Rare birds spotted during three-day bird census

Assistant Conservator of Forest Ravi Kumar distributes certificate to a volunteer, who participated in the bird census at Bandipur forest, recently.

The three-day bird census ended on Sunday, with 80 people participating. More than 350 people had registered for the census, but 80 of them participated. As per the plan by the Forest department, the volunteers were taken to bird's spot near lakes and ponds and, also inside the forest.

Bandipur Tiger Project Director S R Natesh said that the information collected during the census would be compared with the previous details, to identify any new bird. Rare birds and those on the verge of extinction have also been spotted during the three-day census. It will take some time to document all findings and confirm the spotting of the new species, he said.