Shetland Misfit: Rufous Sibia

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Thursday, 5 March 2015

Lava Lava

Arrived in Lava just after lunch and settled into the New Yankee Resort – it sounds more elegant than it is, it's basically 3 posh sheds stuck to the hillside. I know that birding on the Lava-Kalimpong road is supposed to be best in the morning, but I thought I would give it a go anyway and got a taxi up to the 4km post. I did a nice slow walk back down the road into Lava, picking up 2 Black Eagles, 40 Chestnut-crowned Warblers, 60 Whiskered Yuhina, 20 Rufous Sibia and 2 Fire-tailed Sunbirds on the way. It looks like there is a road widening scheme going on at the moment and all the spoil has been dumped in the 4km gully – this is the gully that all the trip reports say contains Blue-fronted Robin – it doesn't look like it will now!

Black Eagle

Rufous Sibia

Whiskered Yuhina

A couple of views from Lava

Sunday, 1 March 2015

Darjeeling

Having arrived in Darjeeling after dark last night (after 38 hours of constant travel), up and about around the town this morning. A quick look at a map and the Zoo road looked pretty descent (the nature trail in the zoo is now closed – so no need to pay the 100 rupees to walk through a zoo straight out of the 1950's!), along the road Rufous Sibias were everywhere with over 50 in one group. One of the small patches of scrub by the road held 2 Grey-hooded Warblers, 8 Black-throated Tits and a single Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush. In the bits of woodland that were visible from the road there were 2 Red-billed Leiotherix, umpteen Green-backed Tits, a Common Buzzard and an Oriental Turtle Dove. After this I spent the rest of the day dealing with Indian bureaucracy – by spending 3 hours getting my permit for Sikkim.

Black-throated Tit

Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush

Grey-hooded Warbler

Rufous Sibia

Wednesday, 20 February 2008

February 20th 2008. India.

Spent all day around Nainital - 2 Green-backed Tit, 1 Maroon-backed Accentor, 4 White-capped Water Redstart, 2 Hume's Warbler, 6 Blue Whistling Thrush, 2 Rufous Sibia, 1 Grey-hooded Warbler, 2 Himalayan Bulbul, 2 Streaked Laughingthrush, 6 Himalayan Griffon, 8 Black-throated Tit, 1 Yellow-crowned Woodpecker, 1 Blue-capped Redstart, 1 Bar-tailed Treecreeper, 4 Oriental Turtle Dove, 2 Streaked Rosefinch, 1 Blue-fronted Redstart, 2 Red-flanked Bluetail, 1 Rufous-vented Tit, 2 Golden Eagle, 1 Peregrine, 6 Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush, 2 Black-headed Jay, 4 Jay, 21 Pintail, 1 Bonelli's Eagle and 125+ Steppe Eagle (feeding on a rubbish dump).

About Me

Sometimes I try to do things but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to, and I get real frustrated and then like I try hard to do it, and I like, take my time but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to. It's like, I concentrate on it real hard, but it just doesn't work out. And everything I do and everything I try, it never turns out. It's like, I need time to figure these things out, but there's always someone there going “hey Steve, you know we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately, you know? You need to maybe get away. And like, maybe you should talk about it, you'll feel a lot better.” And I'm all like “oh, nah, it's ok, you know. I'll figure it out. Just leave me alone, I'll figure it out, you know? I'm just working on it by myself.” And they go “well, you know, if you wanna talk about it, I'll be here, you know? And you'll probably feel a lot better if you talk about it. So why don't you talk about it?” I go “no, I don't want to! I'm ok. I'll figure it out myself!” But they just keep bugging me, they just keep bugging me, and it builds up inside.I was in my house and I was just like staring at the walls thinking about everything, but then again I was thinking about nothing. And then my wife came in, and I didn't even know she was there. She called my name and I didn't hear her and then she started screaming “Steve, Steve !” And I go “what ? What's the matter ?” She goes “what's the matter with you?” I go “there's nothing wrong” She’s all “don't tell me that ! You're on drugs !” I go “FFS, I'm not on drugs. I'm ok, I'm just thinking, you know? Why don't you get me a Pepsi?” She goes “No! You're on drugs!” I go “I'm ok. I'm just thinking.” She goes “No! You're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't be acting that way!” I go “just get me a Pepsi ! Please, all I want is a Pepsi !” And she wouldn't give it to me! All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me! Just a Pepsi !I'm sitting in my house, when a couple of my mates came in. they pulled up a chair and they sat down. They go “Steve, we need to talk to you.” And I go “ok, what's the matter?” They go “we've noticed that lately you've been having a lot of problems, and you've been going off on one for no reason, and we're afraid you're going to hurt somebody, and we're afraid you're going to hurt yourself. So we decided that it would be in your best interest if we put you somewhere where you could get the help that you need.” And I go “wait, what are you talking about, WE decided ? MY best interests ? How do you know what MY best interest is ? How can you say what MY best interest is ? What are you trying to say? I'm crazy ? They say they're gonna fix my brain. Alleviate my suffering and my pain. But by the time they fix my head, Mentally I'll be dead. They stuck me in an institution, said it was the only solution, to give me the needed professional help, to protect me from the enemy, myself !
Doesn't matter, I'll probably get hit by a car anyways !!!!