Flamingos. (Photo credit: Jaswinder Waraich)
NOIDA: Birders in the city have spotted around 100 flamingoes and at least 40 pelicans at the Okhla Bird Sanctuary in the past few days.
Flamingoes have been regular at Okhla for the past two years. They usually stay deeper inside the waters at its shallow patches, but according to birders, this time, they are wading closer to the fringes of the 4 sqkm water body and can be seen without powerful lenses.
Birders state the flamingoes are swimming closer to the tar road now to forage in the shallow waters as the water level is currently low. A pelican flock reached the park recently.