Monday, November 09, 2009

A Romeo and A Juliet

Yesterday was an extremely beautiful day with perfect sunlight and just the right amount of cool breeze. For those who have experienced Fall on the east coast, would die for such weather at this time of the year. Since the weather was good, I decided to go for a afternoonish-eveningish walk with my camera.

I came across a flock of (I believe migrating) birds. Now, I am not a bird watcher to be able to tell if the birds in that flock were Canadian Geese or American Robins or Eastern Bluebird or Cedar Waxwings. The group just reminded me of some college friends hanging around carelessly after college. I stood in silence to notice their behavior for over an hour and was able to capture a few pictures that I thought are interesting.


(Shot 1: Someone makes a random plan to go out for a walk - the rest just follow)


(Shot 2: As the group starts moving, this smart little fellow has its eyes set on another bird)



(Shot 3: After contemplating for over 30 minutes, it decides to approach the other bird)



(Shot 4: The other bird obliges by noticing and then talking to our little romeo)
 

(Shot 5: Within 10 minutes our Romeo has impressed Juliet enough for them to walk together for the rest of the evening)

Meanwhile, the setting sun signals that it is time for me to walk back home. I return with a smile reminded of several such evenings after college when some Romeo had managed to impress some Juliet.

1 comment:

Ujjwal Trivedi said...

Aww! this is sweet! Nature is far more amusing than television.

Great post!