Quartet in wetland show - Experts spot four new migratory species at Tata lake while urbanisation pauses passerine bird count

Jamshedpur, Jan. 16: The joy of avian enthusiasts has quadrupled this winter, with four new wetland guests making a splash in the steel city.

A recent survey by ornithologist K.K.

Migratory birds visiting this region in winter fall prey to poachers because of the lack of conservation measures to protect the habitats of the feathered guests.

A local NGO, working for preservation and protection of birds

An estimated 114 species of migratory birds have visited the Chilika lake from the Caspian region, Lake Baikal, Russia and South Eastern parts Himalayas this winter to feed and breed, according to the State Forest and Environment Department sources.

Several of the smaller winged guests

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Bird lovers and ornithologists may be waiting in their wings for the feathered wonders that arrive each year in Chikmagalur around this time, but the avians from the alien lands seem to be playing truant.

White Ibis and egrets are among the birds that are being spotted here at present.

Wildlife scientists and officials had been using GPS to track wildlife
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Thousands of migratory birds of hundreds of different species have come to the Okhla bird sanctuary this year due to a longish cold spell in European countries.

According to officials, every year over a 100 migratory bird species arrive here.

Common hoopoe, kingfisher, painted stork, white ibis, great egret, cattle egret, red vented bulbul, spotted owlet, bank mynah, and several local specie

JAIPUR: The migratory birds have found their way back to the Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur, thanks to a good monsoon and the water released from Pachna dam a few months ago.

Thousands of migratory birds flock waterbody

Pleasing sight:Birds resting atop trees near the Vaagaikulam lake

TIRUNELVELI: The Vaagaikulam lake near Alwarkurichi in the district attracts thousands of migratory birds.