In the morning of 12th March 2011 I happen to observe Yellow Footed Green Pigeon in my neighbourhood for the first time and I fell in love with this beautiful bird .

After about a month I discovered their nesting very near to my house. On 17th of May I observed the courtship and the mating. They were lost in themselves and the light was perfect and not far from me. I could shoot them with emotions and expressions clearly visible in their eyes as we humans have .

Somebody disturbed their nesting and they changed their location. About a week later I could see and trace them making a fresh nest for the new generation. The male was picking up twigs from a nearby tree and handing over to the female.

On 15th of June I observed that the female had delivered a white egg clearly visible in the nest. But the visibility gave invitation to birds such as house crow and jungle babbler. Initially a crow tried for the egg for his breakfast. Somehow it was defended by the mother. Later on a jungle babbler tried his luck. The female could not resist the attack and she decided to abandon the only egg.

As I was to leave for the meeting at the Customs House near the airport only next day I could gather that the egg was not there and the family of pigeon had left the nesting. I felt sorry for the loss of not only the egg but the emotions which got attached with the family of the green pigeon over a period of time.

Some of the shots during the above journey are worth sharing .

I am sure you would love them as love birds allowed me to click over a period of about a month.