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Birds at the Santragachhi jheel. (Sanat Kumar Sinha)

Fewer birds have made the Santragachhi jheel their home this winter. Overgrowth of water hyacinth in the 13,75,000sq ft lake, the largest hub of waterfowl around the city, could be one of the reasons, according to experts.

Date: 08-Jan-09
Country: CANADA
Author: Jeffrey Jones

CALGARY - Environmental groups took the first step on Wednesday to convince a court to charge Canada's largest oil sands producer with the deaths of 500 ducks, an incident that brought worldwide attention to the ecological impact of the huge energy resource.

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Ahmedabad: A different dialect is fast catching up in various

Mumbai: A delay in the arrival of flamingos in the city has raised fears that the migratory birds might have shifted their place of settlement to another spot.

The avian flu outbreak in Assam has put Haryana on high alert, especially as migratory birds come calling to the lush green bird sanctuaries at Sultanpur and Bhindawas. The wildlife wing of the Forest Department has launched a survey of migratory birds in these bird sanctuaries to check any threat of the deadly avian flu.

Winter may not have set in yet, but the first flock of our migratory pink guests

Even as the dreaded Avian Influenza (H5N1 strain) has come back to haunt India, particularly through the recent outbreak in Assam, the Chilika lagoon has been included in a multi-centre study aiming to identify sources of the killer virus.

Manoj Anand

If migratory birds were centre attractions for the tourists in Assam, this time they have brought disaster with them. The health ministry has confirmed that it was migratory birds who brought this deadly bird flu to Assam.

The Assam government has not only started culling operations, but also formed teams of experts to keep a close watch on inter-country bird movements.