Birds - Mostly

I see chickens frequently on my walks through Vapi. But these are the smallest chicks I've seen yet. I liked the multi-color assortment!

Mother hen and at least 10 chicks -- black, brown, yellow, and white.

On a more somber note, Lon found one of our "backyard" pigeons hanging by its feet, tangled in string leftover from Kite Day.

Our pigeon tangled in kite string.

Fortunately, Lon was able to cut the string holding the bird in the air, and I was able to unwrap the strings around the bird without further damage. The bird flew away, so we think it will be OK.

A closer view of the tangled strings. Note that the pigeon has already lost toes on both feet. The string was also wrapped so tightly around one wing that it had cut into the wing, and there was a bit of blood.

After freeing the bird, we went up on our roof and pulled down as much kite string as we could get to. That should help some, although there's still a lot of string hanging out of reach on utility wires.

And no Sunday would be complete without a cow (or two or three or twenty).

This evening, three young calfs and a very pregnant cow sauntered down the middle of the busy Gunjan Road market area. They didn't seem particularly happy -- perhaps even a bit lost.