Birds, glasses and other interesting stuff
April 18th, 2005 | Published in Living | 17 Comments
Made a tiring but enjoyable birdwatching trip to Kokkre Belur on Saturday. The village is known for its spot billed pelicans and painted storks, which take residence in and around this village. This is the nesting season, and as soon as you enter KB, you are treated to the shrill cries of these birds and wonderful sights of storks and pelicans flying high in the sky above you. And what a sight it was!
A naturalist association from Mysore is working to conserve these birds in their natural habitat and helping villagers coexist with them – a task that is becoming progressively more difficult because of the increase in the village population. A gentleman called Manu, who was an ornithologist himself (and an engineer prior) has been working with the village people for nearly a decade now and he gave us a little background on the work he has been doing. I will post the pictures and a report of the trip later. But if you are a wildlife enthusiast (which I have slowly turned into after discovering so much of nature after moving here!), then do make a visit to this place.
Related links:
– An article on KB
– Birding in Karnataka
An equally hectic Sunday followed, by the end of which, I got hit by a bad eye infection. It turned out to be more serious than I thought initially (something getting into my eyes). According to the doc, long hours of wearing contact lens has injured my cornea slightly. I have been wearing lenses for about 10 years now, so I guess it has been a long time.
The verdict from the doc: no lenses or glasses for a couple of days till the swelling comes down. Then I need a new pair of glasses. I’m thinking Sania Mirza style (if I can’t have her talent, at least I can have her frames :). I did actually wear them for many long years before I got a little tired. Looks like it’s time to rediscover glasses again.
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I stumbled upon this article today in Telegraph India and was pleasantly surprised.
Two people mailed me saying this blog has been mentioned in the April issue of Dataquest, but I haven’t been able to get hold of a copy as yet.
(This blog made with the eye patch, which is quite an achievement. Possibly, the first blog entry made with an eye patch, I am thinking. Anyway…, I think I need some shut eye now. Without the darned eye patch!).
April 19th, 2005 at 5:08 am (#)
Impressive. If it makes you feel any better, I’ve just recovered from an obstinate affliction of hiccoughs, tiring, embarassing and very entertaining to everyone else.
April 19th, 2005 at 6:21 am (#)
I think it an opportunity to train yourself to see the world with one eye, just like your camera :)
April 19th, 2005 at 10:10 am (#)
We had been to Kabini River lodge (Jungle lodge) over the weekend. Great place. U can plan a trip there!
More details/snaps on my blog! check out!
April 19th, 2005 at 10:37 am (#)
Wow… your blog is being mentioned everywhere…
Get well soon!
April 19th, 2005 at 12:16 pm (#)
Sorry to know abt ur eye infection. But i guess u shud take the doc’s advice seriously and rest a while. Don’t strain the other eye too much.
April 19th, 2005 at 3:04 pm (#)
u r looking like Bandit queen now :p .. plus armed with that “rifle” mentioned in some previous post, this time no one would even dare to whisper behind ur back :)
April 19th, 2005 at 4:17 pm (#)
U know this patch sorta suits u really!
*at the risk of being hit*
:-)
April 19th, 2005 at 5:03 pm (#)
hey, that’s quite a funky looking eye-patch. maybe this will kickstart a whole new fashion in alternate eye-wear :)
get well sooon!!!!
April 19th, 2005 at 10:50 pm (#)
Did you got to work with the eye patch? Do blog about that experience.
Get well soon. Try out laser treatment, it might help.
April 20th, 2005 at 5:07 am (#)
That is the second best pic with an eye patch — right behind the Hathaway Man!
April 20th, 2005 at 11:36 am (#)
hola long john silver, or are you black(un)beard the pirate king…er…queen:
welcome to treasure island!
did the good doctor say that you should have been getting your eyes examined more often … or had you been doing so anyway? any info might prove useful to other contact lens users out there!
- s.b.
April 20th, 2005 at 11:50 am (#)
I was about to ask you for a bangalore bloggers meet. But not the right time!
Get well soon. And yeah, Lawrence and Mayo has opened some more branches in bangalore. Check it out!
April 20th, 2005 at 4:28 pm (#)
birds are so interesting to observe:). and thats a very pretty cat there. do take care of your eye:)
April 20th, 2005 at 4:46 pm (#)
Have been dropping by on and off, for doses of one of my favourite cities :) I hope your eye feels better soon — I had the same problem not too long ago, and a funky pair of glasses is definitely the way to go!
April 20th, 2005 at 6:01 pm (#)
Guess i had visited ur blog once a very long time agao.. i came to ur blog today via some other blog i visited while blog hopping.. the i saw u seem like an assamese name.. I am not one but i studied in ghy for 4 yrs.. so i am almost semi-asomiya now. i even speak asomiya without an accent.. or is it ‘With’… i also maintain a blog.. do drop in..
and yeah i used to love bangalore. howz it these days..
April 21st, 2005 at 3:37 pm (#)
Your have an amazing talent, both when it comes to writing and when it comes to photographs :) Take care and get well soon…:)
April 25th, 2005 at 1:36 pm (#)
Hi, Just a mundane little comment to say that I’ve been wearing lenses for years too, and the doctor just diagnosed a similar infection — giant papillary conjunctivitis — it’s very blah, but I’ve been wearing glasses for a couple of weeks now, and now I’m going in for lasik…
And your blog is great — I grew up in Bangalore and worked in Mysore, Bangalore, and the Western Ghats before moving to Bombay, so your blog is one long nostalgia trip for me!