HORNBIL! PIED HORNBIL! IT’S HERE, ON THIS TREE! OH, IT’S THERE TOO...OH ON THAT COCONUT TREE...OH THEY ARE FLYING….SEE THEIR BEAK…WOW!
DATE: 27TH AUGUST 2007
SACORDA…A BEAUTY LAND WEARING THE GREEN ORNAMENT CREATED BY THE MIGHTY NATURE…..
AS TOLD BY ANIKET, IT WAS A PLACE FOR HORNBILL SPOTTING….
SO WE DECIDED TO LEAVE TO SACORDA FOR SPOTTING HORNBILLS….
HORNBILL IS A BEAUTIFUL BIRD WITH HIS UNIQUE BEAK & HAS BEEN A CENTRE OF ATTRACTION FOR EVERY BIRDWATCHER…
WE HAD RECENTLY SPOTTED MALABAR GREY HORNBILL IN SOME AREAS OF PONDA, BUT PIED HORNBILL WAS SOMETHING WORTH WATCHING HUNDRED TIMES, & ON OUR PART….WE HAD NEVER SPOTTED THIS GUY SINCE WE HAD STARTED BIRDWATCHING!
SO WE ALL WERE EXCITED…..
WE LEFT FROM PONDA…STILL EVERYBODY WAS DOUBTFUL TO SEE THEM BECAUSE OF WEATHER…& WE HAD LEFT LITTLE BIT LATE….ALL OF US WERE EXPECTING TO SEE SOME 2-3 PIED HORNBILLS…
WE REACHED THE DESTINATION….THE PLACE WAS A PLANTATION OWNED BY A NON-GOAN…..WE OPENED THE GATE & STEPPED INSIDE…
A BIRD TOOK FLIGHT….IT WAS A PIED HORNBILL…WE WERE OVERJOYED…BUT WAIT…..IT WAS HERE….IT WAS THERE TOO…THEY WERE EVERYWHERE……BELIVE IT OR NOT…..WE WERE SURROUNDED BY MORE THAN 50 PIED HORNBILLS OVERHEAD…..
THEY WERE EVERYWHERE…WE COULDN’T BELIEVE OUR EYES…WE KEPT ROAMING IN THE FARM CLICKING PHOTOGRAPHS, COUNTING THE HORNBILLS& OF COURSE…ENJOYING THE WHOLE SCENE.
AFTER THAT, WE WENT FOR A STROLL IN ANIKET’S FARM & ALSO TO THE MINI WATREFALL BEHIND HIS HOUSE……
HORNBILLS…..THEY MADE THE DAY WORTH!!!!!
REPORT BY KAUSTUBH NAIK (12TH SCIENCE)
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