Discover Dreams | Rejuvenate
Sneaking out from the small tree trunks, before even the first rays of Sun lit up the sky, these barbets are up fluttering their tiny wings and framing their mind for the new discoveries and challenges for the day. With no time to lazy around, they swiftly fly around the tree branches with a scope not well defined, yet hopeful to make their day fruitful, joyful and most endearing to their family.
Strong bills supporting in all forms of excavation and search, they often build their nests in the small tree trunks. Not so fierce, but they do scare the tiny creatures with their tiny rictal bristles. Sometimes, they do get very aggressive in nature and get into fights & arguments. Beyond these Strong bills and bristles, there is the soft white cheek which I feel is the best looking feature of Barbet. Of course, thats the reason behind its naming ‘white-cheeked-barbet’.
Barbets are mostly frugivorous. They mostly depend on the small Ficus fruits and occasionally on small termites and small insects. Of all my efforts in trying to spot these Barbets, I have not seen them anywhere near the ground. They seldom fly low and be on ground for anything they ever need.
With the green body, white cheek and with short yet well formed rictal bristles they are tiny little wonders on the tree. Always on the look out for new, they have a zeal for exploration.
End of the day, they surely would feel satisfied, encouraged and jubilant on what they achieved for that day. Next day, its a new day with new explorations and new challenges.
Thoughts shower in our minds when we juxtapose our lives with that of Birds like Barbets. I felt we hardly do anything challenging and innovative in our daily lives. Let us shred off all our inhibitions we faced this year and perceive new courage to face every new day. With a New Year, a new Season in front of us, let us discover our dreams, hope, challenges which we would eventually entice with both arms.
Of the innumerable errands in daily life, if we keep our dreams awake, challenges up-front, discover hope in daily life and work for a better tomorrow, life would be worth living.
Discover Your Dreams. Rejuvenate The Present. Embrace the New Year with a never ending aura.