Borim - off roading !

If you are a person who looks at the surroundings instead of the mobile phone,

while commuting between Ponda and Margao, you would notice that a foot path

leads into the surrounding fields, after you cross the Borim bridge.

The fields are next to the Zuari river, swampy in nature and a place to find many

water birds. The track goes through the fields for about 2-3 kilometers in a

semi circle and comes back to touch the highway a bit later. It has been my

intention - which hadn’t been put into action of course - to walk through the fields

sometime and I decided to do it this morning.

I parked my car on the highway and started walking just after sunrise at 6am.

It was fine in the beginning but after entering the fields I found that the path has

been covered by overgrowth of grass and weeds, making it difficult to walk

through. I was scared of stepping on or close to a snake or a similar creature,

enjoying it’s beautysleep, annoying it and facing the consequences.And the

path was wet because of the rains during the last two days. So, I tried another

path which went closer to the river but that was muddy and a bit slippery at

places. Still, I managed to walk through some distance and found about

fifteen different kinds of birds. My phone could only capture  the Cormorant

and Brahmini kite, which are considerably bigger in size and also stay put

in a place for sometime. They live in the trees next to the path. These are

the pictures taken during my walk, which was certainly enjoyable, in spite

of the quality of the path. The following are the pictures taken during the walk.

Brahmini Kite - they nest in the trees next to the river

The muddy path next to the river - water seen here is not the river. It is on the other side 

Plenty of cormorants - drying their wings

Sun rise - seen through the foliage

Cormorant on a look out !

Path that I wasn't keen on taking 

Borim bridge  - as seen through the morning mist

weaver birds habitat the trees in the area - Nests.