As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Monday 15 January 2018

Siberian birds start to arrive in Nepal to avoid cold


Kathmandu

Jan 5, 2018-Birds of various species have started to arrive in Nepal to escape the biting cold.

President of Ornithologists Association Hem Sagar Baral said that a large number of birds have entered Nepal to escape the cold in Siberia and Tibet.

Mostly birds from Tibet travel to the warmer regions of Nepal after the plunge of temperature in Tibet.

According to Baral, some birds have come to Nepal even flying over the Mt Everest. Flocks of birds have come from Siberia.

He said birds of 150 species come to Nepal to avoid cold. Among this many species, duck species alone constitute more than 22. Over 50 species are water fowls.

It is said mostly birds started to arrive in Nepal since October and most of the migratory birds have already arrived till now to escape the harsh winter.

The largest number of such migratory birds comes to the Jagadishpur Lake in Kapilvastu district. A census conducted last year counted 20 thousand birds inhabiting the Jagdishpur Lake and around.

Baral said this year also they plan to count the number of water birds. The bird census is being carried out to know the birds' status so as to augment to the bird conservation strategy.

According to him, bird conservation is becoming challenging in the recent years because of loss of habitat and other problems in the food species of these birds. 

Published: 05-01-2018 15:10

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