Baya weaver birds return to Ganjam district in Odisha

The population of baya weaver birds had dwindled after the super cyclone of October 1999 when hundreds of trees were uprooted and thousands of nests were destroyed but, the birds are now returning to the Ganjam district of Odisha and the birdwatchers are happy.
A group of environmentalists had been keeping watch on these baya weaver birds since 2007. They have intimated that in 2012, that is just one year before Phailin, the number of weaver birds in the district had been around 1,500. Subsequently, after the 2013 cyclone, the number of their nests came down by 80 per cent. Last year, there were 200 nests spotted and this year it has doubled to 400.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 5 May 2016.

The locations where these birds have been spotted are in six places of the district - Lunguri village in Malagada panchayat, Borigaon in Huma panchayat, Khatiakuda and Kundaput under Palibandha panchayat, Damodarpur and Ganjam railway station in the Ganjam notified area council.
In Lunguri village, there are 40 nests in a palm tree and 31 nests in another, both near a pond. Near Ganjam railway station, there are more than 100 nests in two trees, including four coconut trees and three dates trees, near a canal.
The forest department has initiated steps to introduce new conservation strategies in Ganjam to preserve the baya weaver birds apart from black bucks, peacocks and other species.


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