Driving about the city this weekend, I saw the Rose & Jasmine Garden sign and decided to take that road. It turned out to be a good decision, as not only is the park very pleasing to the eye (despite the absence of flora), I witnessed one of the two animals I noticed missing in Islamabad: squirrels!
Vive la CDA!
Sketch- Silent
A for [pine]Apple he did a good job :)
hashriani We didn’t sit down and plan this video. Hasan (the vocalist) did some snazzy stuff with a photo shoot...
Bullet to my brain You guys deserve a round of applause !!!! Keep it up !
A for [pine]Apple oooooh … wow :) see u should have brought your gueeetar with you when we ppl met.. next time...
wkhang BS
I have always wanted to squeeze a squirrel.
That’s a cutie pie! Though i have fed em from my hands but wish some day i could hold one too. :-D
-Monazza.
You sure you don’t want to squeeze it Monazza?
@ crazymonkey
LOL Yeah i am pretty sure i don’t want to squeeze or squash any living beings, especially cute squirrels.
-Monazza.
Fed em by hand? so that is why they’re becoming extinct
@ sufiblade
hehe That could be one of the reasons, but i fed them only peanuts, that too unsalted ones, promise. :-D
-Monazza.
Last time i saw one of those was under my car’s Tyre. squished. couldn’t save it. poor little soul.
@ sufiblade
Sir, what is the other animal which have noticed missing in Islamabad??
@ TNT
Ready made squirrel qeema… what else could one ask for.
sparrow
@kabir
gee social Animal ?
Can any one tell me where do the sparrow go during winter? They are not migratory birds. Are they?
kabirdas sahib, the sparrows are consumed by the residents of Gujrwanwala. It is said that a sparrow’s meat is quite energizing.
That’s one possible explanation. Because all we see now are kites, crows and ‘maena’ (translation pending).
I live in a sort of tropical rainforest type area of Islamabad and I see many different types of birds every morning here. I think the birds are here, they have just relocated from the places where concrete jungles are being erected to the few more naturally natural places left in the city. Mind you, natural nature is different from the nature we usually see in Islamabad.
I don’t think I have received a satisfactory answer to my question. My question was where do these sparrow and some other birds as well disappear during the winter and then reappear as the weather turns bit mild? The concrete jungle and their being eaten has nothing to do with their disappearance during winter months only. If that was the case they would not be found around Islamabad during summer either. Come on guys; think before you express your opinion !
kabirdas pa jee, doesn’t my answer seem logical enough? The Gujranwalers eat the birds in the winter season because they are said to provide warmth. And they cease eating the bird or reduce its consumption during the other seasons, thus bringing the sparrow population back to normal.
So do you mean to say that the sparrows move to Gujranwala during winter months to be eaten up and provide warmth to people there. And by the same token if we decide to eat them up for warmth in Islamabad they will stay back in Islamabad :-) Come on sir, have a heart and be logical.
I don’t see the lil gray sparrow even in summer anymore
I am talking of ordinary sparrow which you see lot of them during summer.
it’s a white squirrel or my eyes are blurry?
BTW I’ve rarely witnessed any squirrel in islamabad. I always thought Lahore’s full of ‘em ~
Nice captcha too !
You sure you don’t want to squeeze it Asma?
@ sufiblade on February 26th
Meena is called ‘Myna’ in English.
The other day I asked a friend of mine about the disappearance of sparrows during winter. He is a sort of bird watcher. He told me during winter sparrows stay put in Islamabad as in summer. They dont go to Gujranwala during winter to be eaten up there:-)