Rahul The Rover

He comes every morning.

Tap… tap… tap…

On the glass.
On the wooden walls.
On the silence we built over what once belonged to the wild.

There are trees everywhere, yet he chooses this spot again and again.

Maybe he isn’t lost.
Maybe he remembers.

Maybe long before this became a homestay for human escape, it was already a home — his home.

And like so many innocent creatures, he never learned the language of ownership, boundaries, or construction.

He only came back to where life once felt familiar.

And somehow, that hurts more than the sound of his knocking ever could.

Stork-billed Kingfisher —
a blazing ember of wings bursts from the still water,
carrying a silver secret in its beak,
while time pauses to watch the poetry of a single splash.

The Australian Boobook and the New Zealand Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae, often called ruru) are very closely related, small brown owl species, with the Boobook often referred to by the name "morepork" or "mopoke" due to their similar, iconic two-note calls. Both are small (approx. 25-35 cm), nocturnal, and known for their brown, speckled plumage and yellow eyes, though they are now considered distinct species. 

Special thanks to

SunBird

The Macro World.

Nikon Macro.