Indian Peafowl (female) - Pavo cristatus

Monsoon is a lean time for bird photography. All the avian creatures seem to vanish God knows where. But luck favored me the other day when the torrential rains stopped for a welcome breather. Not that I do not enjoy monsoon, in fact rains here are an awesome sight fit for Gods....and for ordinary mortals like me! Besides, I also heard that Arabs love coming to coastal Karnataka just to watch the cascading rain drops. Not surprising at all ..with 4000 mm annual rainfall, coastal Karnataka is a nature lover's paradise. I do hope it stays that way and does not get polluted. You never know what will happen with the mining mafia and the builder mafia marauding this lovely part of the earth.

Anyways back to my focus. Looking out of the window is a common trait we all have, but more often than not we look more and see less. But here is what I saw out of my bedroom window the other day. A female peafowl, our own national bird perched on a tree. It is quite common to watch  peacocks foraging on the ground but rarely do we get to see them perched on a tree top.