Munia birds sitting on a wire in the city during summer, clicked during a rare moment of stillness.
I clicked this picture when two Scaly-breasted Munia birds were sitting quietly on a wire. These birds are mostly seen in summer around the city. I didn’t even know their name at first — I just noticed how small, shy, and fast they were.
These birds never sit in one place for long. In Hindi, you can say “yeh ek bilkul nahi tikti.” They are always on go to have something flying here and there.
So you need patience if you want to click them. Normally, by the time you raise your camera, they fly to another spot. But this time got lucky. They were thinking for a few seconds, and I clicked this.
It’s a simple, natural moment — the kind of thing you only see when you slow down and really look around the city. The Scaly-breasted Munia is not a long-distance migrant like cranes or flycatchers. Instead, it is what bird experts call a local or short-range mover. This means it usually stays within the same region all year, but shifts around depending on food, weather, and breeding.
In summer, they appear more often in city gardens, wires, empty plots, and small parks.
In monsoon, they shift to places with tall grasses, paddy fields, and areas full of seeds.
In winter, they stay in flocks and travel short distances to find warmth and steady food.
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