Whisper of the Wings series.......10. Common Tailorbird

Wiki says The Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) is a songbird found across tropical Asia. Popular for its nest made of leaves "sewn" together and immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in his Jungle Book, it is a common resident in urban gardens...........

This one actually was not bothered by my presence close by.

I also love to watch its tail, i feel the tail is doing the talking !!

Whisper of the Wings series.......9. Purple Sun birds

Sun birds are in full plumage during this season

through out the day i can hear their calls to each other

& they look too good while foraging on the flowers in my balcony

don't they ??

Whisper of the Wings series.......8. Black Rumped Flameback

Friends !!

Introducing the Black Rumped Flameback

Nowadays it is a frequent visitor on my balcony, its movements are very different from other birds, the neck seems hyperactive all the time, like a ballet dancer or something. Very entertaining to watch.

The colours are just brilliant !!

Isn't it ??

Whisper of the Wings series.......7. Oriental Honey Buzzard

There is always a flutter of activity outside my house when The Oriental Honey Buzzard comes. Panic button is pressed by all the resident birds, so its been easy to know that the OHB has come. This year i've had the maximum sightings of it

Whisper of the Wings series.......6. Golden Oriole

Mom sees a fleeting colour of Yellow outside

Its a surprise visitor

& its a rare visitor

that too in winter

A Golden Oriole outside my window on a chilly, misty, foggy morning

Woh !!

Whisper of the Wings series.......5. Hoopoe

Hoopoe very rarely sits on my balcony, probably i must have seen it only about a couple of times in the last 3 years.

But i can always see it flying around, the wings flap in the similar way as the Woodpecker. I also see it in the park opposite my house feeding away busily on the ground, with its long beaks.

This photograph is taken when the hoopoe was sitting on a tree just outside my balcony.

Whisper of the Wings series.......4. Red Whiskered Bulbul

Looks like a rock star !!

Red Whiskered Bulbuls are a frequent visitors on to my balcony, here is one of the rock stars !!

Whisper of the Wings series.....3. Rufous Treepie

Rufous Treepie.

When this Dendrocitta vagabunda comes onto my balcony it is usually with a lot of announcements, all the 5 or so different musical calls are made. Its like look i am here or i 've come, every one else watch out or some thing like like that.

Whereas sometimes it sits very quietly on the Jamun Tree next to my house eating the small jamuns, sometimes one does not even realise it is there.

Its very difficult to say from male & female.

Whisper of the Wings series.....2. Purple Sunbird (female)

This is the Female Purple Sun bird, likes to come & taste a bit of honey from the flowers in the balcony.

Looks stunning against the red flower, isn't it ??

Whisper of the Wings series.....1. Purple Sunbird

In my Face Book account i had posted photographs of the birds which visit the balcony of my house.

It had in fact kicked up quite a bit of interest among my friends. So from today i start this new series, which i have titled Whisper of the Wings, which will be exclusive of the birds photographed from my balcony.

A special thanks is required to my drawing teacher Joy, who had gifted me a tripod, so my camera is always mounted & ready to capture the whisper of the wings.

We start off with the Purple Sunbird (male), a really busy bird, never sits still. I hope to capture the changing colours of this bird as the season progresses