FIRST FLIGHT OF LIFE

It was a beautiful morning of September 2006 and early morning showers had added to the chill and windy effect. While taking a walk along the seaside promenade of our club, I was busy admiring nature and kind of thanking my luck for being there, when I saw some eagles taking dive at something. A careful look revealed that one of the baby seagull was probably left behind by their group and had attracted attention of these predators which were so far preying on sea poolside fish. I got curious as well as worried since with every attempt, it seemed that one of the eagle would be able to get the poor bird. It was low tide and the place from where I was watching the helpless bird was almost 50 meters away and 10 feet low. I was weighing all the possible options of reaching there to save the fledgling from those killer claws and there I see this bird spreading it’s wings and taking possibly the first flight of life deep into the sea where none of those predators would be able to follow it. I took a sigh of relief and continued with my work. I don’t know what happened to that bird later but the joy of seeing that bird flying away from the clutches of death will always remain with me.