Do you see it?
While my neighbour's tree is flushed with blooming flowers, all I got for show is this.
Am I green with envy? Yes.
Am I frustrated? Yes.
That is part and parcel of gardening. No hard and fast rule. No holy grail. Each garden is different. The soil. The water tablet. The micro ambient. The pests. The green hands. The TLC. The plants' genes. It's all try and error. Of course soaking up available information helps you to understand a particular plant's need and care. But no two gardens are the same.
It is day 4 since the nest appeared. The mama bird conveniently used the ground cover below the tree for her nest. There's eggs inside but I didn't climb up a ladder to check. The mama bird is always nearby even when foraging for food.
The picture was taken 4 metres away with 11x zoom. The mama bird had flew the nest at the sight of the camera. She is very camera shy. I mean VERY camera shy. I tried again twice to take a picture of mama bird sitting in the nest with no success.
The second time was from 8 metres away. The moment I zoom in, she flew the nest.
The third time from 12 metres away with maximum optical+digital zoom. I maxed the zoom first, then only I point the lens at her. Flap, flap, flap. Gone with the wind. Any further distance I will have to get myself a DSLR with tele-lense.
The darn thing is she is perfectly fine with me going as near as 3 metres doing my own things quietly. No fuss. As long I don't point the camera at her.
I will pretend she is not there and check the progress in 1~2 weeks time. That also mean I can't do any gardening within the tree's 3 metres radius as so not to disturb the mama bird.
Let's just hope Sam does not goes "I twat I thaw a tweety bird!"
23 July 2011
On a nice sunny late-noon, the sky darken within minutes and it was pouring with a mini gale wind that splash the raindrops in all directions. It lasted for a good half hour and then... it was over. The rain stopped. The wind stopped. The sun stoled a peek in an otherwise grey sky. And there it was. "Chirp" "chirp" "chirp". Two baby birds. The parents were busy hunting for bugs to feed the two babies. Occasionally they took a detour to my cili padi plant and gulp down one or two cili padis whole.
It was a tad easier trying to frame the birdies in action. Just a tad. I still had to stay eight metres away with zoom maxed to 21X. With low sunlight, hard to get clear shots with my shaky hands.
31 July 2011
The baby birds took their first flight.
This is control tower. No predators in sight, just the annoying guy with the cheap camera. Baby bird 1, you are clear to take off.
Roger that, control tower. SatNav... checked. Wings... checked. Fuel... checked. Annoying guy with the cheap camera... checked. All systems... checked. Baby bird 1 are GO.
The Mohawk.
The chilli mugger.
Here putty putty! Come see me do the happy feet.
Putty cat locked away in a small cage by the annoying guy with the cheap camera.
>..< Angry birds >..<
THE END
07 August 2011
The birds are called yellow-breasted bulbuls.
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