"Some feel the rain. Others just get wet"
-Bob Marley
In his epic poem Meghaduta, Kalidas draws parallels between the thirst of the pied cuckoo for the rain and the yearning of a pious heart for the divine.
The name Jacobin refers to it's pied plumage which resembles the black and white garments of monks belonging to the Dominican Order. In France Dominicans were known as "Jacobins"
Jacobin cuckoo
Sony A77ii
Tamron 150-600
f/6.3, 1/800s, ISO400, 500mm, -0.3 EV
Kanifnath, Pune (India)
Oct. 2018