Saturday, September 13, 2014

Rao Jodha Desert Park

'Write!' exhorts the Muse
while I seek an excuse
or wait for the right cues
from fitful trips and birding news.


So to Rao Jodha desert park
floating above Jodhpur's raucous bark.
Puzzled by the ID of a confusing lark
yet snaffling a spotted flycatcher ere dark.


Searching for the elusive crimson tip butterfly
its unceasing flight rather than being shy
thwarts attempts at photographs I try
rewarded finally when patiently still I lie.


A lizard emerges from a rocky chink
snake-eyed lacerta or common skink?
As criss-crossing rivulet-riven pathways link
perches the crimson dropwing a dragonfly pink.


Crimson-tip 

Spotted Flycatcher

Lacerta or Skink?

Crimson Dropwing


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