Just Within A Fornight Or So With No Limit

By Day, Month ...of The Year 
The Winter Has Gone

The Spring Is In  Full Swing

And Can Rain  Remain Far Behind

                                                            Best Wishes With No Limit

                                                    Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

                                                          ((Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Flowering Of Mango Trees & Call Of Cuckoo ... Advent of Spring

Yesterday (19th February) Once More 

"If winter comes , can spring be far behind?"

 Percy Bysshe Shelley

I heard the call of Cuckoo here  first time in short spell around 1427ist (2:27PM) i.e.0857utc , one minute later one day lightly longer spell from our campus North side. .Rushed to outside to record the audio but it stopped calling.

This year I have observed flowering in several  of the Mango Trees in our residential campus and its  fragrance can be felt  by nose's smell S-Meter....S9 with perfect copy 5 59  HI HI  

And later around 1703ist(5:03PM) i.e. 1133utc onwards for a few minutes with slight pause, heard another spell of the cuckoo's calling from outside our campus from South East side and weaker sound heard.This might be from distance.

From many winter seasons too,a few  Asiatic Koel both male & female are found roaming around our campus.They also eat fruits, rooti & bread etc thrown around on the ground by us.

Here is a link to a similar post posted in 2023 on this blog on Cuckoo in our campus

https://gkcalling.blogspot.com/2023/02/first-call-of-cuckoo-this-year.html

We all know what is the significance of the call of cuckoo in Assamese Society.

With Best Wishes

Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)(GK)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

With No Limit

 

Welcome To My Parlour....With No Limit...

First Call Of Cuckoo & The Advent Of Spring At Abhayapuri

On February 12th, in the morning around 0857ist(0327utc) I heard the first call of Cuckoo in a short spell (with rather weak sound) from the woods of ours adjacent to our residence perhaps from a jackfoot tree.And as per association with amateur radio hobby, I would give my first signal report of the Cuckoo call as 53 as per RST scale.( 5 for perfect copy of the signal & 3 for weak signal strength).HI HI!!!

As the call of the cuckoo signifies the advent of spring ..Can Winter Hold On For Longer..

But It Still Cool Here In My Place But May Be For A Few Weeks...

Might Be Flowering Of Modar..Polash ...The Red Brigrade ..Going On Around My home Town Like Earlier Seasons..

I am missing my outdoor photography sessions for a few years now...Hope to start with my new camera ..Point & Shoot type...

Here is a few photographs of flowering of Modar(Calotropis gigantea).

 and Palash(Butea monosperma) captured by me during My Wondering With Camera  around Abhayapuri a few years back during this time.

And about  the story of Cuckoo around our campus posted earlier on this blog , here are the links..

https://gkcalling.blogspot.com/2023/02/first-call-of-cuckoo-this-year.html

https://gkcalling.blogspot.com/2022/02/first-call-of-cuckookooo-kooo-advent-of.html

https://gkcalling.blogspot.com/2021/02/advent-of-springfirst-call-of-coolie.html

With Best Wishes

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

GK With No Limit

 

Advent Of Spring At Abhayapuri??

 Read and heard somewhere when the cuckoo calls it symbolises the advent of spring.Today i.e.February 13th..just a day before Valentine's day I heard the call of cuckoo from the a mango tree while working in my campus.It was in late afternoon around 3.41PM. But the call was for only a few second in some spell.Later I heard another spell of brief call after 30 minutes or so while giving water to the plants in our campus adjacent wood.I guess it was even shorter than the previous one.Two of three cuckoos are there in our campus moving around all around the year.It has become a safe heaven for them.I have posted a post related to it in this blog.For ready reference ,I am again mentioning the link here.
https://gkcalling.blogspot.com/2023/02/first-call-of-cuckoo-this-year.html
Anyway, that's it for today..bye for now
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

GK With No Limit

 

With No Limit

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

GKCALLING IS ON THE ROAD AGAIN

              "The woods are lovely, dark and deep, 

But I have promises to keep,

    And miles to go before I sleep, 

    And miles to go before I sleep."

Source:Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

GKCALLING IS ON ITS JOURNEY ON THE ROAD NOT FREQUENTED BY MANY WITH ALL THE TROUBLES,OBSTACLES ETC ON THE WAY....WITH INSPIRATION OF THE WORDS OF ROBERT FROST AND RUDYARD KIPLING'S "IF".......

73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

First Call Of Cuckoo(কুলি) This Year

I have heard the first call of the Cuckoo on this morning ,with dense fog around and very cool mild breeze blowing, around 05:55AM(0025utc). I heard the first spell with short call for a few seconds  and after a few moments,the call heard with slightly longer spell with slight pause.I think it came from the high branch of the mango tree of the front garden of residence just a few meters away.I rushed to the veranda to record a spell of call around 6:00AM(0030utc) on my mobile.

Here is the link to the audio file recorded around 6:00AM
The First Recorded Call Of Cuckoo:

https://app.box.com/s/iezokt7xnwbxgdqi311obv0h9q2a7c2t

Here in Assam, often hear people saying that the call of Cuckoo signifies the advent of spring.This time the first call of Cuckoo comes still in winter, slightly early.

The three or four cuckoos (black & another brown type colours)  roam around our campus even in winter for a few years now.In our wood adjacent to our house  they finds a safe heaven as there are plenty of trees with seeds of various trees.They often can be seen on the branches of Korobi plant(Oleander),I guess they like to take the fruits of Korobi .Though I heard , it is poisonous to human.

Anyway,I could not resist sharing these photographs of The Cuckoo on our campus in December 2018,which I took very carefully with our now out of order camera Sony cyber shot. HD20.

With Best Wishes At The Advance Advent Of Spring Though Winter Is Still There HI HI
There Is No Limit Here HI HI
With Call Of Cuckoo Can Spring Be Far Behind, So It Is The Advent Of Spring With Coolness..

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

The Bonding

 

First Call Of Cuckoo..Kooo Kooo .The Advent Of Spring.. At Abhayapuri

I heard today morning  the first call of cuckoo around 0711 IST (0147 UTC) onwards for two or three minutes with slight break of several seconds on a cool morning with almost clear sky with thin white cloud cover ,pale sunshine at our Abhayapuri(NL56hi) residence.The Cuckoo call may have  come from the bamboo plantation of our our back store house and I tried to spot it but not successful.But later I found him silently sitting on a mango tree branch just opposite to the bamboo plantation..

Another information to share..now we have a new ward no ....it is no longer Ward No 3.....we have doubled it...now we are in Ward No.6...i.e.QSY to 6..Hi Hi But no QSY of QTH...Hi Hi..no change of location..

After Abhayapuri Town Committee has been reorganised as Municipal Board, now we have 11 wards...!!!

More updates on me & around me with no limit( As Asrani wanted it in his Hera Pheri Casino soon.Before leaving just click at the link to the listen to the First Recorded Cuckoo call around 0713ist(0143utc) this morning..
https://app.box.com/s/dx751ihedytvn8t1bpqmgg7f3e4j7qwn
73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

Abhayapuri...Ward No 6....

(Near Police Station)...Assam India

PS.I like to assure you all as David Page ..former host of Radio France International(RFI) English Club 9516 (sunday mailbag)used to express his witty apprehension..."...hope nothing to be afraid.." while reading my email for Newsquiz entry. ....about my address..Hi Hi I assure you all...nothing to afraid. about my address..Hi Hi Hi I LIKE IT!!!( as  Saxenaji of  Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai ..of &TV )..and slightly on Club 9516 spirit .I LIKE DAVID PAGE!!! I LOVE DAVID PAGE!!!

Advent Of Spring....First Call Of Coolie

 Heard today late in the afternoon around 4:49PM ,the call of the cuckoo.r so..the Asian Koel ...Coolie ..(কুলি চৰাইৰ মাত)..for the first time from just back of house's(Abhayapuri) bamboo plantation.....in several spells over 10 minutes marking the advent of Spring ...perhaps......

Without Limit..

I prefer an enemy than a friend.

"People don’t like who is honest they like who have two faces."
Found somewhere while searching the net ..but the sentence has touched my mind.....

"Pay less attention to what people say, and more attention to what they do. Their actions will show you the truth. "
(Source:dailyinspirationalquotes)

Surely...the truth is bitter..but
Truth Is Always Beautiful..
SATYAM SHIVAM SUNDARAM..
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri (Assam)(India)

In Lock Down

Staying On A Virtual Lockdown Of Sort from 1989...Keeping A Social Distance Of Sort ..From So Called .....Relatives...& Others..After Insults..unfair & destructive criticisms ...etc On Me From All and Sundry.....".Finding in a state of all deserting a sinking ship.keeping me alone."..HI...or Just in a situation  Like ..Asking Me To Face Andy Roberts..Malcolm Marshall..Micheal Holding Joel Garner in the fastest Perth Pitch ...or in pitches in The West Indices......as an opening batsman after practicing in very slow pitches ...HI...
But Also Not Supporting Like The Support Extended To The Strokeless Wonder .....
.....
So...No Problem Now ..In Coping With...In Real Life Lock Down......In 2020

And Enjoying Life Keeping My Head High ..
All Alone if Need Be....
With Radio..Camera..Amateur Radio..Computer...Music..Books...Newspapers....Rail Watching......& my other passions...

With Best Wishes
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri (Assam)(India)