MOTHER NATURE HUMBLES ALL……….I will be the umpteenth person saying this a zillionth time. But still I felt an urge inside me to pen down this experience. May be because I want to share my joy with you all!!
I shifted in my current apartment about one month back. On the very first day I noticed a beautiful nest (I don’t know the name of the bird!!) which was just 3-4 feet from the living room window. This obviously picked my curiosity and I started observing it daily. It has 3 small-ones in it and the parents feed them turn by turn. Over this one month I have developed a special bond with these birds (may be because there is no one around to build such bonds!! J ). I have seen these little birds grow and I think they will be up and flying in about 2 weeks.
Enough of prologue…..let me get into the story before I bore you guys any further. Yesterday, while returning from work, I experienced one of the strongest winds in my life. It was so windy that even my car drifted 1-2 times. Luckily for me, it is a short drive from work to home. Reaching home, I turned the window blinds open (that’s the first thing I do normally!!). The sight outside was really frightening with the trees swaying and all sorts of things flying due to the wind. What caught my instant attention was the tree with the nest………it was moving violently and with it was the nest and the little birds inside!! I wished I could remove the nest from the tree and place it again after the wind died down. But that was far out of my reach!! So I kept on watching it helplessly as the wind became all the more violent. Somehow, the nest and birds held themselves and I was impressed by the genius with which that nest was built. But worst was still to come!!
Soon after, it started raining heavily (and I mean really HEAVILY!!). After half hour of rain the outer part of nest started to come off with the sticks hanging out and the outside compactness all gone. I couldn’t just stay there and watch it happening. So I just shut the blinds off and gave up all the hopes of the birds surviving nature’s fury. Finally when the rain stopped (after pouring for about 2 hrs), I gathered some courage only to see the nest badly damaged and no movement inside it. I thought my worst fears had come true and was very upset about it. I even cursed nature and thought it was so unfair to these birds. All the efforts in raising the little birds were wiped off by 2 hrs of stupid rain.
But as I stood there amidst all these thoughts, a familiar movement in the nest caught my attention. I was overjoyed at the sight of those little birds chirping and moving again. Soon after, the parents started feeding them and everything returned to business-as-usual!! I was in complete awe of the survival instinct and power endowed by MOTHER NATURE in these small tiny things. Once again, my belief in nature was restored and for the zillionth time, the umpteenth fellow realized the power of NATURE!!!!
