Until I started birding, I never saw them even once. Now that I am, they seem to be all around the place
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Notice the red color under its tail – that is where Red Vented Bulbul gets its name.

The place where we went for our ATV ride in Hua Hin also conducted some animal shows. There we found this parrot perched atop a bowl, pecking into the seeds in the bowl at regular intervals.
The parrot kept saying something that seemed to me like a Hindi word, and ever since I’ve been thinking how this bird learnt Hindi while in Thailand
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This is by far the most colorful sunset I have ever witnessed. And mind you, this photo has been through ZERO post-processing. This was somewhere close to Salem and the credit goes to Sonali for spotting the beautiful view and urging me to stop when I was trying to rush through before it got dark.