It’s been almost 9 months or so since I started to keep food for the birds in my balcony. I’ve had a wonderful variety of birds coming to eat. Although, it’s mostly pigeons, I’m also getting sparrows, doves, mynas, a crow (never knew they were in the area!), and a couple of BulBuls. I realized early on that they were a pair and mashaAllah they are really pretty birds even though they are not so colourful. Probably the most distinguishing feature about them is their red bottom!
However, this is not what made me smile. For a few days, I hadn’t heard or seen the Bulbul pair come to my balcony and I felt bad because I wasn’t sure where else they might be finding food. However, I was pleasantly alerted to their presence by their sweet voice. As I peaked through my balcony door, I saw a baby along with them! It was bigger than a sparrow and had a funny tweet but cute nonetheless. MashaAllah! I really wished to take a family picture but I didn’t want to scare them on their baby’s first trip. I’m absolutely delighted. 
This Made Me Smile – part 3
October 27, 2009 at 8:57 am (random)
Tags: bulbul, crow, dove, myna, pigeon, sparrow
This made me smile – part 2
April 2, 2009 at 6:48 pm (funny, random)
Tags: bird seeds, birds, charity, rain, smile, sparrow
I had kept some bread and seeds out for the birds to eat and I usually get mynas, sparrows and a kind of pigeon who come to eat. It just happened that I put out some food one day and it started raining heavily so I peep out to see if the food is getting drenched, only to see a tiny sparrow come flying in the rain to eat the food, see me and take a u-turn in the rain and fly back. *wub* I was like awww! Poor little thing. 
