Birds flying in the sky

I was sitting on the veranda reading a story book. Suddenly I looked up at the sky, a huge brown bird fluttering its wings in a regal manner. He is moving around in a circle with a lot of space. As soon as the sun shone, the brown wings became shiny. Ish, how beautiful!



Birds of prey, kites. Photo: Farzana Sharmin

Well, what is the name of the bird? What is he doing in such a turn? Other birds fly from one place to another, why is he wandering in the same place without going anywhere? Where does he live? Eat or what? - More questions are coming to mind. But where is the answer?

I saw a book written about birds in Bangladesh, I found it there. That's it! Absolutely given with pictures.

The bird that was flying was one of the birds of prey in Bangladesh, Bhubanchil. They fly in the sky in search of prey.

The kite is found only in Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia. Not in North or South America. There are three types of kites in our country.

1. Black Kite

2. Brahmiony Kite

3. Black shouldered Kite

Bhubanchil is a brown bird. The tail looks like the tail of a hilsa fish. Bhubaneswar is the largest of the three types of eagles in shape. 61 cm from the tip of the lip to the end of the tail. That means about two feet. Apart from this, another species of migratory Bhubaneswar is found in this country. The smallest white eagle in shape, 35 cm. And the conch is 48 cm. If you have a yardstick to draw a gauze or a scar on your hand, you can easily guess how big it is.

Bhubanchil, the flight style of seagulls, jumping techniques, nesting style, food list are almost the same. However, Bhubanchils can fly much faster than seagulls. They can eat Pak at an impossible speed. Again, even if the fan does not flutter for a long time, it can float in the air with ease. They like to fly in groups. Bhubaneswar people love to stay in the city. Instead of trees, they also live behind or above the high-rise towers of city-ports, water tanks, and air-conditioning boxes in multi-storey buildings. The seagull loves to stay in the village more than in the city. Sadachil prefers to stay away from the locality.

They nest in a specific season each year. Bhubanchil nests more in winter, and seagulls in autumn. Sadachil nests in autumn. However, they are often seen to nest even in summer. When they make a home, they return to the same place over and over again, arranging a new home. Interestingly, birds other than pigeons or ducks are not always at home. It only nests when it is time to lay eggs. As soon as the children learn to fly after hatching, everyone leaves the house. When it is night, he chooses a branch of a tree and sits there and falls asleep. Sometimes alone, sometimes a few are seen sleeping together with their mouths under their wings.

Now let's find out what is the favorite food of the eagles - even though it is a bird of prey, the eagle loves to eat stale and rotten food. The city's dustbin picks up food from the garbage can. Dead fish, dead rats, young crows, entrails left in slaughterhouses, meat are their favorite food. By eating these, they keep the environment of the city clean. The conch eats small snakes and fish from rivers, ponds and reservoirs and also likes to hunt young chickens when given the opportunity. Sadachil loves paddy field rats, so it is also called Dhanchil. Apart from rats, they also eat insects, small snakes, frogs, woodpeckers, chicks and cockles. When feeding babies, but with sharp lips like a knife, they cut the food into pieces. If not, can children swallow whole snakes, frogs and rats!

I read in the newspaper that day that the farmers are not sleeping due to the infestation of rats in the paddy fields. There is no benefit in spraying drugs in the field (Prothom Alo; October 15, 2014). I wonder if there were enough whiteflies there, the farmers would not be in such danger. That is why I understand that birds are friends of man, friends of nature!