Curiosititis

Here's my second contribution to today's #BirdOfTheDay: A northern mockingbird perched on a tree branch and #Singing.

Taken in January 2024. Charlotte NC.

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A northern mocking bird perched on a tree branch.

Here's my contribution to today's #BirdOfTheDay which is any #Singing Bird: A northern mockingbird perched on a tree branch against the backdrop of Carolina blue sky.

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A bluejay in front of a pile of seeds on the floor of a deck.

A rufous treepie with a cookie piece in its mouth.

A cardinal standing on the top rail of a deck.

A goldfinch at a birdfeeder.

Here's my contribution to the theme (colorful) today for #BirdOfTheDay

Hopefully, together they're colorful!

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A grey-necked crow perched on the roof of a house and looking down.

A grey-necked crow perched on the rim of a plant container.

My choice for #BirdofTheDay is a grey-necked crow.

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Tammy Beaumont?

One more video of a rufous treepie.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

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A black swan in a lake, moving to the left.

A great blue heron moving to the left in a shallow area of a lake.

Here's my contribution. These photos were taken years ago.

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An image of the cover pages of three books by Satoshi Yagisawa.

My TBR list keeps getting longer and longer. Bought these three books from the wonderful Oxford Bookstore in Kolkata.

#books #booksky #kolkata #oxfordbookstore

Another video of the rufous treepie. The sound in the background is that of a chipmunk.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

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A rufous treepie. This was my first time seeing one.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

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A red-whiskered bulbul perched on a tree branch. 1/4.

A red-whiskered bulbul perched on a tree branch. 2/4.

A red-whiskered bulbul perched on a tree branch. 3/4.

A red-whiskered bulbul perched on a tree branch. 4/4.

Red-whiskered bulbuls.

October 7 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #backyardbirding #bulbuls #birdsofindia

A red-vented bulbul perched on a tree branch.

A red-vented bulbul perched on a tree branch.

A red-vented bulbul on a stone slab.

A red-vented bulbul on a stone slab.

More photos of red-vented bulbuls from last week.

October 7 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #backyardbirding #bulbuls #birdsofindia

Here’s to the birdwatchers! Optimistic, slightly eccentric custodians of wonder and joy and passion and love At its heart, birdwatching is an act of quiet rebellion, says Natalie Kyriacou. It is the gentle act of noticing – the willingness to see the world around you

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Here's a video of the two red-vented bulbuls.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

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Two red-vented bulbuls on the ground.

Two red-vented bulbuls on the ground.

A red-vented bulbul on the ground. It has a piece of a cracker in its mouth.

Red-vented bulbuls.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #backyardbirding #bulbuls #birdsofindia

An Indian mynah perched on a stone with Miss on it. The bird has a yellow beak, blackish head, and brownish back. The eyes are large with yellow around them.

An Indian mynah in my in-laws' backyard.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #mynahs #backyardbirding #birdsofindia

A female Indian koel.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

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Spotted Dove.

October 4 2025. Kolkata India.

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I was fortunate to witness a parent crow feeding a juvenile crow, the other day. Here's a video of it. The juvenile was hesitant to approach the stone slab where my MIL put food. The parent comes to the rescue.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #crows #backyardbirding #birdsofindia #kolkata

A grey-necked crow perched on a metal bar and looking to the left with its mouth open.

A grey-necked crow perched on a metal bar and looking to the right with its mouth open.

A close-up of a grey-necked crow.

This crow was no more than three feet from us when I took these photos.

October 8 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #crows #birdsofindia #kolkata

A Murder of Crows Crows, Kolkata 2019, Kaushalya Bannerji On my recent visit to Kolkata, India, I was struck by many things, but one that stands out for me in the wave of pollution that blankets the city, is the har…

Came across this article while trying to learn about crow-human co-existence in Kolkata.

"Humans have seen crows hold “funerals” en masse, where they come to pay their respects to a fallen comrade. "

Well worth the read.

#birds #crows #ravens #kolkata

An black and white bird standing at one corner of a stone slab. The bird has a piece of a cookie in its mouth.

The same doel with a cookie piece in its mouth.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

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A doel (an oriental magpie-robin) in my in-laws' backyard. Just learnt that it is considered the national bird of Bangladesh.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

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Six jungle jabblers and a red-vented bulbul perched on various branches of a tree. The jabblers are looking down.

A group of six jungle jabblers and a bulbul looking down eagerly as I was putting food out on a stone slab under the tree.

Photo credit: my wife.

October 7 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #backyardbirding #junglejabblers #bulbuls

A black-rumped flameback woodpecker on a flat piece of stone and eating crackers.

A black-rumped flameback woodpecker on a flat piece of stone. A close-up.

A black-rumped flameback woodpecker on a flat slab of stone. Pieces of crackers and cooked chicken are on the slab, in front of the woodpecker.

A black-rumped flameback woodpecker perched on a tree trunk and looking sideways.

A black-rumped flameback woodpecker in my in-laws backyard.

October 4-7 2025. Kolkata India.

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A black-rumped flameback woodpecker enjoying crackers this morning. A spotted dove is in the background.

October 7 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #backyardbirding #woodpeckers #doves #birdsofindia

A female koel at the food station while a juvenile crow and a black-rumped flameback woodpecker waiting nearby.

The birds seem to absolutely relish chicken.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #koels #crows #woodpeckers #backyardbirding #birdsofindia

A couple of jungle jabblers having a drink after breakfast.

October 6 2025. Kolkata India.

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A female Indian koel perched on a tree branch. The back and wings are black with white spots.

A female Indian koel perched on a tree branch.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #koels #cuckoos #backyardbirding #birdsofindia

A common tailorbird on a moss-filled wall.

Tuntuni (common tailorbird).

October 4 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #tuntunis #backyardbirding #birdsofindia #tailorbirds