Pillaiyaarpatti, Tamil Nadu has a well-known Karpaka Vinayakar (lord Ganesha) temple. Me and my family visited this place in March 2015. After having a pleasant darshan we came out of the temple. There was a big pond very close to the temple. I saw a Kingfisher flying to-and-fro trying to catch a fish from the temple pond. I clicked few snaps with my camera. I am sharing with you this particular snap (above picture), which showcases the bird in good lighting.
Pillaiyaarpatti is two-and-half hour drive from Trichy, Tamil Nadu.
One evening on the terrace of my home in Trichy I saw a small colorful bird landing and halting on one of the dried bamboo sticks mounted on my neighbor's terrace. The other dried bamboo stick was little farther. A rope was tied between these two bamboo sticks, so that wet-washed clothes could be hung on the rope, and clipped to dry.
I noticed that the bird initially stood on the dried bamboo stick for awhile and then went inside to take rest, and called it a day. The next day around the same time, I happened to see the bird again at the same spot. Soon I realized that the dried bamboo stick was the nest to this wonderful bird.
Seeing this bird closer was such a feast for my eyes. Though I clicked couple of pictures of this bird, the idea of filming occurred to me only later. The following day I patiently waited with my camera in video mode. The bird was gracious enough to come and help me in filming it.
I googled "small colorful bird" and found out the name of this bird, and that was Coppersmith Barbet. The bird's call is similar to a coppersmith striking a metal with a hammer, thats how the bird would have got its name.
Enjoy watching the video below. The video is followed by a couple of photographs of the same bird which I clicked. The first photograph is where the bird is peeking out of its nest. May be it is having a balcony view. I should say I was lucky to click the second photograph with two birds in one frame; one was halting on a branch, and the other was in the air. :-)
Filmed and Photographed : March 2015
Place : Malaikovil, Trichy Reviewed by M Karthikeyan
