Using drones, Global Positioning System (GPS) devises, telephoto cameras, 11 members of Wildlife Explorers Manipur (WEM), a key animal lovers group of the state carried out the census exercise on Friday at Chiuluan, one of the six roosting sites of the long-distance migratory birds in the Zeliangrong-Naga dominated district.
Imphal: Experts of Wildlife Explorer Manipur (WEM) are all set to conduct the first-ever head count of Amur falcons, world’s longest migratory birds i.
Imphal: As multitudes of Amur falcons are set to arrive in forest-rich Tamenglong in the next few days, forest officials and animal lovers of the Zeli.
The long-distance migratory birds usually arrive in Manipur, mostly in Tamenglong and neighbouring Nagaland in mid-October from their breeding grounds in South Eastern Siberia and Northern China, wildlife experts said.