If you have spotted a modest looking white specked brown bird with a long beak in your neighbourhood marsh, chances are that they may have come a really long way to meet you.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/10-wetlands-house-76-water-birds-state%E2%80%99
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-kochi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/alappuzha-d
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/birds
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wetlands
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thrissur-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kottayam-d
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife