This Little One Takes Our Blues Away...

Go you and, with such glorious hues,

Live with proud peacocks in green parks;

On lawns as smooth as shining glass,

Let every feather show its marks;

Get thee on boughs and clap thy wings

Before the windows of proud kings.

Nay, lovely Bird, thou art not vain;

Thou hast no proud, ambitious mind;

I also love a quiet place

That’s green, away from all mankind;

A lonely pool, and let a tree

Sigh with her bosom over me.

~ William Henry Davies

Common Kingfisher has been bestowed some of the brightest colours & hues - more than enough to make poet out of anyone. A resident bird in India, it is widely found close to coastal areas & waterbodies. As the name suggests, this little packet of energy, calmly perches or sometimes hovers at a little height, before diving into the water to catch its prey.