KENDRAPARA: As many as 70,000 birds of various species were spotted in the Bagagahan heronry during the four-day bird census in the Bhitarkanika National Park recently.
Park DFO Prasan Kumar Behera said high-tech Global Positioning System (GPS) was used for counting and sampling the avian species.
The census was carried out by a team of 15 forest officials and environmentalists.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/70000-avian-species-bhitarkanika-heronry
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-bhubaneswar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhitarkanika
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/birds
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/census-habitat-monitoring
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhitarkanika-np
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
