Oriental Magpie Robin! This bird stood quite still for this portrait! Other birds were more elusive. I joined a group for the contest to see how many birds could be seen in 1 hour. I added the Orange-headed Thrush and Black-naped Oriole to my life list bringing it up to 324 species! I also recorded 13 other species, of which my favorite is the Rose-ringed Parakeet photographed below.
A bird coloring contest for children at the Bird Festival 2023 held at Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Bangladesh.
What is something you learned recently? I learned that after the Partition of India in 1947, current Bangladesh was called East Bengal until 1955 when it was called East Pakistan. I had thought that already in 1947 it was called East Pakistan. We made Bangladesh our home from 2007-2015. There are many rickshaws in the country, a very economical way to get around. Craftandtravel.com posted this info: Bringing colour, creativity and character to the city; and more importantly a means of living to over a million people, there are an estimated 1/2 million rickshaws in Dhaka today (1 rickshaw/140 people). Rickshaw art is considered ‘street art’ literally as it’s only viewable when you’re actually on the streets. You can ride 1/2 mile for 30 taka (0.27 USD).
You can see a little bitt of rickshaw on the back of the rickshaw on the left of the photo.
You can see rickshaw art on the back of the rickshaw in the center. It looks like the fellow on the right is probably advertising for someone and making income, instead of paying to have rickshaw art there!
If you look back at posts from other years, you can also likely find my image in the mirror as I am trying to capture the beauty of this ceramic nativity scene, my sister-in-law did in the 70’s for her parents.
Obviously the “Yellow Submarine” fits into the theme of this “Legends of Music Barn” near Clark, Ohio. Depending upon your age, and music tastes this will take you back to the Song, that Ringo Starr, one of the Beatles, sang
Our dessert, nicely decorated cupcakes (wedding cake!), at my cousin’s wedding!
Stars and Moon Shine Bright
Pigs with Fiddle and Rose Bud
Liven up the Night
Pie selections at our Company banquet!
I saw this at my eye Doctor’s office this morning, and couldn’t resist getting a photo to post! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
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