If you are a birder, or want to become one, beware! From time to time, the elders would whisper something to each other: Probably, “Bechara, pagal hai, afsar lagta hai par tota, batakh dekh raha hai! This is a bird which the birder is seeing for the first time ever, and implies a certain sense of achievement. You can also become a birder like what I have become — who would much rather sit on a bench in the garden, or a well-chosen spot and wait for the birds to surface. But, the next morning, it was back there at the very same spot.

Source: Indian Express July 21, 2019 00:56 UTC