Weaver Birds of

The weaver Birds found in Kerala&South Asia are seasonal Birds.Most of the weaver birds of Kerala are found during Paddy Cultivation season through the Harvest..They come over near the paaddy fields well before the season begin. Their main food are related to paddy&also small insects those are detrimental to the grouth of Paddy.The weaver Birds ,thus indirectly helps the farmers to look after their crops &maintaining their proper grouth. In the Pokkalifield of 150 bacres in Ezhupunna Panchayat ,the weaver birds were a common sight 25 years ago. Later on cultivation came to a standstill with the result that for the last 25 years the Birds were not turning up to the fields. Now recently again cultivation of paddy fields started.The birds started coming back in groups. They weave their nests artistically on the trees adjoining to the fields. But they select one side of the field exclusively because there is vehicular traffic on the other side. It looks the birds are intelligent to avoid noise pollution. 25 years back school children used to come &enjoy the swinging nests of the birds with small eggs in it.After a gap of 25 years the school children again started to come back to the Pokkali Fields. Traditionally,the fields were used to cultivate turn by turn the Paddy&the other half year for Fish&shrimp culture Unless it is again decided to terminate cultivation mainly due to laziness to work,the hard working Weaver birds would continue to come &entertain the people&children of Pokkali SreedharanMundanat \ 23rd Sept 2013 09-58 Hrs(IST)