TIRUCHI:
, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 21:56 IST
UPDATED: FEBRUARY
18, 2019 09:11 IST
The
number of migratory birds, especially flamingos and painted storks, visiting
Vaduvoor bird sanctuary in Tiruvarur district, has come down post cyclone Gaja.
According
to the recent census carried out by the Forest Department, conservationists and
volunteers recorded 114 species of birds in the sanctuary as against 138 last
year.
As many
as 23,687 birds were counted during the annual synchronized bird census
recently. It was 29,284 last year.
Ruff,
spot billed duck, pin tailed duck, cotton teal and black headed ibis were among
the migratory birds recorded during the census. Several of them had flown down
to Vaduvoor from far away countries and continents including Siberia, Kazakhstan
and Central Asian countries.
But, the
species and bird count is less than the last year.
Ecosystem
disturbed
Flamingos,
painted storks and bar headed goose would never miss the nesting season to
visit Vaduvoor sanctuary. It was during the same period in the last year,
conservationists recorded about 300 flamingos and 500 painted storks. The
current season, which began in the last week of November, is about to come to
an end. But, not even a single flamingo has come to the sanctuary still now
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