Arrival of migrant birds increases in Bhitarkanika National Park to over one lakh

Arrival of migrant birds has shown an upward trend in Bhitarkanika National Park. It has increased to to over one lakh against around 97,000 last year. Therefore, this national park has yet again reinstated its place in the state of Odisha as one of the congenial heronries for the migrant water birds.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 3 September 2016.

Prominent among the species that arrived for nesting were grey heron, purple heron, darter, cormorant, large egret, intermediary egret and little egret.
The counting began on August 22. It was a week-long drive for the head count of seasonal monsoon birds. There were two teams comprising 10 ornithologists besides wildlife personnel of the national park. Since the rainfall was not uniform, arrival of the birds was delayed.
Still, as many as 21,204 nests were spotted on 2,098 treetops. Out of the counted birds, 42,408 adults were enumerated arriving here for monsoon sojourn. The heronry at Bagagahana attracted the highest number (46,322) of birds. The teams took into account all major congregation zones both in and out of the park. Apart from the core area of the national park, peripheral wetland sites like Satabhaya and Barunei were also included in the census.
It may be recalled that noted ornithologist Salim Ali had made a chance discovery of this habitat of the birds while he was a visit to Bhitarkanika in 1981.


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