Amith Arun Kamal Naveen Rashmi Rohan Roy Swethadri

and I decided to visit

T G Halli Reservoir

it was good that we made an early start, because though we got to the area quickly, it took us quite a while to figure out access paths to the water body.

I’d previously visited over 5 years ago, and the drying up of the lake was a shock. However, there was enough water for the birds, and wonderful views…so we accessed the reservoir at two different places, and had a wonderful time.

This floating feather, with water drops on it, seemed to symbolize the presence of both water and birds, for me.

I started off with this

BLISTER BEETLE

with dewdrops on its back, sitting on an Ipomaeia flower:

Of course I had to click the sunrise! Here we all are: We found many species of birds, like this COMMON SANDPIPER: this GREAT EGRET: this JERDON'S BUSHLARK: The old, once-submerged temple was fully in view, and a skein of Cormorants flew past in a devout line: On the way back, I was tickled by a temple arch in which Shiva had built Himself a honeycomb screen: At our breakfast stop, I got this "Steps to Photography" snap: Amongst all the litter on the lake was this warning... Well, plastic trash kills as well!

I’ve put up all the photos of the trip

30D pics

and the

MLC pics

on FB.

I was tickled pink by this house in glorious technicolour:

On Sunday, we went to Ramnagara…that’s another post…