Vote for BJP in urban local bodies" poll for "triple engine" govt in UP: Adityanath
UP: Man booked for attempting to rape 5-year-old girl
Congress to mark 100 days of Bharat Jodo Yatra with concert in Jaipur
BJYM, Hindu outfits put off planned protest march at AMU
Karachi battles gas crisis; residents face unannounced load shedding, 2-hr gas supply in a day
Elderly man in judicial custody dies during treatment in UP hospital
Himachal Pradesh skittle Haryana for 46, take 200-run lead on Day 1
Pak court grants protective bail to PM Shehbaz"s son Suleman in money laundering case
British Library celebrates India ties with exhibition on Hampi
Nine policemen suspended after suspect dies in police custody in UP
Gangster"s property attached in UP"s Pratapgarh district
Maoists torch construction company vehicles in Jharkhand’s Chatra district
Sino-India border situation "generally stable": China on Yangtse clash
Babar Azam not taking advice from seniors, claims Shahid Afridi
Qlite Global launches their exclusive Grand Experience Centre
"Disillusioned with central leadership": Sikkim BJP president says he has resigned
2001 attack anniversary: Ready to guard new Parliament if directed, say CRPF heroes
Class 2 student dies after scuffle with fellow students in UP
Three killed in accident in UP"s Lakhimpur KheriLakhimpur Kheri (UP), Dec 13 (PTI) Three motorcycle borne youths were killed and "
Abandoned girl child from Assam adopted by Spanish professor
Migratory waterbirds have not arrived in Hyderabad, the city of lakes, this year. This is largely due to heavy rains in Hyderabad this monsoon. The water bodies in and around the city are brimming at full tank levels, while water birds look for shallow water bodies filled with marine life and aquatic vegetation like plankton.
Migratory waterbirds have not arrived in Hyderabad, the city of lakes, this year. This is largely due to heavy rains in Hyderabad this monsoon.
According to birdwatchers, the reason is that water bodies in and around the city are brimming at full tank levels, while water birds look for shallow water bodies filled with marine life and aquatic vegetation like plankton.
Birdwatchers are turning back from the lakes with disappointment as scores of migratory birds that arrived every year are not here yet. Around 50 species of birds from different parts of Eastern Europe, Russia, and Northern China migrate to Hyderabad every year by the end of October and early November to escape the freezing cold winters of the Northern hemisphere. A majority of these are water birds like ducks and geese, or shore birds, like waders.
“This year, the water bodies have turned into oceans (for birds). There are no shores available as the tanks are full and the water is too deep and lifeless for birds,” said Secretary of Deccan Birders M Shafaat Ullah. “Water birds usually feed on aquatic weeds, small insects, worms, small water snails and amphibians which survive when the water bodies are surrounded with vegetation and are not full,” he added.
This year, only shore birds and birds of arboreal forests and garden birds have arrived in the city. There has not been a single sighting of a migratory water bird at any of the popular birdwatching spots in the city, including Himayat Sagar, Osman Sagar, Ameenpur and Fox Sagar lakes, added Shafaat Ullah.
Garden and forest birds, however, have arrived at the expected time. Nowadays, at dawn and dusk everyday, one can see majestic murmurations (flocks) of Rosy Starlings in groups of hundreds and even thousands on the outskirts of the city. “Starlings come from Eastern Europe,” Shafaat said, adding, “Numerous grey and yellow wagtails have also come from Central Asia and Northern China.”
Your support to NYOOOZ will help us to continue create and publish news for and from smaller cities, which also need equal voice as much as citizens living in bigger cities have through mainstream media organizations.
