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In the movie, ‘Hachiko, A Dog’s story’, there is a scene where Hachi is watching the lady of the house while she tends to the garden. The camera shows us the scene from his eyes. Hachi then rolls over on to his back and the camera also rolls showing the viewer how the view has changed, everything looks upside down. It struck me then, how different everything must look when you do this sort of thing. It puts a totally different perspective on things that we otherwise see only in the staid ‘normal’, and may I add boring, way. Not that I tried it myself, though I would have loved to liven things up a bit, being too old for that kind of thing. Goodbye flexibility, hello rigidity is the tagline now. Of course that applies to the stiff body only, the mind is as nimble and agile an acrobat as ever, like the birds below.
Sometimes it is in the search of food that the birds resort to the upside down position, like the Chestnut-tailed Starling and the Purple-rumped Sunbird.
At other times it is because they aim to be the next Nadia Comeneci of the Bird World, scoring a perfect 10 in the coming Bird Olympics, like this White-cheeked Barbet or the Rufous Treepie.
Then there are times when romance sets the tone for the upside down swing, first the hero, then the heroine, take turns on the vine and sing songs, a la Bollywood style, like this Loten’s Sunbird couple.
What the birds can do, I can do even better, says the not-yet-one-year-old Luci in this picture clicked by Ashwathy when she came home to meet her. You didn’t think she came to meet me, do you?!
I don’t know where Luci has tucked away her other ear, but isn’t she too cute for words? Thanks for the click, Ashwathy 🙂
Suzy said:
Luci is very cute. I loved your commentary on the birds. Fun post.
shail said:
Thanks, Suzy 🙂 Luci is ever ready to co-operate with funny poses 🙂
Vasudha Rao said:
This post made me smile ! Lovely snaps with green background & gymnastic birds !
shail said:
Green is awesome in Nature and upside-down birds, priceless 🙂
afshan18 said:
haha Upside down view of the world is so cool but I love viewing these cute poses more 🙂 Luci’s pic is priceless
shail said:
Luci reminds me of a calf in this 😛
neerasan said:
Upside down or vertical Lucy is too cute for words!
shail said:
Haha, that she is! 😀
McGuffy Ann said:
Very nicely done post! Luci is adorable!
shail said:
Isn’t she now. That’s proud Momma speaking 😉
McGuffy Ann said:
I can tell!
shail said:
Reblogged this on Shots and captures.
vishalbheeroo said:
Love the different take on moods and moments which is made like a movie playing in theatre:)
shail said:
Aww thanks, Vishal. Birds always make good subjects 🙂
janakinagaraj said:
They are all so agile. Nice pics.
shail said:
Thanks, Janaki 🙂
Sfurti Juztamom said:
Awesome snaps Shail..wow!! and Luci is super cute..look at her..awwwwww!
shail said:
My Luci cutest 😉
dreamzandclouds said:
you always play nicely with birds & words 🙂
shail said:
Thank you, M 🙂
Ruch said:
Such a lovely take on the letter. And it goes without saying how much I loved the pics !
shail said:
Thanks, Ruch 🙂
Roshni said:
You have such a wonderful eye for detail!! And, Luci does look very cute!
shail said:
Luci is a charmer 🙂
cheerfultornado said:
That’s an interesting perspective. Wonder how they must feel like, to be so free and fun all their lives.
Lucy is like “You better start believing it. I’m this cute ” in the pic. SO damn cute
shail said:
I don’t know if it’s all ‘free and fun’ for the birds. They do have their dangers too, the cat for instance. It almost caught one of them the other day, even as I was watching. 😦
Luci, yeah I agree. 🙂
Ashwathy said:
Pashukutty with the floppy ears! 🙂 And no, I didn’t come to your place to meet only Luci. But she was definitely first priority 😀
shail said:
Hehe… Don’t I know that 😀
Pooja Abhay (@Pooja_Abhay) said:
Err, I am usually on the bed upside down, reading on my tab, with my legs up on the wall. I, sometimes, wonder how things look straight.
shail said:
Haha. You reminded me of what I used to do too. Not any more, I feel dizzy 😉
BlogwatiG said:
Ah, such a happy post, Shail. You at your best, and Luci……….the BESTEST! 😀
shail said:
This was when we (Ashwathy and me) banished her to a small side room while we talked. 😀
Ruchi (@thewordcoiner) said:
Have you noticed sunbird couples never disappear and we never see their baby versions? Those birds always come in couples, wonder whether they are born that way!
shail said:
I do see them with young ones! 🙂
Ruchi (@thewordcoiner) said:
That is lucky. At my place, we see only one couple…since last 8 years! They are like Phantom – the ghost who walks. Seems like they never die.
shail said:
That’s some comparison! 😀