A male Cotton Pygmy Goose at Nemam lake. Photo: Rama Neelamegam
Though a resident, this pint-sized bird remains largely elusive in Chennai’s urban waterbodies. State of India’s Birds 2020 report has raised concerns over its declining numbers
Amidst work-from-home, many now organise their
soirees around the telly and root for their IPL team, with diehard supporters wearing face paint and twirling a real white cricket ball.
So, here are two ready images from these unusual times to get a grasp of the Cotton Pygmy Goose’s dimensions.
Hold that cricket ball in the paw to feel this bird’s weight. Expect the bird to be a couple of grams lighter. Hold that 10.1-inch WFH tablet to picture the bird’s length from bill to retrices. Expect the bird to be a couple of millimetres shorter.
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March 03, 2021 16:47 IST
Birders collected data from 133 locations in 3 districts; 55 non-resident birds kept their annual tryst with the area
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Bar-headed Goose were sighted in large numbers during the single-day bird census conducted in January in Mysuru-Mandya-Chamarajanagar belt. | Photo Credit:
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Birders collected data from 133 locations in 3 districts; 55 non-resident birds kept their annual tryst with the area
In all, 204 bird species were recorded in Mysuru-Mandya-Chamarajanagar belt during the single-day winter bird monitoring programme for 2020-21 held in January this year.
The birders collected data from 133 locations in the 3 districts and the 204 bird species included 55 non-resident birds that kept their annual tryst with the region.
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Bird watchers have spotted a good number of resident waterbirds in Tamil Nadu during the just concluded Asian Waterbird Census (AWC).
Rare species were sighted in certain districts.
A good number of species were sighted in and around the city and Salem during the annual exercise spread over the first two weekends that concluded in January, K V Sudhakar, state co-ordinator of AWC, said. This citizen-science event is a part of the global International Waterbird Census (IWC) initiative supporting conservation and management of wetlands and waterbirds worldwide. We are receiving snapshots of figures of birds from various districts and the process of compiling the data is on, Sudhakar said.
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