Birds: Photos & Poetry

There was a lake I loved in gentle rain:

One day there fell a bird, a courtly crane:

Wisely he walked, as one who knows of pain.

Gracious he was and lofty as a king:
Silent he was, and yet he seemed to sing
Always of little children and the Spring.

John Shaw Neilson

The Gentle Water Bird

Photos: (C) KO Isaac
Click on images for enlarged view.

The poem from which the lines are quoted is from the collection Poet Seers. According to the website:

"Poet Seers is a collection of spiritual and illumining poetry by poets from around the world, including many different spiritual traditions. Every day we try to add a new Poem of the Day selected from the many inspirational poems we have on the site. We are also hoping to keep adding to our collection of poets and poetry."

The collection contains some great poetry.

Ends.

Also see:

Colors - beautiful photos

When did you last see a kingfisher?

Kingfishers are beautiful birds. They are found all around the world. But how often do people living in big cities get to see one?

I decided to do this post while reading an interesting article titled ‘Why do I do the things I do?’ last night on Jacob's Blog. It mentions that Japan designed the front portion of the super fast trains like the beak of a kingfisher to avoid sonic boom. Jacob points out that the bird’s specially formed beak helps it to traverse from air to water and back smoothly.

Immediately I searched my Olavipe pictures file and came across some kingfisher photos. Thinking that you might like to see a few of them, I am reproducing three below:

Click on photos for enlarged view.

© Thekkanattu Parayil.

OLAVIPE: Gift of the waves to Kerala, God's Own Country.