Wednesday, September 17, 2008

A rare visitor to South India

The Great White Pelican, not usually seen in southern India has joined the list of waterfowl that have made the waterbody their feeding ground. The bird roost in the Great Rann of Kutch and fly to different wetlands in North India as a winter visitor.

The waterfowl population here that had hit a low of 1,056 crossed 75, 000 this year.

Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest A.V. Joseph said that recently about 50 Great White Pelicans were sighted and photographed on the West Godavari side of the lake.

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