Lonely or alone?

Is when a bird perches itself on top of a tree branch, and searches, and searches...for its ilk. It squeals. It fixes its eyes on the horizon...but no sign of its flock. For a positive thinker, it is just about a living being enjoying its tranquility and some time for ...itself.

Found this bird not far from my home, cannot make out if it is a cuckoo or a crow, but surely, it was desperate for its companions when my family and I found it there!

In the background is the stretch of Aarey Colony near my home, and the clearing exactly behind the dried tree is where sets get made and broken, for serials and films. Not too visible in the picture is the road before the clearing, that leads to Film City Studios. The settlements are where some residents of Aarey Colony live. Some of them farm. Others work at the studios. Still others rear livestock.