Awesome Ostrich

Happy Sunday to all my readers, the festival of color is round a corner please enjoy the colorful festival with Mother Nature it will take you to a different world altogether. Every weekend the challenge is to find a topic and but due to your love and somehow I manage something unique. After long thought and searching the photo book I found something different in bird category, the reason is because it is a bird but cannot fly, a flightless bird yes it's true hence it is unique. The bird is Ostrich world’s tallest but flightless bird. Let me tell you more about the awesome bird in the next section.

Uncommon Ostrich

Ostrich standout different from all other birds, reasons are countless some of them are the habit, style, nature, physic and many more. Each thing attached to Ostrich is different and unique, let me start with the basic details of the bird and then we will see some excellent quality of this lovely bird. 

To start with, let me tell you that it is the largest living bird in the world. The adult male can reach up to 9 to 10 feet tall where the neck is of almost half size of total height.

Since the height is such that weight is also on the higher side which is almost 150kg. Since I told you height and weight, guess the size of the egg 😮. Speechless, the egg reaches 6 inches in length and with 5 inches diameter, its weight reaches up to 1.5 kg that is again world’s largest egg of any bird.

As I told you everything is just outstanding from this gigantic bird, now let me update you on how it looks and what it prefers to eat. Male is mostly black with white plumes in the wing whereas the female is brown but the head and neck part is reddish to bluish tone. The head is relatively small with a wide short bill and big brown eyes but let me tell you that legs including thighs are the most powerful part of Ostrich’s body.

Ostrich relies on its strong legs—uniquely two-toed, with the main toe developed almost as a hoof—to escape its enemies, chiefly humans, and the larger carnivores. A frightened ostrich can achieve a speed of 72.5 km (45 miles) per hour. If cornered, it can deliver dangerous kicks.

Ostriches live mainly on vegetation but also take some animal food, mainly insects; they can go without water for long periods. Breeding males emit lion-like roars and hisses as they fight for a harem of three to five hens. This basic introduction will help you to imagine the architecture of this tallest bird. Since we know basic details we can explore some unheard, unmatched unique details of this massive bird. 

Uncommon, Unmatched, Unique शुतुरमुर्ग 

The heading states 3U which makes this bird an ultimate one, let’s see some rare qualities of Ostrich

Ostriches have three stomachs, I know it is difficult to believe but it is true

A metabolic renal study was carried out by dehydrating young, healthy ostriches for 2 days, the period during which urine was still excreted. Ostriches differ from other birds, in that they excrete urine separately from faeces

Ostriches’ wings reach a span of about 2 meters and are used in mating displays, to shade chicks, to cover the naked skin of the upper legs and flanks to conserve heat, and as “rudders” to help them change direction while running

Long legs are used as formidable weapons, capable of killing a human or a potential predator like a lion with a forward kick

Territorial fights between males for a harem of two to seven females usually last just minutes, but they can easily cause death through slamming their heads into opponents

The Ostrich is farmed around the world, particularly for its decorative feathers and also for its meat which is marketed commercially and its skin is used for leather products

Contrary to popular belief, ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand: the myth probably originates from the bird’s defensive behavior of lying low at the approach of trouble and pressing their long necks to the ground in an attempt to become less visible

Ostriches can go without drinking for several days, using metabolic water, moisture in ingested roots, seeds, and insects, but they enjoy liquid water and frequently take baths where it is available

The ostrich has the largest eye of any land animal, measuring almost 5 cm across, allowing predators such as lions to be seen at long distances

Whenever you visit Africa for wilderness, ensure that you find one, it is great to watch one of the largest but flightless bird in the world. With this note ending the blog and leaving you with my memory of Ostrich

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Male Ostrich

Female Ostrich

Melody Queen Kokila - Koyal

Thank you so much for lovely wishes and motivating me to go step further, we will surely live up to your expectations and will serve uniqueness and many more in years to come.

I was thinking on what to offer today and see what my city helped me with; I was doing birding near my home and found “Koyal” with super sweet sound continuously it was so sweet that I could not stop myself from searching her. It took a bit of time and effort but finally managed for you. Let's learn more about Koyal in the next section.

स्वर साम्राज्ञी

Kokil kanthi, Swar Kokila these are synonymous for Koyal, melodious call of Koyal is unmatched with any other bird in the world. Even best singers are known as Kokil Kanthi, which actually means the melodious sound is like koyal. It has cultural importance across the world. The word "koel" is onomatopoeic in origin. The Sanskrit root is "Kokila" and the words in various Indian languages are similar. 

Koel is known for its unmatched sweetness, the same can be heard in the city (only if you recognize sound) but we in the city hardly recognize the same. Koooh Koooh sugar sweet melodious sound is famous, do recognize when you get the same it will give you peace of mind for sure. 

While we talk about sound let me tell you that bird looks very similar to crow but when you hear the sound you feel like it is the most beautiful bird on the earth and should continue for long. I tried a lot to find Koel but it took a lot of effort to get best pictures as it is easy to hear but certainly very difficult to find in open to click a frame but finally, the effort turned rewarding and I got few good images for you. Now let me tell you the description and facts about Koel.

The Facts File

The Asian or Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds,

The Asian Koel is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of crows and other hosts, where the foster parents raise the young. (Brood Parasitism: Brood parasitism is a method of parasitism in which the organism lays its eggs in the nest of other birds and let that other bird to incubate them. Brood parasitism occurs in birds)

The word koel is echoic in origin and the bird is a widely used symbol in Indian poetry. It has been compared with the "Nightingale" due to its melodious call

The Asian Koel is a large, long-tailed, cuckoo at 45 cm. The male of the nominate race is glossy bluish-black, with a pale green or grey bill, the iris is crimson, and it has grey legs and feet

The female of the nominate race is brownish on the crown and has rufous streaks on the head. The back, rump and wing coverts are dark brown with white and buff spots. The underparts are whitish but are heavily striped

The Asian Koel is omnivorous, consuming a variety of insects, caterpillars, eggs and small vertebrates

This bird has a strong association with the Traditional new year celebrations of Sri Lanka. In the literature around the festival, the song of the bird regarded as a heralding of the traditional New Year. The Sinhala speaking community knows Koel as the koha in Sri Lanka

Do search for Keol when you hear some very melodious sound in the near vicinity, our city offers best birding but we don’t focus on them hence request you to keep your eye open and respect the Mother Nature available in your vicinity, while ending the blog do take a tour of DSLR section

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After they disappear, will you then shed a tear? Save wildlife. Save life 

Author:

BT Wild Art
Life is Safari. Enjoy it.

The Photo Safari

Koel Female

Koel Male

The Journey of Wilderness

Celebrating 1st Birthday of BT WILD ART 

Lovely readers today is a very special day for me because it is the 1^st birthday of BT Wild Art, your support and appreciation helped your favorite blog to grow a year older. The first step towards the wilderness started exactly the same day last year with a holy thought to spread wilderness awareness and information of unique aspects of Mother Nature and see where we have reached.

During the year received tremendous love and support from all of you that helped me to deliver the uniqueness with every single blog. I am thankful to each one of you for taking active participation in following the blog spot. With your support, I am sure we will achieve many more milestones in the years to come. Let’s continue the relationship for an unlimited period to explore and conserve our lovely land.

The Flashback 

A year back there was no plan to write a blog; I was following my passion for photography, which helped me realize the importance of Mother Nature and conservation but still no thoughts on exploring writing anything but at the same time  One of my friends Ramulu was the first person who came up with idea of opting blog so as I can reach more people to spread awareness. I was not very sure that people will like such topic hence I was unable to decide but it was Ramulu’s confidence that bugged my mind to have serious thoughts. After Ramulu it was Shalaka who suggested blog space and insisted to go for it.

After this the role of another friend Timir Sir who saw my clicks and offered me the opportunity to write one-pager on conservation for Me and My Earth magazine. He convinced me to attempt at least once and hence with his guidance I managed a writeup for a magazine which later on was published. This gave me the confidence to shoot a blog, the same content I tried and since then it's unstoppable

The response was overwhelming which motivated me to plan a few more but to continue you need to improve and offer different topics but when you have such lovely people around you then nothing is impossible.  I was first timer so there was a lot to learn and improve, the same of taken care by few of my close friends Saurabh, Jogi, Vishnu, Padmini, Manoj, Deepa, appreciation from Kranti Mam, Anantha Sir and lovely words from each one of you is the reason for the success of BT Wild Art. Keep motivating, keep blessing and keep advising me so as we can achieve many more milestones. 

The Recap

As we started the journey with Conservation of wildlife after one year we should recap the learning so as we give some importance to the wilderness from our busy schedule. 

Clean and pollution free world is only possible if we conserve our Mother Nature 

Save our wetlands from unwanted exploitation from industries

The important thing is that we need to understand how to make a balance between development and conservation. Both are equally important but due to commercial thought process we avoid rather ignore the importance of conservation and destroying it continuously, the impact of which is visible and it is high time that we realize and put strong efforts towards conserving and developing fruitful locations

I hope you will take every step to save our lovely land so as our next generation can stay in a pollution free environment. With this thought ending the blog and leaving you with some of the best clicks of BT Wild Art 

A Message of the Day 

After they disappear, will you then shed a tear? Save wildlife. Save life 

Author:

BT Wild Art
Life is Safari. Enjoy it.

The Photo Safari