In Kutch, Meena Wadhwani catches a kingfisher readying for a kill and other fowl acts of nature

It's a long stretch of parched land, miles of barrenness with practically no vegetation except for some occasional acacia bushes.u00a0 The baked, cracked soil on the ground is soft and makes a fascinating continuous pattern on the surface.u00a0The never-ending nothingness in the desertland right up to the horizon is awesome:u00a0 like being on an ocean surrounded only by water and the waves.u00a0 That's my first impression of the saline desert plains in the area called Jhinjhwada, which is also the Indian Wild Ass sanctuary in the Little Rann of Kutch, north-west of Gujarat. The Little Rann is connected to the Greater Rann of Kutch and also the Gulf of Kutch.u00a0 And, I'm with a group of nature lovers from Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Baroda, being driven in an open safari jeep on a December afternoon.