Summary:
more-inBird watchers, environmentalists and locals are confident that rainwater pools at the Karikili twin-lake bed will attract migratory birds in sufficient numbers during the forthcoming season. The Forest department sources also expressed hope that if the coming northeast monsoon brought some more showers to this region, more migratory birds would arrive than the previous seasons. Hence, there was a fair chance of the lake retaining adequate water to attract the birds, he added. Breeding seasonNormally, breeding season commences in mid-October and extends up to January-February of the following year when Pintails, Stilts, Sandpipers and other migratory birds along with Cormorants, Egrets, Grey and Night Herons, Darters, Grey Pelicans and other birds would swarm the lake. The lake remained parched for more than six months from March, said Ramakrishnan, a resident of Karikili..