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The moneyplant as creeper created a natural shade for the birds

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 30 Apr

The sparrows and doves come to my balcony for having bird feed. After the rains the moneyplant creates a natural shade for the birds. They dont face the sunlight and are happy to eat the bird feed in the...

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In our balcony two types of sparrows come for birdfeed

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 3 Jan

In our balcony two types of sparrows come for birdfeed. There is a black broad eyed sparrow which we call krishnachorai. There is another group of sparrows which have narrow eyed sparrow which we call radhachorai. Both the...

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I am amazed about the eyesight of the sparrows.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 24 Dec

Sparrows are smaller birds. I am amazed at their eyesight. There is heavy mist and fog in Calcutta in Christmas. But whenever I give the bird feed, the sparrows flock at the balcony they can make out the small bird feed and enjoy...

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The sight of pigeons doves sparrows feeding on bird feed is lovely

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 21 Sep

Every morning the doves pigeons sparrows come to my balcony and eat the bird feed. There is a time in the morning. they also know i am going to spread the bird feed. They come together and eat without disturbing each...

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the doves eat more than the sparrows

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 13 Sep

The doves and sparrows come to my balcony at the same time in the morning. I spread the bird feed at that time. As the doves are bigger in size than the sparrows they eat more than them. In 10 minutes all the food is...

doves

sparrows

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The pigeons doves and sparrows in the morning make sounds to show they are hungry

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 29 Aug

The pigeons doves and sparrows in the morning make sounds to show they are hungry. They come to my balcony. I keep the bird feed there so that they are accessible. In 10 minutes they finish the...

I love the beautiful bird sounds

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 22 Aug

In the morning the different birds come to my balcony for bird feed. I love the bird sounds. They are very soothing. There are different birds like nightingale, sparrows, crows, crickets, doves, pigeons, to mention a...

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Thursday morning

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 26 Aug 23

On Thursday my geek and her daughter were going to come over and see if Oreo, their dog, got along with Boe, my remaining dog. Boe loves both of them, but he was extremely excited to meet Oreo. More than Oreo was to meet...

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Many people dont know their state diversity.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 27 May 23

According to biological diversity every region has its own diversity. In West Bengal the state bird is white throated kingfisher. Many people who see crows or sparrows never know what is the state bird. If industrial wastes dont...

biological diversity

west bengal

white throated kingfisher

crows

sparrows

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We saw her only once

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 1 Apr 23

Sparrows are not seen here or in the vicinity In the good old days they used to be seen in stores where sacks with cereals would be kept in open gunny bags. Those chirps were music to one's ears. The shopkeepers welcomed them....

sparrows

disappearing

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I have inserted the yellow kalke flowers in other water pots.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 5 Dec 22

The yellow kalke plant is kept in pots in my balcony. But as sparrows enter my balcony for bird feed they pluck the kalke flowers. I have taken the flowers and kept in small vases full of water. The colour of the flower is...

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I feed sparrows with dal and food grains.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23235) 15 Sep 20

Sparrows flock to my balcony everyday. I feed them with lentils called dal in bengali and food grains. I keep them on the tiles of balcony. They come in a group of 5 to 6, feed on them and fly away. It is good to see them every...

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I noticed that the woodpecker had become a very lazy bird

Igor Chikin @igor5521 (46) • Dmitrov, Russian Federation 8 Aug 20

In winter, I hang a piece of tallow on a tree. This is food for bluebirds . But very often woodpeckers eat this food. In the summer they climb into the feeders for the sparrows and eat the food of small birds. Woodpeckers stopped...

woodpeckers

sparrows

food supply

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Unpredictable Nature

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 17 Apr 19

Every day I enjoy nature in my yard and garden. Especially this time of the year. The bluebirds arrived awhile back. I have their house up for them. But as I have written before, the sparrows (ratbirds) are an evil enemy. They are...

nature

sparrows

bluebirds

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That Was My Watershed Moment

jaishankar @Shivram59 (50137) • India 14 Oct 18

My elder brother had bought me an airgun.At that time I was in my early teens.My elder brother was a good shooter himself.I was one of his admirers and had a desire to be a good shooter like him. I still remember the...

guilt and nervousness

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Daily Bible Study

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 10 Oct 18

Day 49 Luke 12:6 Luke 12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? 7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many...

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So glad to welcome back an old friend into the garden!!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 16 Dec 10

Despite the snow and frost I am really pleased to see that the thrushes have returned to my garden. We have not had many around for a few years the kestrels and the buzzards have been killing them but this year I seem to have a...

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sparrows disappearance

snm7520 @snm7520 (263) • India 15 Dec 10

i have read many article saying that decrease ans disappearance in no. of sparrows from many urban cities are due to the waves spread cell phone towers. do you believe this? according to me decrease in no. of sparrows is due to...

disappearance

sparrows

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Bird watching.

Lore2009 @Lore2009 (7378) • United States 14 Dec 10

Do you like bird watching? I don't really do it as a hobby but my computer is next to the window, which is next to our big tree. While I go online, I can see the outside world and the bird world. In this tree, there are many...

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What is life? Could you define it?

udaymohan @udaymohan (437) • India 2 Jul 10

I have read number of articles on the topic 'Life'. Some articles discuss on lighter part of life, some miseries of life, some also tell us their nasty or pleasant experiences of life. But, what exactly life is? When we are...

behaviour

life

sparrows

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