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ADVENTURE & WILDLIFE
The Birdman of Chennai
This man feeds thousands of parrots everyday,
and he does it for love
photo credit: odditycentral
S
ekar, a camera mechanic from Chennai who doesn’t
have pets of his own, but loves thousands of birds,
just the same. Sekar, popularly know as the ‘Birdman’
in Royapettah area, feeds thousands of parrots everyday
and has been doing so for a decade.
Sekar’s door for food and it is open for them, everyday
without fail.
Sekar’s amazing story is told in a short documentary.
Sekar says that he might miss his meal, but his parrots
never have to return with an empty stomach.
Sekar started out with putting rice and grains with water
on his parapet wall for sparrows and squirrels. One day, “It’s all love,” Sekar says in the video. Spreading love and
around the time Tsunami devastated the subcontinent, kindness keeps Sekar happy and that’s his message to
two parrots came to Sekar’s house in search for food. Ten everyone.
years later, around three thousand parrots now knock at
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