The bird we see daily is Crow ! – ever seen a White Crow – from a distance, it looked a rust coated crow ~ ‘Kotri’ !! - a local name for this bird is derived from the typical call while other names include Handi Chancha and taka chor (="coin thief"). Ever seen a white Crow ? - வெள்ளை காக்கா ??
காகங்கள்
இனத்தில் நூற்றுக்கு மேற்பட்ட பறவை இனங்கள்
இருக்கின்றன. பறவைகளில் கறுப்பு நிறத்திற்கு
ஓர் எடுத்துக்காட்டாக விளங்குவன காகங்கள். கறுப்பு
என்றாலே காகம், காகம் என்றாலே கறுப்பு என்று அறியப்படுகிறது...எனினும் மிகமிக அரிதாக
காக்கைகளில் வெள்ளையான பறவைகளும் எப்போதாவது காணப்படுகின்றன... வெள்ளை நிறத்தில் காக்கை இருப்பதற்குக் காரணம்
Albino எனப்படும் நிற பிறழ்வு நோயால் ஏற்பட்டுள்ள பாதிப்பு ஆகும்.
வெள்ளை காக்கா மல்லாக்க பறக்குது - செகப்பு யானை பல்லக்கு தூக்குது !
என்ற பாடல்
கேட்டு இருப்பீர்கள் - கவியரசு கண்ணதாசன் வரிகளில், MS விஸ்வநாதனின் இசையில், TM சௌந்தர ராஜனின் குரலில் வந்த இந்த பாடல் இடம் பெற்ற
படம் தெரியுமா ??
Not exactly a Crow ! but something very close to it – its family member. The rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) is a treepie, native to the Indian Subcontinent and adjoining parts of Southeast Asia. It is a member of the crow family, Corvidae. It is long tailed and has loud musical calls making it very conspicuous. It is found in open scrub, agricultural areas, forests as well as urban gardens. Like other corvids it is very adaptable, omnivorous and opportunistic in feeding.
The rufous treepie is primarily an arboreal omnivore feeding on fruits, nectar (of Bombax ceiba) seeds, invertebrates, small reptiles and the eggs and young of birds; it has also been known to take flesh from recently killed carcasses. It is an agile forager, clinging and clambering through the branches and sometimes joining mixed hunting parties along with species such as drongos and babblers. They are known to be a cleaning symbiont of deer, feeding on ectoparasites of sambar which permit them to perch and position themselves to invite the birds to examine specific parts. Like many other corvids, it caches food. It is considered to be beneficial to palm cultivation in southern India due to its foraging on the grubs of the destructive weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. Its feeds on the fruits of Trichosanthes tricuspidata which are toxic to mammals.
The
crow family, called Corvids, is often seen as a harbinger of bad luck. They are the most intelligent birds studied, with skills
possessed only by humans and a few other higher order mammals. They have strong organisation and community
building traits (partner and group bonds), which keeps them in groups and helps
them join mixed hunting parties of birds.
The song
at the start is from movie – “Mangala Vadhyam’ directed by K Shankar, produced
by Gopi Krishna, son of legendary music director MSV. Released in 1979, it had Kamal, Sripriya, YG
Mahendran, Nagesh and yet flopped.
Regards – S Sampathkumar
19.12.2024
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