Gangadharan Menon travels to Kheechan to meet Ratanlal Maloo - the man who has single-handedly called over 15,000 Damoiselle Cranes to his little hamlet in Rajasthan from their homes in Mongolia and Eurasia, as annual guests, and created a sanctuary worth visiting. The love and care he showed the birds ensured that their numbers increased year after year as word spread in their hometown!
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/bird-man-kheechan
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environment-people
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/birds
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/migratory-species
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajasthan
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/personalities
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife-and-people
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species