Showing posts with label Common Tailorbird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Common Tailorbird. Show all posts

Friday, March 12, 2010

Common Tailorbird cobbling its nest!



One bird that I watched and wondered in my childhood made me to continue Bird-watching as a hobby. It is the Common Tailorbird (Orthotonus sutorius, 'Thaiyal kuruvi' in Tamil). What attracted me to it so much? It is its tiny size compared to that of a hen, its incessant calls, its upright moving tail and its amazing behavior of nest - building!

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