random samplings of a restless mind scanning life's canopy
As primates descended from arboreal ancestors, we enjoy an obvious sensory bias towards colourful visual displays. This is no doubt the main reason why so many people are drawn to birds, making birdwatching one of our leading hobbies. And this is how birdwatching may yet serve as the gateway drug for the growing majority of the alienated among us, suffering from "nature deficit disorder", to find their way back to nature. Let us entice them with the lovely plumage, and lead them down the garden paths!
Take a look at these ten lovelies from India - and vote (that's another thing we love to do, don't we?) on which one you think is the most beautiful winged denizen of my country full of so many beauties. Whether you care about ranking birds in this absurd way or not, you'll want to see these images sure to hyperstimulate your visual cortex! And I hope you'll then want to find out more about these birds, their lives, trials and tribulations, in this world we can't seem to help but drain of so much natural beauty!
Meanwhile, halfway around the world, Audubon California wants us to vote for their Bird of the Year! The Yellow-billed Magpie was the first winner of that crown last year. Now we have another wonderful shortlist of candidates to choose from. Who is your pick? I'm having a hard time choosing...
Go vote for both of these - I'm sure no one will be turned away from these online polling booths, even if you don't actually happen to live in India or California!
I'm a reconciliation ecologist studying the responses of wildlife to human influences through an evolutionary lens. I seek ways to apply evolutionary ecology towards reconciling biodiversity conservation with human development. Also a father of two girls; photographer; birdwatcher; bookworm; cinephile; and explorer of the internets.
I'm a reconciliation ecologist studying the responses of wildlife to human influences through an evolutionary lens. I seek ways to apply evolutionary ecology towards reconciling biodiversity conservation with human development. Also a father of two girls; photographer; birdwatcher; bookworm; cinephile; and explorer of the internets.
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