THE FOG
PART TWO
PART TWO
Section 13
I scurried behind the safety of an elegant
pine tree
When I heard some sublime notes of a symphony.
When I heard some sublime notes of a symphony.
Hey, what orchestra is up in this jungle
wild?
From behind the tree I watched, absolutely
beguiled.
Slowly, birds come out from behind the
foliage
Fluttering in excitement, each other trying
to upstage.
A flamboyant peacock preens and flaunts its
plumage.
At the peacock, a red-whiskered bulbul
glares in rage.
Birds of every feather have now taken over
the stage,
The scene a straight lift from a fairy tale
page.
The forest resounds with merry chirps and
tweets
In harmony with the couple’s happy heart
beats.
With a hop, a skip and a tumble on the ground
The sparrow joyously starts going round and
round.
A lapwing trips and slips as though
intoxicated.
The lovers smile indulgently, absolutely
elated.
The avian camaraderie fills them with joy
immense.
Chirps and tweets resound in the forest
dense.
A red-vented bulbul and a warbler happily
converse.
A pelican clears its throat and breaks into
verse.
The Morning Walk -- Vinita Pappas
Although "bulbul" is derived from the Persian word for nightingale, bulbuls are actually short-necked slender passerines (songbirds). They are highly vocal, with the calls of most species being described as nasal or gravelly. In the "Handbook of the Birds of the World," Fishpool & Tobias described the song of the brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) as "the most unattractive noises made by any bird." The soft plumage of some species is colorful, with yellow, red, or orange vents, cheeks, throat, or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive-brown to black plumage. The red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) is easily identified by its short crest that gives the head a squarish appearance; its body is dark brown with a scaly pattern, and the head is darker or black. The vent is red and the rump is white, while the black tail is tipped in white. Himalayan varieties have a more prominent crest and are more streaked on the underside or may have dark streaks instead of a scale-like pattern.
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