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The Image that Stays...

: deponti; July 9th, 2007

Today I attended a Celebrtity Wedding with Many Page Three Personalities Making Their Appearance....but the image that stays in my mind at the end of the day is of this wonderful-looking creature, at the Bangalore Rehabilation Centre, an animal rescue and rehab centre that I visited this afternoon.

The kite was apparently treated and released to the wild; but he (I think it is a he, could a she have, in

asakiyume's words, this "fierce gaze"?) keeps coming back, and seems to be held in great affection, too!

A whole crowd of parakeets had been rescued from somewhere and Salim and his team were trying desperately to make some sickbay cages ready for the sick ones among them.

I don't know if they need money or not; but they do need volunteers of all sorts....

Tags: bangalore rehabilitation centre, brahminy, brc, kite, rescue shelter, volunteers

( 16 comments — Leave a comment )

mamtanaidu

2007-07-09 04:42 pm (UTC)

That's a lovely picture. Where is this centre?

deponti

2007-07-10 04:53 am (UTC)

It's about a km on the left fork on the road to Bannerghatta National Park...it is nowhere in as good shape as the PfA shelter...I will let you know if I can go there on Sunday for a while and help out. I want to find out more about the funding, because it seems to be run by the Forest Dept. and should not be in this condition...

mamtanaidu

2007-07-10 04:59 am (UTC)

Please let me know when you are going perhaps I can join you too and see what we can do to help them...this centre also does the same kinda work PFA does?

anjali_ar

2007-07-09 05:34 pm (UTC)

Beautiful :)... I want to know the same thing as mamta where is the center ???

deponti

2007-07-10 04:54 am (UTC)

See my reply to Mamta. If you can come over here (it is probably as far for you as the Kengeri shelter is for me)...we could drive down on Sat or Sun and help out a little.

anjali_ar

2007-07-10 12:50 pm (UTC)

PLease do let me know when ever you are going there so i can join you.

ravi

2007-07-09 08:31 pm (UTC)

nice picture!

(the real purpose of the comment is so that

mamtanaidu and

anjali_ar aren't the only ones commenting with animal-userpics ;)

deponti

2007-07-10 04:56 am (UTC)

Thanks for the compliment, whatever it was prompted by! Hey, that IS a nice userpic too. Feel like swatting it, though, my love of wildlife doesn't extend to flies, roaches, rats and leeches..

thaths

2007-07-10 04:06 am (UTC)

Beautiful photo. Probably your best. But the square-ish size makes it lack a little something. Perhaps a more rectangular frame (golden ratio? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio)

deponti

2007-07-10 04:58 am (UTC)

I agree with you; I do know about the golden ratio and the rule of thirds...but there was some unsightly stuff hanging from the nearby tree, and some sticking-out wires, that had to be cropped off. Will also pay more heed to composition...but the bird was TOO lovely not to post!

And...thanks for the compliment and keep the honest feedback coming!

deponti

2007-07-12 07:29 am (UTC)

HEY!!! (as Calvin would say.)I suddenly woke up...what do you mean, my best? Don't you know that, to coin an original, fresh phrase, the best is yet to come?

thaths

2007-07-12 01:17 pm (UTC)

I meant to say 'your best so far'.

wish i was there

(Anonymous)

2007-07-10 12:46 pm (UTC)

would have loved to join you guys to help out.
very nice picture of the kite!!

madhu (jlrntp)

Re: wish i was there

deponti

2007-07-10 01:16 pm (UTC)

I do think of you on every trip Madhu..you are one of the reasons I post pretty regularly. How's life there? Hope the fruit flies are fine;-))

Re: wish i was there

(Anonymous)

2007-07-12 05:16 am (UTC)

that's one of the nicest things i've heard from someone i haven't even met in real life.

learning that research life has more ups and downs than a s/w engg life!! flies are definitely cooperating tho, they have been laying a lot of eggs for my expts :)

love,
madhu