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As summer starts in UAE, many people start complaining. Of course, the heat is unbearable in summer. But in May & the start of June, it is still okay. the evenings are not cool but you can go outdoors. If you are well equipped with your sunscreen, cap, goggles & bottle of water; you can give it a try to go out in mo rings.
What people do in summer is over cool their houses, offices. Energy gets wasted & on top of it many start having a cold & cough. Sometimes you need to carry a coat because it’s too cold indoors, especially in the cinema theaters!
But have we seen outside of our windows, during these months? What are the changes in nature? Just recently I realized that the desert & nature in the UAE is more beautiful during summer!
While staring outside the window on the long journey from Abu Dhabi to Dubai, suddenly I observed the no. of birds flying across the road was more than normal. On Dubai- Abu Dhabi road, there are many trees (some are natural, most are planted). Those trees were full of nests of birds. Some trees were home to 4 to 5 nests. The journey became more scenic than before. The other day on the same road I observed the dates trees are full of dates, yellow-reddish bunches of dates were hanging low. The date season is started! Then I realized as they have abundant food available, birds are more in numbers. 
The communities in Dubai are also full of birds, every day while going to the office in the morning & coming home in the evening, I can see many birds flying all over in Discovery Gardens, a lush green community in Dubai where I stay. Thanks to the landscaping around. The problem of food & water for birds is solved. The birds can get water from water sprinklers installed everywhere in landscaping.
Governments in UAE have taken truly appreciable efforts to make new & sustainable habitats for not just people but birds & plants in dessert!
If you are keen on finding more about what birds are found the in UAE, native and migratory as well as which are birdwatching sites around the UAE, then read our popular article, ‘Guide to Birds of UAE‘
You can also attract birds to your garden and create your own private bird watching site, read here on sustainable gardening to attract birds.
Amruta Kshemkalyani, an expert sustainability professional turned social entrepreneur, is the founder of the Sustainability Tribe, AK Sustainability
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