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)

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)

Advent of Spring In My Home Town

With Best Wishes

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)