My mom keeps a plastic container filled with water outside our window. Her hope is to see a few of the cuckoos,bulbuls,parrots,golden oriole and the copper smiths which nest on the surrounding trees come and take a few sips of water. When she first kept the container out, no bird paid any attention. But, now the word has spread amongst the crow population and the plastic container is regularly emptied by them.
Initially, we were disappointed, the more exotic birds did not grace our window sill by their presence. The first few crows who visited were shooed away. After all, they are too commonly seen and not exotic at all. Just plain and black and for some ugly. But then one day we happened to witness one thirsty crow come and take a few gulps from the container. The way he dipped his beak and then held up his neck to gulp the water and then cocked his head to see if anyone was going to shoo him away, we fell in love with this commonly found bird. Sometimes in the search of the exotic we fail to notice & appreciate the beauty in the everyday and then stumble upon it!
Initially, we were disappointed, the more exotic birds did not grace our window sill by their presence. The first few crows who visited were shooed away. After all, they are too commonly seen and not exotic at all. Just plain and black and for some ugly. But then one day we happened to witness one thirsty crow come and take a few gulps from the container. The way he dipped his beak and then held up his neck to gulp the water and then cocked his head to see if anyone was going to shoo him away, we fell in love with this commonly found bird. Sometimes in the search of the exotic we fail to notice & appreciate the beauty in the everyday and then stumble upon it!
