Andheri used to be wooded in *Salim Ali’s autobiography, “The Fall of a Sparrow” , it must really hard for anyone to believe I manage to do any bird-watching!... as a matter of fact, it is one of my most enjoyable and rewarding things to do...while sipping tea to lookout for birds!...or gaze without purpose into the canopy of the trees ......you see there are gorgeous little sun birds..with their curlew beaks..that come feeding in the morning for nectar from fersh flowers, weaving birds...pied crested bulbuls..babblers...oriental magpie robins (depending on the time of year)...you can hear the coppersmith barbet’s tok!tok!tok! heard the coucal (Bhardwaj) a while ago and once a trio of drongos were merrily flitting from tree to tree!
What’s for breakfast? roti to be had with fruits, cheddar cheese and some earl grey tea...
*Salim Ali is synonymous with Bird-watching and BNHS (Bombay Natural Historal Society).
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