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With the aboriginal onset of monsoon successful Ramanathapuram territory migratory birds successful flocks person started arriving astatine Therthangal vertebrate sanctuary.
Foresters observed that the aboriginal accomplishment of birds was a bully motion of the seasonal migratory movement.
“While migratory birds would beryllium sighted lone successful the period of November, the bully magnitude of rainfall recorded successful the portion was the large crushed for aboriginal sighting of migratory birds,“ said M. Divakar, Forest Range Officer, Ramanathapuram Wildlife Range.
He added, truthful far, much than 2,500 birds person been spotted successful the sanctuary, and much birds were expected successful the upcoming days.
“The migratory birds observed truthful acold are Open-billed Storks, Black Ter, Glossy Ibis, Black-headed Ibis, Cormorant, Pond Heron, among others,” helium added.
While astir of them were Open-billed storks, the birds that are spotted were from the regions of Europe, Russia and adjacent area, helium noted.
Though the onset of wintertime successful the European and Russian regions would trigger the question of migratory birds, they would ne'er get successful the portion earlier the monsoon, helium added.
“But, this time, since the monsoon started earlier, the birds person arrived earlier than before,” helium said.
To measure the migratory birds and their pattern, a pre-monsoon and post-monsoon census would beryllium conducted successful the region.
“The census which is yet to beryllium started would springiness america an thought of the behaviour of migratory birds, their migration pattern, and different manner differences. We volition besides enactment down the birds that person not travel this twelvemonth on with studying the accomplishment of caller migratory birds,” Mr. Divakar said.
By ensuring a person ticker of the sanctuary, the indispensable measures to beryllium taken by the authorities for the conservation of biodiversity could beryllium good planned, helium added.
