Skyscape

 

"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky." ~Sir  Rabindranath Tagore

Evening Prayers

 

My Evening Prayers..

“There is a vast difference between saying prayers and praying...”

~ Anonymous

Romancing with Tea

Romancing with (over a cup of) tea..!
The winter  has set in and romance is at heights... whether its with photography, or with tea, or with my bitter half...! ;)
This winter is cold and great for sure!

Welcoming Winter

~Welcoming Winter~
" Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius."
~Pietro Aretino

Its the third week of November and Winter has set in. Nights and evenings are colder and days are chilling. I am enjoying this winter for some secret reasons... I feel so happy and free, ready to welcome the winter and the new job and lots of aspirations and of course a new year..!

Current Mood: :)

 

Reproductive strategies vs Resource allocation

The act of evolution has the two key strategies when it comes to mutual interaction. Pollination service is one such natural phenomenon in ecological world. The major factors of this plant-animal interaction involves reproductive strategy by one and resource allocation by other.

The art of pollination is slightly biased by the plants where they attract the pollinators by using cues like colour, smell and rewards (can be nectar, pollens and even proteins). This can be taken as one of the classic example of how plants exploit their pollinators. Releasing nectars in small dosage keeps the pollinator hungry and hence attracts them again and again to the flowers of the plant/tree. The release of nectar in small amount is a trap lining strategy and the squirrels (also birds and bees, in many cases) hover from flower to flower to flowers in search of the resource thus aiding pollination, and benefiting the plant.

Squirrels (The Indian Palm Squirrel, Funambulus palmarum) being opportunists, don't leave the golden chance and hence usually fights between fellow mates (mostly males, in this case) are seen over resource (nectar) hunting.

Prayers...

Offerings through Prayer

"Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the spirit of God."
~ Edwin Keith

A Journey....

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
 - Lao Tzu

Here a male pied bush-chat is busy collecting leaflets and twigs for building  its nest.