Winter Photography - Red Bellied Bird Family

On a cold winter morning I awoke to the sounds of birds chirping outside my window. This was fascinating to look at because it is extremely rare to find a migrating species of Red Bellied feeder birds in a commercial city such as Bangalore. As I walked towards my window, the bird flew away into the foliage. The next morning I found two of them singing together. Spring was right around the corner which meant nesting season for these birds. 

This was coincidently the same time I was experimenting with ammeter photography. I would wake up early in the morning for the next few days trying to get the perfect picture. Over the course of the next few days I tracked their movements in my colony. These birds few very low to the ground, probably to avoid predators since these birds were extremely tiny. After a few days I noticed that the birds flew only near my house and never flew further than 50m. 

One day while watering the plants in my garden, a bird flew out of a miniature pine tree in the garden. Upon looking into the tree, I found a nest that the birds had made along with two eggs within it. Seeing this I grabbed my camera and took photos without disturbing the nest. I continued to capture pictures as the eggs began to hatch and managed to capture some of my best shots. Ever time I would push aside a branch to take a picture the newborns would open their mouths and start chirping, waiting for their parents to feed them. The adult birds grew accustomed to me after a few days and would not be afraid of me when I would walk up to them to get close up photos. I was also able to capture a family photo of the birds when they were learning how to fly. A stray cat would pass by ever night and I would stay up till I can scare it away before going to bed. I believe this helped me build trust with the birds that allowed me to capture some beautiful shots in the winter of 2019.










The next year another pair of birds came over and this time they laid three eggs but sadly one of them did not hatch and one hatchling fell out of the nest and was eaten by a cat. This was heartbreaking to witness but such is the rules of nature.



 









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