and curved bills. The male is glistening blueish black, with yellowish green bill and crimson eyes. They have short wings but long tail. The female is dark brown, with profusely spotted and barred with white. Females have green beak and red eyes. Males and females are distinct in appearance. Tail is dark gray and slightly white in colour. The crown is dark brown and the bill is pale green in colour. Females are slightly smaller than the males. It is brood parasite, and lays its single egg in the nests of a variety of birds, including Jungle Crow and House Crow. 

Kingdom : Animalia

Phylum : Chordata

Class: Aves

Order : Cuculifomes

Family : Cuculidae

Zoological name : Eudynamys scolopacea

Found In : They are mostly found in every part of India. They can also be spotted in the Batla National Park, Corbett National Park, Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary, Pench National Park and Barwala Bird Sanctuary. These pictures I clicked of the male Koel is on the bank of the mighty Brahmaputra river in Assam.

"The first melodious song of the Koel tells us spring is here and its time for us to rejoice and live life with new hopes and desires." - Diana Raj Kumari 

World Sparrow Day : Romance of the Sparrows!!

World Sparrow Day (WSD) is being celebrated on 20 March across the globe. The first World Sparrow Day was celebrated on March 20, 2010 across the globe to celebrate the beauty of the house sparrow. National and international organisations, NGOs, clubs and societies, universities, schools and individuals across the world celebrated the event by organizing awareness programs. This is to raise public awareness about the fast-diminishing House Sparrow species, which was seen very commonly in your neighborhood a decade back. Observing the day highlights the decline of the house sparrow and helps to build awareness on the problems faced by the species in its daily fight for survival. 

The World Sparrow Day also celebrates the common biodiversity around us. 

Lucky that I can still see plently of them in and around my neighborhood and I happen to click some pictures of the Sparrows romantic courtship on my balcony. Am sharing a few of them here today as my humble contribution towards World Sparrow Day.

Let us spare the Sparrows and conserve these dwindling species. The conservation of the house sparrow and its habitat will not only save much of the common biodiversity but provide a better environment for other bird species, too. Best wishes to all who are striving to save the Sparrows. 

                                             

    ---- Diana Raj Kumari ---

Diana Raj Kumari Photography: Beautiful moments of Spring!!

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