Haiku

Who am I?

1. 

Small and beautiful. 

You tickle my nose and ears.        

You are very soft.    

2. 

You have got big beak    

Your diet is mainly on fish

You live with rivers

3. 

You stand very high

You are the highest mountain

You are in Nepal

4.

Long and floppy ears.       

Hops on gardens and grasses.  

Eats tasty carrots      

                               My Journey to Haa

On 21st May I went to my village.My village is in Haa Dzongkhag. we traveled from Punakha to Thimphu and  halted in Thimphu for tea and snacks.  After serving the tea we were treated with Bhutanese flat bread /kaptang.

After a while we reached Paro, I enjoyed the view. Then we reached at chelela. We went to chelela to see the Himalayan  monal but we did see about 10 male blood pheasants. The pheasants were just Crossing the road. We silently took our camera and followed them but unfortunately they ran out of sight so we just got back in our car and continued our journey.

After further down the road  saw a Kalij pheasant and it ran down the road. At around 4’O clock we reached at my village. Unfortunately it was raining. The next day I saw few minivets and a grey- backed shrike. It rained  the whole day and I was disappointed. On the next day it was finally sunny and we went for a walk. I experienced lots of fun. I even saw lots of birds. We played cycle races and running races. I learned that if you wait fun will always come. I stayed at Haa for four days. In future I need to plan to come earlier to Haa. At last we we came back to Punakha .

Short story

                                                                Bird Migration


Once upon a time there lived a flock of black-necked cranes.They were migrating south from Tibet to Bhutan and the leader said “we should always migrate in v shape.” They began to migrate.The smaller ones asked “why should we always migrate in v shape lets try A shape.
Then they all began to form A shape. The leader was annoyed and shouted “we have to fly only in v shape because we can conserve energy and keep track of each other!” If one get tired that bird can take the back line and the active ones can come in the front line.Therefore, all agreed to form V-shape pattern.

After sometime all were bored except the leader.They all asked “when will we reach the destination?” The leader said “After six hours.”  Some birds suggested to play hide and seek. One bird told the leader to kick of the game by counting 1….2…3. Within no time all the cranes started hiding. The leader was really annoyed and shouted “Migrating is not a game!” They were scared a little bit this time. It started becoming  dark and the leader said “we should stop for the night.” They found a place to halt for the night. After a while the small ones insisted the  leader to tell them  a story. The leader narrated by saying  “Once upon a time the small cranes went to bed,” and abruptly stoped there. The smaller birds  complained that it was a terrible story and the leader said that it was their favorite story. The little ones sadly went to bed.

The next day they were migrating and out of no where an eagle showed up and chased them. The leader was scared and flew away. The little ones were not scared and they attacked the eagle.
At last the eagle was chased and the leader was shocked. The little ones shared the importance of cooperation and the leader was so happy. The journey came to the destination with lots of challenges and difficulties, however all of them settled happily in Bhutan.

Little birdie

Little bird.                     

Date:29/03/2020

Fly little bird

Fly in the air

Fly to your family tree

Meet your children

Fly little bird

Fly in the air

On the way to the tree

Take some nice gifts

Dear little bird

Nice little bird

What do you think

Your children will say?

Dear little bird

Nice little bird

When you reach there

Your children will be grown up

Dear little bird

Nice little bird

Cute little bird

You will have a big family!

Dear little bird family

The forest will be filled with your family

A source of happiness

Heighten by your pleasant call

Dear little bird

Nice little bird

You can help the forest

In many ways

Bird watching

Birds are the most beautiful creature on earth. I have known about different bird species. I love watching birds. Bird watching can connect myself with the environment. I feel very thrilled when I see a rare bird like white-bellied heron. Bird watching is my hobby I spend my leisure time witching birds near by the place where I live.

I study in Thinleygang Primary school which falls under Punakha Dzongkhag. I saw many birds in this place. Some of the birds that I have sighted in my locality are rufous sibia, barred cuckoo dove, green backed tit and many other birds. The sight of the white-bellied heron along the phochu river fascinated me. When ever I travel to Punakha  with my parents I always make sure to glance at the river bank to see It. 

Some birds migrates to warmer palace in winter and cooler  places during  the summer. There is a peculiar nocturnal  bird in the place where I live. when that bird hoots near by the house, people believes that it brings bad omen. Nobody in my place knows the name of this bird in English. In local term they call it “Aw Singye”. I wonder how it looks like. During  day time if you happen to see an owl it is believed that it brings bad luck. similarly if you come across black- neck crane it is believed that it brings happiness.

When I have free time I go for bird watching. It is so nice to encounter and watch many birds. But only in rare cases I come  home without seeing any. Sometimes I do bird sketching in my drawing book.

Good things about birds are that it helps in pollination by drinking nectar and collecting pollen from one flower to other. They also keep pests away from crops by eating harmful bugs. They eat the fruits and prevent it from rotting  and littering the forest. Therefore I consider birds as important animal who contributes a lot to the Mother Nature.