Bird Stories - 1500 km Ride And A Dead Bustard
1500 km Ride And A Dead Bustard - This blog story takes me back to 2002 and a story that changed my perspective about a lot of things, including life. During the Diwali holidays at our home in Bhopal, I was sorting my stamps and stumbled upon a 1980 Great Indian Bustard stamp. Stamp sorting was an annual Diwali ritual for me then. There was nothing special about the stamp but it was the only stamp that I had from 1980 complete with a first-day cover and a brochure. Not sure why but my dad asked me to show him the brochure and it triggered a conversation. He said he had heard something about this bird but was unable to recall the details. He was sure that there were less than 1000 or so remaining. Both my dad and I read through the brochure and discussed how he used to watch 100s of birds when he was posted in Pachmarhi as a bank officer. The conversation created a kind of anxiety and I wanted to see this bird, I wasn't into bird watching by any means at that time...