Birds Around Me

Brown-headed Barbet (Basanta, बसन्ता) is a bird of spring/monsoon all across India and the sub-continent. If you have greens around you, you will definitely listen 'kooortuk - kuk - kuk - uk ' song all thorough out the day. And if you look closely you will find a green bird with prominent pale streaks, a brown head, and brown breast. Since 2017 when I first photographed Basanta, I managed to photograph or see this bird every time and ever since. Difficult to spot in Winter though as they go a bit quiet.   The bird that will take your blues away, a bird of poems, stories, mythology, war, and peace. Where : Well-wooded area, parks Facts : Brown-headed Barbet has been a source of inspiration to many Indian poets and authors, it is widely considered a bird of good times or happy occasions. Hindi Name of  Brown-headed Barbet (Psilopogon zeylanicus): बसन्ता Ashutosh Jhureley  @BirdsAroundMe Unfinished List of Birds (पक्षियों की अपूर्ण सूची):  https://birds.r...