BT Wild ART - A unique Journey to the wilderness: Angry Bird

Dear followers hope you are doing great, vacation is round a corner for your kids and I am sure they must be demanding for a trip somewhere outside the city, give them a surprise by planning a trip to the forest. I have two reasons for suggesting a trip to the forest. The most important reason is we need to make aware our young generation about the importance of conservation of forest this will help us to save our forest for the bright future of our kids. The second reason is they are fond of animal and birds they can connect the experience with learning and yes they can enjoy the most, In case you need any help in planning the forest trip, you can reach me on btwildart@gmail.com

Forest and kids both are close to my hearts so I could not stop myself from recommending forest trip for kids. Now let us talk about today’s topic, today I am going to talk about a very common bird which is ignored by travelers most of the time but the bird is capable of giving superb frames if you notice them and devote little time, they surely deserve little attention at least. The bird is Jungle babbler, a commonly found in forest as well as city, let us learn more in the next section.

The Angry Bird

We all know about angry bird cartoons and mobile game, try to relate the same with this bird, the looks are very similar to this bird, It looks that the cartoonist got the inspiration from Jungle babbler for few bird characters.

Initially, when I started the wildlife photography, I was also ignorant of this sweet little bird, never used to take pictures one of the reasons is that keeps jumping from one place to other and it becomes difficult to capture. The friendship started from Bharatpur bird sanctuary where due to fog we had to wait for sunlight during the waiting time we saw some action from jungle babbler, they were playing in the group which was a treat to watch. The expression, the movement, communication with each other, the noise they were making, etc was absolutely funny and entertaining. This is where I realize that looks of jungle babblers are matching with an angry bird, you will also agree when you will see the pictures in My Canon World section, now let me tell you some facts about little one in the next section.

Seven Sisters

The scientific name of Jungle Babbler is Turdoides Striata. They are gregarious birds that forage in small groups of six to ten birds, a habit that has given them the popular name of Seven Sisters or Saat Bhai (Seven Brothers)

The jungle babbler's habitat is forest and cultivation. This species, like most babblers, is non-migratory and has short rounded wings and a weak flight

It is a noisy bird, and the presence of a flock may generally be known at some distance by the harsh mewing calls, continual chattering, squeaking, and chirping produced by its members

These birds are gregarious and very social, they feed mainly on insects, but also eats grains, nectar, and berries

Jungle Babbler sometimes forms the core of a mixed-species foraging flock, when foraging, some birds take up a high vantage point and act as sentinels. They are known to gather and mob potential predators such as snakes

Birds within a group often indulge in allopreening, play chases, and mock fights. When threatened by predators, they have been said to sometimes feign death (colloquially known as playing dead)

We can learn a few lessons of socialization from Jungle Babbler because they always stay in a group and never leave their group

Jungle Babbler always takes care of their kids very well. Mostly, Juvenile Jungle Babbler remains close to their parent

I have found a great ability in Jungle Babbler birds to communicate with you and you can do the same if you show some patience. I hope that with these pictures of Jungle Babbler and information, you can easily recognize this bird