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  LT COL NOEL ELLIS   05/XI/2024   A drive to a few nearby lakes springs surprises every time. There would always be a new bird or an animal which is sited making the drive worth it.   (Peacock sitting on an Electric Pole) My sister-in-law and family were here and requested me to visit the lake where the Demoiselles Cranes come to roost in winters. There was no way I could refuse it. My tripod too had been resting for a while. It was time to air its legs.   The drive to Guda Lake doesn’t take more than 20 minutes from where we stay. The biggest landmark on the way is a life size ‘Black Buck’ statue that the Bishnoi clan has erected on a pedestal in memory of the deer for which our friend ‘Sallu Baba’ keeps visiting the Sun City. We stopped to pose with the statue and moved to the lake. (Yours truly with the statue of the Black Buck) Moment, we alighted, very familiar sounds greeted us. They definitely were the cranes. My pace hastened to get the first glimpse of them. Lo and behold, th

    LT COL NOEL ELLIS   04/XI/2024   Every morning the scene in the Ellis’ restaurant is so refreshing. The notes birds sing sounds like ‘reveille’ being sounded by the buglers. The ‘scenario’ keeps varying with arrival of different birds at different timings.   It is like being a restaurant owner, working solo with minimum help. Yours truly is the waiter, housekeeper, cook, receptionist, barman, purchase manager, accountant, and storekeeper of this shack. Imagine!   Foremost thing in the morning is housekeeping of the garden area, followed by watering the pots. This gives the plants a nice bath, like kids being readied for school.   The first set of ‘clients’ called the ‘Tailor Birds’ appear. They love to hunt for insects which get disturbed by the watering ritual. They sing and dance, hop and skip and carry on chasing moths and worms, without bothering about my presence.   By then the Bulbuls and the Sparrows start lining up around the trees, urging me to ‘o

  The Demoiselle cranes are back & so am I 💜 DIL KHUSH ❤️