It's a great sight!
Photo: STAR
The 5 column photograph of cattle egrets (A dash of white in a concrete city) published in the front page of The Daily Star were quite interesting. I live by the side of Gulshan-Banani lake on its southern side in south Gulshan. I have been watching with lot of interests that a big flock of the white birds flying up and down the length of the longish lake for the last couple of weeks. Sometimes they descend on the thick carpet of green hyacinths for food. The lake is terribly polluted, particularly during winter when the water-table falls. Good that the birds don't mind the pollution and search for food in the water hyacinths! It is a beautiful sight when the flock of white cattle egrets flies along the lake. Even in this bustling and overpopulated city with its myriads of problems it is a wonder and we are lucky to get a glimpse of nature! One good thing- when the birds descend children don't throw stones but quietly watch.
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