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KANPUR: Bird watchers have reason to cheer as six nests of the state bird sarus containing three chicks and two eggs have been sighted by forest department personnel, ornithologists and wildlife activists in the wetlands of Etawah district.
The nests of the bird, Sarus (Grus Antigone), were spotted by volunteers of the Society for Conservation of Nature in the wetlands in Bandha area of the district. SCON members, along with a team of forest department, visited the spot and took pictures of the Sarus nests, eggs and chicks.

Read on: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-18/kanpur/33924848_1_sarus-nests-grus-antigone-small-vertebrates-and-invertebrates
More information on Sarus Crane (Grus antigone):
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